Which Blade?

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okbohn

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I dunno...can you tell which blade gets the most use?

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I love how traditionals age. :)
 

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For my stockmans I tend to favor the small blades for most tasks and hold the big blade in reserve. To each his own. ;)
 
The patina on the big clip point suggest it has seen the most use.

My folders show a similar pattern.



Big Mike
 
Well it all depends on what you cut. If you only use the big blade for cutting apples, and the other blades for most of your non-food work, then it's possible to have a less-used blade have more patina.
 
jc57 said:
Well it all depends on what you cut. If you only use the big blade for cutting apples, and the other blades for most of your non-food work, then it's possible to have a less-used blade have more patina.
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That's very true. Recently I've been carrying peanuts a lot, and I tend to use the small scalpel-like pen blades all the time, but when I have lunch the longer main gets used for fruit. Patina can mislead...
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Paul
 
Sometimes the patina can be misleading. Or, at least in my case. ;)

My Schrade 8OT's clip has a nice, deep patina on it. But only because I'd deliberately applied it. Didn't do the same to the other blades yet. The sheepsfoot blade on mine actually gets a lot more use than the other two blades. Mostly for opening boxes, packages and such. They don't generally leave anything on the blade that induces or accelerates patina. And with the cardboard boxes, even those can act somewhat abrasively and burnish & shine the steel a bit, similar to stropping the patina off the edge of a blade during sharpening.

On your posted example, I'm betting the clip has been used more though. Looks like the edge has been re-bevelled/sharpened more. Other two blades look closer to factory edges.


David
 
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I have never bought a stockman without a spey despite the fact that I find it among the most useless blade shapes for things that I do. I sometimes force myself to use it for whittling to increase my familiarity with it. it does seem to work pretty well for whittling.
 
I love the look of a well used traditional! They age so much better than modern knives, at least in my experience. I tend to use the main blade the most, but force myself to share the love and use the other blades sometimes.
 
nice picture, I don't know i could go back to knives that stay shiny again...apart form saks, obviously
 
MarkPinTx said:
I have never bought a stockman without a spey despite the fact that I find it among the most useless blade shapes for things that I do. I sometimes force myself to use it for whittling to increase my familiarity with it. it does seem to work pretty well for whittling.
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That cracked me up! I have felt the same way for years. I don't do much of what it is intended for. Even when I did, I used rubber bands instead! :)
 
Well my comment extends to trappers too, where I believe the intended use is skinning. And while I neither defenestrate nor skin many or any animals, I don't find the spey to be well adapted to much of anything I use a blade for: when I want some straight edge, I also seem to want some point too, so sheepsfoot or wharncliffe is the order of the day, etc. etc.
 
well the big one but, I really like the pen blade the best
 
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