Uses for the spatula blade?

scrteened porch said:
I love that movie. Ryback could probably kill by spitting toothpicks.

I'm surprised somebody uses the spatula blade for a paint pallet knife. I would have thought it too small and stiff. I use frosting spreaders.
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She does water colors a lot and uses it for that...I am not a painter but have often thought to buy her a cool folder with one for it. Her paint spatula is a tiny thing about the same size. She keeps her grandfather’s Camillus on her bench as a knife.
 
Will Power said:
Be OK for putting old fashioned putty into window frames...measuring out spices in cooking or illegal substance manufacture ;)

The blade is an interesting anachronism and still looks very cool and smart :thumbsup:
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Oooh I like the window putty idea!
 
abcdef said:
I wouldn't sharpen it simply because there is a blade beside it already. A little spatula might come in handy when you least expect it.
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I'm also wondering if it was even HTed or tempered to hold an edge. I'll probably just leave it as is.
 
A.L. said:
I never understood why you couldn’t just separate the pills with your fingers? You know, the things attached to your hands.
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I think the spatula blade might make things a little more efficient and precise if it's being done with lots of pills, or perhaps by Dr. Sausagefingers.
 
I have a factory test run Queen "pipe knife" on their Doctor Pattern. It has a spatula with rounded end for cleaning my tobacco pipe bowls and the secondary is the same length as the spatula but is a pick. The bottom of the queen pattern is flat bottom, so that is for packing tobacco in. I'm happy to have it, and use it.
 
Rockon75 said:
I have a factory test run Queen "pipe knife" on their Doctor Pattern. It has a spatula with rounded end for cleaning my tobacco pipe bowls and the secondary is the same length as the spatula but is a pick. The bottom of the queen pattern is flat bottom, so that is for packing tobacco in. I'm happy to have it, and use it.
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Please post pictures!!
 
waynorth said:
Please post pictures!!
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Here she is. The spatula is rounded and has a finger groove. It is sharpened to a knife blade type of sharp, on the edge below the Prototype etch. The sharpening continues around the curve. This is used to scrape the "cake" inside a pipe bowl. The pick is square stock. Half-Stops on both tools. I think you. An see the flat bottom on the butt end of the handle for packing. The cover appears to be Rosewood or something similar. I like the circle shield. The covers, as well as the shield, were shaped into a double radius. Like, if you slapped the two covers together it would make a fat pencil. Yes, the shield is contoured and flush as well. Very nice touch rather than an inletted flat circle. It's a dome...... pretty cool knife. And I use it as intended........hope you are well and recovering well my friend.

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I’ve been looking at the rr pipe doctor. Only because I like the blade. Not a smoker. Wonder what other uses the pipe cleaner may have?
 
tejasandre said:
I’ve been looking at the rr pipe doctor. Only because I like the blade. Not a smoker. Wonder what other uses the pipe cleaner may have?
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Cleaning any small orifice. Spider webs in the propane tube on the grill. Digging grease out of vent holes on electric tools, poking cheese and meats and depositing in mouth........all kinds of tasks.
 
I have a rough rider doctors knife I found. Kind of fun but not fun enough to motivate me to carry or use the thing sadly. I can imagine theoretical uses for the spatula (mostly in the pushing, poking vein) but in the real world I’d not use it much.
 
The spatula blades on the old physicians' knives weren't just for counting pills (there wasn't much in the way of "pills" in the old days). Most of the remedies and whatnot were made in powder or granular form and stored in small glass cork topped bottles back then. The spatula was the perfect size to reach into those narrow topped bottles and scoop up a dose or doses of whatever medicine was needed.

Artists found later that the thinned spatula also made a great tool for their trade, so a number of knife manufacturers were more than happy to supply them, usually just as a flexible folding spatula with no other blades as Charlie showed above.

Eric
 
A.L. said:
I never understood why you couldn’t just separate the pills with your fingers? You know, the things attached to your hands.
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Perhaps a pharmacist can corroborate this for me... but it is frowned upon to be touching any meds with your fingers.
I collect Dr. pattern with spatula knives, have to be matching stag though...
I'm also a Dr. and I have used on occasion one of my knives to actually count out pills. Kinda fun.
Also... I'm a pipe smoker, and I think the small Dr. pattern with spatula makes for a fine pipe knife. Sharp blade for cutting plugs, spatula for scraping bowl, flat end as a tamper.
 
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