The Surveyor pattern

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I am very curious about this pattern. My searches turn up very little info. It appears to be a single spring knife with two blades. Serpentine framed? Size? Can it be big and/or small? The main blade being a clip point and the secondary being a coping. Does it have to be a California/Turkish clip or can it be a regular sized/shaped clip? Is the coping to only be small like on a whittler or can it be bigger like a stockman? I appreciate any and all pics and info on this elusive pattern, thanks.
 
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I've seen single spring in Levine's 2nd ed.(an Ulster) and the Blade version 5th ed. has a double spring(Remington).

It is the frame pattern,a swell center canoe,that makes it a surveyor pattern.
 
Very interesting. Of course every link I follow goes to a long gone photo. I can not recall ever seeing a railsplitter pattern being associated with it but thats exactly why I started this thread.

I know that S&M calls this a mini moose(though its 3 7/8" long), this is what I have pictured in my mind when I hear "surveyor".
 
That short blade would be pretty decent for "blazing" a tree and the long blade would slice venison sausage, cheese and an apple just fine.

I can see why its called a "Surveyor".
 
I would think that a surveyor would have some sort of utility blade like an electrican knife. I have never heard of a surveyor pattern.
 
Interesting Jeff......I have never heard of that pattern. The S&M looks like a Muskrat with one blade difference...

I have to look in some old NYKC catalogs and see if any are shown.
 
I thought i had one in my "watching" folder on the bay. I thought it was a three blade. I'll try and find it.
 
Here it is. They had it labeled as a surveyor, I don't know if that is correct or not. It is not a typical Railsplitter.

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rockgolfer said:
Very interesting. Of course every link I follow goes to a long gone photo. I can not recall ever seeing a railsplitter pattern being associated with it but thats exactly why I started this thread.

I know that S&M calls this a mini moose(though its 3 7/8" long), this is what I have pictured in my mind when I hear "surveyor".
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This knife is not a surveyor pattern. I am not where I can post pics, but a surveyor is more like a swell centre cattle knife.
 
Understood Charlie, it is just what I had wrongly pictured in my head.

I cant wait for your additions to the thread :thumbup:

Is it typically a single spring pattern with clip and coping combo?
 
Levine calls a surveyor a "type of swell centre canoe"! It can be a two blade Jack, a one or two spring double end Jack, or it can have two springs with three or four blades. Main can be spear or clip! Often the secondary is a Spey. Rockon's knife above is typical.
 
Interesting. It does seem I was lead astray on this pattern. Glad to see the record getting set straight :)
 
Like many patterns, particularly lapsed ones, the definition can be rather broad particularly as individual cutlers may offer their own interpretation.

However, I've always envisaged it (or rather, I'd like it to be!) a relatively large pattern single-spring with Clip/Coping or Sheepfoot blades.

A few years back in its Keystone series, Queen offered a knife in Wormbone Groove brown-bone that was close to 4" with Swell-Centre, this could be tweaked into one....I also think the GEC Abilene frame could host a Senator type but these are just dreams of delusion.....:D

Whatever, it could be very refreshing to see a contemporary manufacturer offer their interpretation.:thumbup::thumbup:

Regards, Will
 
The original pattern was made by Remington and is quite rare. Marketed by them in a Surveyer's magazine thats why the name.
I recently aquired one on my way to the Eugene Oregon knife show this year.
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I'd think an ideal knife for a surveyor, at least in the old days with tree blazing and making your own stakes, would be a heavy sailor's knife or toenail. Good for splitting stakes off a block and still pocketable.
 
Lovely Remington, O.B!!

You can't see the swell center very well - it is subtle but it is there. It has blades similar to a scout knife, which would be very useful if you are out in the field - surveying!!

Slant bolsters are a nice touch, with beautiful Remington bone - that is quite a deluxe knife!
 
Nice knife, Old Bowie.

I posted a few M&G surveyors in the ebony thread earlier today.

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Nice bunch of Surveyors Jake!
That's more of those knives than I have seen anywhere else combined!!
 
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