The Inconspicuous Spey Blade

By increasing the size of the spey blade, like on the 334 Trapper it becomes a great large animal skinner, a apple slicer, enough belly to clean under finger nails and spread mayo on a sandwich. Then using it for castrating work it is a good shape & size blade. For this, it being March, I
would not put it off any longer than this month. I did 3 billy's the first of February which were 5 months old and the mountain oysters were
plenty large enough for table fare (if you cared to). We never waited until the calves got to weighing 400 lbs. plus the flies would be out in April / May and one could easily get hurt (a hand mashed) wrestling a large calf. DM
Note: it's bad to wait and castrate in late April or early May as the flies will be out and they cause infections. Plus, the calves will have grown large by then and become harder to handle.
 
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TAH said:
Interestingly, I've read where bushcrafters often dull or "square-off" the edge of their spey blade and use it as a dedicated firesteel striker.
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That's interesting, I've not considered that. I have thought about a 90 degree spine on it since it sticks up higher than the clip a fair bit on my boker trapper. I've seen some gents bring a carbon opinel to use pretty much as a sharp fire striker and a steel that can be used with flint as it's very small and light. I think broke. Saw blades are the most common dedicated striker I see lately.
 
Hey eveled I have a copy of the Buck / Nacona boot picture you have as your avatar. It’s also on my desktop on my pc at work. One of my favorites. I have other Nocona boot ads but that’s the only one with a Buck knife and 124 to boot!
 
I love that picture too. So much detail packed in. You can even read the ring. Buck got some good free advertising from that one. He could have used a generic knife but the artist chose the 124.
 
First one I had was the BCCI 301..I save that blade for the times I need a really sharp edge. I cut my blood pressure pills in half most times with it.
 
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