What blade shape

Case calls that a skinner blade, for their folding hunter of the same pattern (6265).

Screen grab below, from one of their prominent dealers, of the description:

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I recall Buck calling it that in some of their old literature. But when I looked it up in 'Blade's Guide To Knives', it is named as a Turkish clip point, pg. 44. They had a drawing and the match was exact.? DM
 
Here's a link to an online article (Jan. 30, 2013) from Blade Magazine, titled "Illustrated Guide to Types of Blades". Illustration there shows this blade style ID'd as a skinner, seen in the 2nd full row of shapes, the 2nd blade from the left.

https://blademag.com/knife-collecting/illustrated-guide-to-types-of-blades

Tip isn't 'clipped' on the skinner blade, with the spine being essentially straight (& some are curved upward slightly, such as same FH pattern from Queen) all the way from heel to tip - so it can't be called a 'clip' of any form, I'd think. I'm thinking if it was ID'd as a Turkish Clip in printed literature, that might've been a typo/error of some sort. Otherwise, it seems not to make sense.
 
I would have called it a Skinner initially as well. But looking at it again, it does appear to be clipped along the spine well back toward the pivot, with a long subtle clip to the point. If you look at the shadow behind the knife it’s almost as if there is a Turkish clip darker shadow overlaid on top of a skinner lighter shadow, with the darker being the actual blade shape.
 
Looking at the posted pic of the Buck 317, maybe the very subtle dip (or 'clip' ? ) in the blade spine, very near to the rear, is what lends most of the confusion over that one. But it's so subtle, still doesn't look like what I'd view as a clip blade. Still looks too much like the standard 'skinner' in these FH patterns. All of the images I see online of 'Turkish Clip' blades are far more obvious in the deviation of the 'clipped' profile from dead-straight, with the peak of the clip at mid-blade or maybe 2/3rds or so back from the tip.

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Thought I'd seen it before, in a couple of my own knives. Turns out, the same profile is seen in the spine of the secondary blade on Schrade's 25 OT pattern (I have two), with the subtle 'clip' aligned with the plunge grind at the rear of the blade, or just barely forward of that. That being said, online descriptions of that pattern still call it either a 'standard blade' (whatever that means??) or a skinning blade.
 
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Here's a look at what A.G. Russell's 'Knife Encyclopedia' defines as a Turkish Clip, describing a 'very long clip and deeply swayed edge'. Looks more radical in the clip, and with a lot of recurve in the cutting edge, as compared to the FH's skinner blade profile with the much more subtle clip (if any) and the essentially dead-straight edge profile for most of the blade's length, save for the upward-curving 'belly' close to the tip.

Oddly enough, A.G.R.'s encyclopedia doesn't include the 'skinner blade' seen in most of the common FH patterns.

https://agrussell.com/encyclopedia/blade-shapes
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Obsessed, the picture you show in post 3 is a trailing point.
Whereas the Buck blade is clipped . It starts straight, then just in front of the plunge line the spine starts to drop down, and near the point forms a clip. I have the same pattern Case knife and the 2 are blades are different. Yes, the Case blade is straight. DM
 
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I wonder if the 'skinner blade' nomenclature used in describing many of these FH patterns is generically applied to the intended function for the blade in the Folding Hunter, and less about the profile or shape of the blade, which we're seeing can vary a bit.
 
You nearly always see this blade combo listed as clip and skinner, and . . . we know which one the clip is! ;)
 
Obsessed, yes that's what I will use it for.
Mamba, Buck being based in California, likely knew that style clip. The 2 blade styles I find useful. Thanks, for this discussion. DM
 
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