Sheepsfoot on a GEC 77

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When they talk about a Sheepsfoot blade on a 77, do they mean what is called a Lambsfoot on the #15 Electrician? Does GEC use the terms interchangeably? (I would define a Sheepsfoot as the blade getting wider as it approaches the tip where on a Lambsfoot, the edge of the blade and the spine of the blade are parallel.)
 
Cardo, I agree with your assessment, and in addition, I think of a sheepfoot as being a shorter blade. Maybe just because of my stockman fettish, but most lambsfoot blades are full length.
 
A Sheepfoot bade has parallel edge and spine, with a more obtuse angle on the front.

A Lambfoot blade gets narrower toward the end, and has a more pointed angle on the front.
 
RobbW: Looking at my 'sheepsfoot' knives; it looks like the blade is getting wider at the end because of the way it sits in the frame when closed, but you're right, the edges are parallel.

Looking at the catalog pictures of the #15 Electrician with a Lambsfoot, it doesn't appear that the blade gets narrower towards the end.

I suppose my main concern is more what it looks like and how it carries when closed. I 'picture' a sheepsfoot as having a hump when the blade is closed. (Sorry I can't post a picture. http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/c...4-11/IMG_20141122_101434_zpseoklyftg.jpg.html)

I guess I'll find out when they come out in Junuary.
 
The GEC designation is Sheepsfoot. Noted by the number 3 in the pattern number such as "153213stl". The term "lambsfoot" is another Forum slang term.
 
I meant that the term is not used by Great Eastern Cutlery to describe any of their knife blades.
 
GEC have never produced a Lambsfoot, and I'm not aware of any other US cutler producing one. As has been noted, a Sheepsfoot and a Lambsfoot, while similar, are quite distinct blade shapes, and should not be confused :thumbup:
 
Then of course you have the blade shape Case uses on some of their knives, which they choose to call "wharncliffe" but because of the hybrid shape (lambfoot until you get out towards the end, where the radius is too long and gradual down to the point) so people around here started calling it a "lambcliffe". And by "people" I mean Sarah.

Examples:

Long GEC Sheepfoot:


Pure Wharncliffe on a Case Seahorse Whittler:


Long, tapering straight-edged blade (on the red and yellow Copperheads) - the 'lambcliffe' - as opposed to actual Wharncliffe blades on the two smaller Mini Copperheads:

 
I think the person that makes a blade has the right to name the blade. Of course users have the right to make up any slang term they want also.
 
never mind.
 
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double post.
 
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jc57 said:
Then of course you have the blade shape Case uses on some of their knives, which they choose to call "wharncliffe" but because of the hybrid shape (lambfoot until you get out towards the end, where the radius is too long and gradual down to the point) so people around here started calling it a "lambcliffe". And by "people" I mean Sarah.
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Yes, I'd also been thinking of that John :D :thumbup:

Let's be clear though, that 'Lambsfoot' is a legitimate blade shape with a long history, and not a term of forum "slang" :thumbup:
 
I'm with Jack, GEC has yet to make a lambsfoot, but they have made numerous sheepsfoot and wharncliffe designs. But just to be clear about feet;

Sheepsfoot


Lambsfoot
 
Two smashing knives Paul :thumbup: I'd love GEC to make a Lambsfoot, I think it's a great pattern that deserves to be seen more, but I think that part of the reason they haven't is that they perhaps don't regard it as a traditional AMERICAN pattern, since for reasons some of us ponder frequently, the blade-shape never seems to have really crossed the Atlantic.
 
Jack Black said:
jc57 said:
Then of course you have the blade shape Case uses on some of their knives, which they choose to call "wharncliffe" but because of the hybrid shape (lambfoot until you get out towards the end, where the radius is too long and gradual down to the point) so people around here started calling it a "lambcliffe". And by "people" I mean Sarah.

Long, tapering straight-edged blade (on the red and yellow Copperheads) - the 'lambcliffe' - as opposed to actual Wharncliffe blades on the two smaller Mini Copperheads:

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Yes, I'd also been thinking of that John :D :thumbup:
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You guys made me laugh, and prevented me from repeating myself.

A win for all. :)

~ P.
 
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