Sowbelly

Here's one I carried for awhile and then sold. With the two backsprings it has a very (too) thick blade, but it was sturdy and comfortable in the hand.

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It's rare to see twin backsprings on one blade, except on a split whittler! I have an ancient Case that has them, and always wondered about the reason for them. Nice one!
 
waynorth said:
It's rare to see twin backsprings on one blade, except on a split whittler! I have an ancient Case that has them, and always wondered about the reason for them. Nice one!
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I think it is extra support for heavy duty cutting. One blade across two springs is one of the defining characteristics of the traddtional whittler pattern. Some knives, e.g. half whittler with one spring and a camillus that has whittler blades but in a stockman blade/spring configuration, are misnamed in my opinion. My 2p worth.
 
As Charlie pointed out, very unusual to see a single blade knife with twin backsprings! I too only expect to see them on true whittlers. (Not that I'm as versed in knife history and lore as Charlie and a lot of these fellows on here.) Learn/see something you didn't know every day I suppose.

I wonder what kind of cutting the makers had in mind when they made a single blade/two spring knife like that. Given the thickness of the blade as part of the package, they really must have targeted it for some hard, heavy work. I just wonder what kind of situations they were seeing in their heads when they designed it.
 
Just my guess, but I think that they made a run of sowbelly whittlers, and then used up left-over parts by assembling a few single-blade knives and then sold them as a "limited run"...call me a cynic!

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mtds said:
Just my guess, but I think that they made a run of sowbelly whittlers, and then used up left-over parts by assembling a few single-blade knives and then sold them as a "limited run"...call me a cynic!

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This makes some sense. I would love to hear from others here that may be able to confirm whether or not this in fact is the true reason for this..
 
Here's a Nowland 5 blade i picked up from nifrand on these boards. Beautiful knife! pics by nifrand



Here's another very nice Nowland:
 
mtds said:
Just my guess, but I think that they made a run of sowbelly whittlers, and then used up left-over parts by assembling a few single-blade knives and then sold them as a "limited run"...call me a cynic!

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I'll doubt it, at first. The springs are off a similar knife, but no pin cutout for a whittler. At most, the blade is off a whittler.
 
I think this one-blade Cargill club knife is a sowbelly. The stag is nicer on this side than the shield side.

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Yup, it's a sowbelly, Mike! How about the other side anyway?? It's nice to see the markings etc.
 
This is the last one I've got in my small sowbelly stash to date..
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..yummy,, mmm.. Bob's CC honeybone..
 
Very nice Creek SunnyD, and a good photo. Charlie, I bet Greg has a better photo of the single-blade Cargill than I can do.
 
Greg, it is the AECA knife. The scales on my don't match. Front has white, back is toasted. Hard to tell from my scan above, but that back has nice popcorn stag.
 
smiling-knife said:
That's a beautiful knife sunnyd. Thanks.
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Well Thank You kindly there S~K!. I very much appreciate your complement on that one,, Lord knows I gave up way too much for that bad dude to be sure..

Well here is one I got for a heck of a bargain that I am just as proud of..



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"Tabaco King" by Bulldog, the real deal built with pride in 1984.
 
sunnyd, your collection is growing before our eyes!!! I gotta get some of those vitamin$!!
Nice knives; you sure know how to pick 'em!!
 
:( :( It's a thing of beauty Sunnyd, I will keep the slot in my knife drawer clean and spiffy as a memorial to what could have been...:( :) :) :p
 
SunnyD, those sure are fine lookers. I appreciate that "King." I see it has the Ohio state flag on it. I was mostly raised on a small farm in southern Ohio and one of our important, if not most important cash crops was tobacco. Tobacco raising was a part of the heritage, culture, and conversations. Not to mention a lot of work! So a good lookin, stag handled, Tobacco King knife with the old Buckeye State Flag on it brings a smile.:thumbup:

If you ever start thinking of sending that one down the road, give me first shot at it. ;)

Thanks for sharing those.
 
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