Traditional chisel grind?

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Has anyone ever spotted such a creature?

In my continuing downward spiral into the darkness of the rabbit hole that Dave (pinnah) started me on, I have used the blade of the Leatherman micra and squirt. Both are a chisel grind, but both cut cardboard boxes, packing tape, plastic blister packages, and twine/rope very well. When they need touch up, it's so fast and easy with the side to sharpen and the other just to remove the burr.

Has there ever been a traditional pocket knife with a chisel ground blade? Either on the main or secondary blade?

I'm thinking that a trapper with a wharncliffe or sheep foot second blade, or a stockman with the sheep foot blade ground like this could be interesting. Or I could be totally gone from the weird Boston hoodoo that Dave put on me. :eek:
 
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I hear that at least some American Indians used to sharpen all their knives on one side, and at least some Alaskan ones still do.

Some thumb-ramp skinners and many peanuts are saber ground on one side and flat on the other, but they seem to be sharpened on both sides anyway.
 
I have a couple of chisel ground knives that I consider traditional. Both being florist's knives. I've owned several Victorinox florist's knives and while they may be a bit on the plain side, I find them to be fantastic users at work.
 
I never really thought about it before but a small chisel edged blade would be a great addition to a stockman or scout type knife.
 
While not a folding pocketknife one of the most common chisel ground traditional knives is the Japanese kiridashi carving knife, used for woodworking and sharpening pencils. Here is one I made for a friend in old bightey:
 
I know some of the pruner's knives and 'rooster comb' farmer's jacks have chisel ground hawkbill primaries.
 
This is a custom from South Africa but I think it's traditional, a biltong knife by JD Ellis:

 
Tina knives have a type of Chisel Grind , most Grafting knives do .
Here is an old pic ( not very good quality ) that kind of shows it .
The side of the blade with the nail knick is ground and the other one isn't . You can see the knife underneath has no grind on that side of the blade .

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Ken
 
Robeson produced two knives on the 3 5/8 inch serpentine stockman type handle-die shape with their purpose being for wood crafting.

They made it in a two blade and a three blade pattern.

The master clip was nicely etched, "WOODCRAFT" using a firewood log type motif.

The knives had a chisel ground secondary blade. However, the blade has that grind on both sides, so it might not be what the OP was requesting.

The handles were brown bone.

The blades were flush with the frame and the knives had a "POCKET EZE" shield.

I have a three blade version. I have never had the opportunity of acquiring the two blade knife.

The pattern number on this one is 633875.

 
Sonnemann said:
I know some of the pruner's knives and 'rooster comb' farmer's jacks have chisel ground hawkbill primaries.
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A few pictures of a Farmer's Jack with chisel ground hawkbill and budding blade. These pictures show the flat or un-beveled side.





The four factory produced knives on the right feature chisel ground blades.
 
As a knee jerk answer (out of my area of knife holdings), Buck made a few knives, I think 110s, that received special hardened metal coatings that were purposed as no or seldom sharpened (coatings on one side only). They were regular Buck steel on the flat side and each coating had its own color on the chisel side. They were promoted as super hard coatings. I will have to go search for photos in the catalogs. If a 110 guy is reading this he may have some of the knives and can quickly take a photo. Hint, hint. 300Bucks
 
Bad Monkey said:
carl, I believe opinal blades are only ground on one side? At least, the one I own came that way.
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Sounds like an oops. All of my Opinels have been ground on both sides.
 
My Douk Douk has a flat grind on both sides, but only one side has the secondary bevel. I've kept it that way, it's kind of a semi-chisel grind :)
 
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