Shepfoot blade jack knife

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I always wanted to have a medium size single sheepfoot blade jack knife.
Camillus used to make a smaller easy opener variant, but they appeared too small to me and now are difficult to find.

Great Eastern Cutlery now makes a Easy Open Single Blade Jack, but with its 3" size is too small for me:

http://www.greateasterncutlery.net/catalog4.10.html

Larger ones, with lambfoot blade instead of sheepfoot are currently made by A. Wright in Sheffield,
but also with sheepfoot blade (called farmers sheepfoot knife).

These are all very nice pocketknives but have a nice price tag too.


Last week I spotted a made in China "Schrade brand" Florist knife with delrin (or very similar plastic) scales.

I bought one and it turned out to be a nice, middle size, slim working knife, perfect for pocket carry and very sheeple friendly.

The delrin scales weren't polished nicely, there were some scratches left from the grinding/polishing steps, but the overall quality (fit, overall finish, walk and talk) is on par or even better than the recent Camillus made delrin handled knives. I can see how this one can become a popular EDC in places where pointy knives would freak out the sheeple.
 
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Utica seems to be making some of these with both serrated and plain edges, more in the tradition of "workmen" or electrician-type knives. Victorinox sells a very nice and inexpensive chisel ground Gardener knife.
 
Shecky,
Thanks for the Utica link and info! I'll try to get one of the rope knives.
They look like the "woodgrain delrin" Camillus ones.
I had in the past the Victorinox one too, I liked it a lot!
 
Nice looking lil knife littleknife. Just wish it were branded Rough Rider or Steel Warrior or pudsucker cutlery or something other than Schrade. I have little problem with the chinese knives, but can't stomach one stamped Schrade or God forbid Camillus.

I was going to mention Utica also. And Klein Tools has some that look to be the Uticas.
 
MarkPinTx,
I am still saddened by the demise of Camillus and Schrade. I think it is a shame it happened.
I do not think about this knife as a Schrade knife, to me it is just a cheap user knife. If Queen or Utica would make one in this size (about 3 1/2" closed), I would definitely buy one (or two...:D).
A nice bone or stag handle would be a great plus, but I like delrin too.
 
I just bought the A. Wright Lambs Foot knife from world knives. Its a great little folder, the stag scales are nice. Finish was good, it opens kinda hard but I havent oiled the hinge yet. The price isn't too bad IMO.
 
One that I have always like is the Shark, originally from Taylor/Elk Horn, now Schrade is marketing a copy. This is a slim, easy open sheepsfoot. The older ones crop up pretty often on the bay while the new Schrade can be easily ordered new. I do like the steel of the originals better and they were available in a wide variety of scales including stag.

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