spey blade

I use the spey on my S&M File & Wire Mountain Man Trapper to unzip animals that I have taken. tried it for skinning too, it does a good job but prefer the clip blade for that...though its probably that I just like using all the blades in the knife lol.
 
I don't use mine. I like that the Case Med. Stockman has a pen blade instead of the Spey.
 
I would much rather have a pen blade----but to answer your question I use the spey blade to scrape stuff, things like that.
 
depends.
At one time I was working a job that called for a blade that was only fairly sharp. I used my stockman spey blade for that for a number of years.

These days I use the spey blade as I would a pen blade. I keep it really sharp and reserve it for jobs that need that extreme sharpness.
 
A bellied blade like the spay, you can push cut and pull also. A straight bottom blade, I have found is only good on the pull stroke. For that reason I prefer a bellied blade.... YMMV...
 
Hi,

I guess the spey is my most used blade if I have one on my knife. I just like the rounded tip. Less chance of poking myself with a spey rather than the clip.:D

dalee
 
The curved part works great for removing splinters in the palm of the hand.
 
xbxb said:
I would much rather have a pen blade----but to answer your question I use the spey blade to scrape stuff, things like that.
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Seconded. :thumbup:

The sheepsfoot and clip see a lot of use from me, though.
 
I was trained to gut, clean('unzip' :eek: :D :thumbup: I like that term) and cape(for the most part on most of the critter) my large game with a spey blade when I was a young'n. I still found myself reaching for the spey first when these chores are at hand and need my attention.. However, I have been using my pen blades for this same chore lately and I have got to tell you that its hard to beat a well designed, slightly rounded pen blade for these chores too!

My buddy Mikey runs a small Hog farm locally and he uses his Trapper's spey blade religiously for all the nutting(castration) chores on his place. He has got his spey blade worn down to a nub.

Also, I have heard my friend in here RescueRiley state the spey is his favorite blade for spreading peanut butter on his PBJ's and now that he uses it for that purpose he just can't go back to anything else! :)


Anthony
 
Yep. Used the spey blade on my Erickson trapper a couple weeks ago to castrate bull calves. Works like a charm.

James
 
sunnyd said:
I was trained to gut, clean('unzip' :eek: :D :thumbup: I like that term) and cape(for the most part on most of the critter) my large game with a spey blade when I was a young'n. I still found myself reaching for the spey first when these chores are at hand and need my attention.. However, I have been using my pen blades for this same chore lately and I have got to tell you that its hard to beat a well designed, slightly rounded pen blade for these chores too!

My buddy Mikey runs a small Hog farm locally and he uses his Trapper's spey blade religiously for all the nutting(castration) chores on his place. He has got his spey blade worn down to a nub.

Also, I have heard my friend in here RescueRiley state the spey is his favorite blade for spreading peanut butter on his PBJ's and now that he uses it for that purpose he just can't go back to anything else! :) Anthony
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Gotta agree with ya on the well shaped pen blade.. good nuff design for penetratin , skinnin and detailed cape work. (For those that actually get animals large enough to have mounted :D)

I use to really over analyze the blade shapes for my hunting knives. As I got older, I figured out if its sharp and ya take your time, just about any blade can be used for the task at hand. Made life much simpler but it took away the justification to buy more huntin knives :(
 
LOL as sunny d mentioned the spey is a great PB blade... It's also great for uing when carving the bowl of a spoon, for example or starting a hole on a fire board when practicing making a fire using the bowdrill method.
 
hunterfisher808 said:
I use the spey on my S&M File & Wire Mountain Man Trapper to unzip animals that I have taken. tried it for skinning too, it does a good job but prefer the clip blade for that...though its probably that I just like using all the blades in the knife lol.
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The same here!
 
338375 said:
As I got older, I figured out if its sharp and ya take your time, just about any blade can be used for the task at hand.
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Those are very true words. Same goes for steel. Any steel works if it is sharp.

But I find it is still fun to try different shapes and steels.:D
 
Ouch... Being a bull sucks. Well there are a few lucky ones.;) I use it for scraping and or gutting fish.

-frank
 
Works well for any task not requiring a point (imho and use).
 
panch0 said:
Ouch... Being a bull sucks. Well there are a few lucky ones.;) I use it for scraping and or gutting fish.

-frank
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Make that a steer... ;)

Like others, I keep mine as the sharpest of the 3, and greatly thinned out. It makes a great delicate cutter, as well as XActo knife.
 
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