"Well, as I said when I posted the pictures of the first one; "it has proven to be a capable knife". We are getting ready for winter and I've been using the knife on and off for cutting cooler lines, tractor hydraulic hoses, tow ropes, - all kinds of stuff used in a rural setting. We've also been bundling various plants, trees, etc. and a heavy bladed knife comes in handy for that sort of thing. The spear blade on this knife is very thick with no flex and the frame is very sturdy with no flex either. That means I can put the edge of the spear blade on something (say a radiator hose), grip the knife tightly, and cut through whatever is at hand without worrying about damaging the knife. I replaced a couple hydraulic lines on my old tractor the other day and rather that trying to route the old hoses through the ins and outs of the harness with the old fittings on them, I just cut the lower fittings off the hoses and pulled them through the top of the bundle. That spear blade on this knife sliced right through the hoses with no sweat and the sheepsfoot blade came in handy to scrape the flat flanges where the new hoses would sit/fit on. I also used the sheepsfoot blade to square the end of the hoses.
GEC advertises/named this knife as/a whittler but I wouldn't use it as a whittler - I'd use it on a construction site, a farm/ranch, a home shop or commercial shop."
