Sharpfinger for survival??

Jim,

ebay has plenty of sheaths for the 152 - some custom and real fancy leather. I needed for one for my stainless 152 and it is well made.

Brian
 
mneedham said:
Here is my old user. This knife has gutted a lot of deers, used as a screw driver (hence the re-shaped tip), pry bar, scraping grimey auto parts, etc. I have owned a couple of these over the years and they are great workers. I always wanted a Deerslayer (150T ?). I think a piggyback sheath with a 150T and 152 would be really cool. How many people use the Deerslayer?
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As with the Sharpfinger 152OT, I have multiples of the Deerslayer 15OT (for the same research reasons :) ). As a user, I personally don't favor it over the 165OT Woodsman. But then I am just not a large knife guy for my users. A butt-load of them were sold from 1964-2004, so you should not have any trouble finding one if that is what you want. Again, just watch out for the Chinese made Taylor copies.

Codger
 
Codger,

Thanks. I noted that on E-bay there are a couple of Deerslayers marked "super-sharp" that sell cheap compared to the vintage ones. I think I will wait for one of the older models... I also noted that the honesteel (pictured next to S-finger) was selling very high, who knew? What has your research revealed about the Deerslayer's cutting ability, from a small knife user's perspective?
 
mneedham said:
Codger,

Thanks. I noted that on E-bay there are a couple of Deerslayers marked "super-sharp" that sell cheap compared to the vintage ones. I think I will wait for one of the older models... I also noted that the honesteel (pictured next to S-finger) was selling very high, who knew? What has your research revealed about the Deerslayer's cutting ability, from a small knife user's perspective?
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Deerslayers are made from fairly thin stock and cut very well.
 
All of the variants I own - including each change from beginning to end - are good cutters. All are plain ground (flat ground in modern lingo) with a small final grind. Lessing the final grind angle does improve slicing, but makes it perform poorer for chopping, if that is your intended task. I've seen a very few that were tipped. The bladestock is relatively thin but deep, distally tapered and the very pointed tip makes it excell at piercing. The extended lower choil looks like it would be uncomfortable when using a choke grip, but it is not. In part because of the thumb grooves on the top of the choil. It was unique enough in 1964 to earn Henry Baer a design patent. Strangely enough, it is the 10 1/2" O.A. length that I find unwieldy, yet I prefer the 165OT with a 9 1/2" O.A. length, and don't find it unwieldy at all. Blades are 6" and 5 1/2" respectively. Not much difference at all. Perhaps it is just the narrowness of the sabre ground 165 blade that makes it appear smaller.

A hint to finding a good deal on a user of this pattern (15OT) is that they sold like hotcakes through Sears with the Craftsman tang stamp.

Codger

EDIT: I suspect that Chris has a lot more dirt time with this pattern than I.
 
Runningboar & Codger,

Thanks. I am a cutter (more than a chopper). I think part of the reason that I want one is nostalgia. I have been looking at them since I was boy and for some reason just never got a hold of one (all though I have had the S-fingers my whole life). Thanks for the sears tip...
 
The 15ot is one of my favorite knives, I know this is a knife nut forum but besides specialized knives like filet knives, I really only use three fixed blades, the 15ot, 13ot and 152ot. The 15 handles very well indeed and even though it is a fairly large knife the handle and blade shape is very controllable and works very well for even fine tasks, at least for me.

If you pick up a USA made version I don't think you will be disapointed. Here is one of mine after playing in some mustard, although the patina is almost even now. Chris

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