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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Many thanks! I try!I agree, why limit yourself? lol
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JM2 you are hilarious!! Everybody knows that sheepsfoot/ wharncliffe/ lambsfoot blades are all exactly the same blade by a different name. [Just kidding, I don't want anyone to reach for their nitroglycerin as they read this.]I don't care for sheepsfoot/wharncliffe/lambsfoot blades. Yep, I said it, I don't care for straight-edge blades, I'd rather have a pen or spey blade.
I once had a very nice Case Swayback, but sold it because the blade didn't suit my fancy.
I do use the sheepsfoot blade on my Case 75 pattern "Jumbo" Stockman, but it's not my go-to blade, it's more like my sacrificial blade.
So who's with me!
I agree. I have wondered why I don't care for the Wharncliffe as the function is very Sheepfoot like. This is what I think; it is a visual thing, a Wharncliffe, while practical, looks too much like a fantasy knife blade to me. OHLove a lambsfoot and sheepsfoot but do not care for a wharncliffe. I know… I’m a weirdo.
I agree. Has nothing to do with function. I just don’t like the look.I agree. I have wondered why I don't care for the Wharncliffe as the function is very Sheepfoot like. This is what I think; it is a visual thing, a Wharncliffe, while practical, looks too much like a fantasy knife blade to me. OH
The OP and one other vote. SMH, bit of a reach there Will. Don't let your insecurities show too much bud.I think it must be an AMERICAN thingGot a suspicion that Wharncliffe blades emerged in Europe in the c19th - think Norfolk knives etc. It's too exotic for your tastes, like wine-drinking ...
Mind you, the tip of a Wharncliffe depending on steel and gauge can be fragile. Got some thin carboard I'll be cutting up to mount old post-cards on for Christmas cards & I'll be reaching for a Wharncliffe for this accuracy task-don't have a guillotine.
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Will, I live in a place where we bleed red wine or so I’m toldI think it must be an AMERICAN thingGot a suspicion that Wharncliffe blades emerged in Europe in the c19th - think Norfolk knives etc. It's too exotic for your tastes, like wine-drinking ...
Mind you, the tip of a Wharncliffe depending on steel and gauge can be fragile. Got some thin carboard I'll be cutting up to mount old post-cards on for Christmas cards & I'll be reaching for a Wharncliffe for this accuracy task-don't have a guillotine.
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The irony is, the congress's sheepsfoot is not straight edged. It has a slight belly towards the tip from sharpening. I have a Schrade 34OT that has the same profile on the sheepsfoot blade.I disagree! Straight edge is the way.
There is always a larger straight edge on me. It's either a big old sheepsfoot like the one shown, or a large lambsfoot... Or even a modern schrade flipper with a straight edge blade. They are useful to me through daily life as a utility blade.
The front pocket is usually a Congress or smaller lambsfoot. This pen blade is my sacrificial blade!
I like all sorts of knives but typically find myself carrying straight edge knives more often than not.
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Revolted, no sir, quite the contrary. I must remark that you're cutlery is lovely, and your photography excellent.I like a provocative threadMan must speak his mind otherwise we fall into moronic& insincere group think, which can morph into witch-hunting and lynch-mobs....HOWEVER, you're quite WRONG @JM2
deranged even...
Straight edges have many applications - just try shaving without one- you're maybe bearded then...
Seriously though, the wonder of Traditionals is the breadth of blade types available to us, don't have a favourite as so many fit the bill I like Drop-Point, the various Clips, types of Spear, Spey when on a Stockman and the many Straights- Sheepfoot, Lambfoot, Wharncliffe, Coping, Rope etc plus the Leaf styles of EuropeAnd as for Pruner...swoon!
You SURE you're revolted by these???
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I don't know, you tell me? However, you do seem to have an American complex.but what are these insecurities??
Very true! Most of mine are like that I'd say.The irony is, the congress's sheepsfoot is not straight edged. It has a slight belly towards the tip from sharpening. I have a Schrade 34OT that has the same profile on the sheepsfoot blade.