Why is it Called a "Spey" Blade

Usually I call it the extraneous thing that is in the way of gripping my knife properly.
However
since someone pointed out what a good peanut butter spreader / sandwich blade it is I did not remove it from my latest trapper.
The other day I needed to transfer grease from a large bucket to a work bench grease pot and used the blade. Worked perfectly. I had a hard time getting the entire film off the blade once I got home though. Used DEP citrus degreaser, rinsed, used dish soap, rinsed, used Boraxo grit hand cleaner and rinsed . . . there was still some haze of grease traces here and there. Gee . . . good grease ! Next time I will go straight for the WD-40 or paint thinner.

So . . . for now . . . the speyay(de) blade remain in situ.

What is the reason for the roundy end ? Is that so once you do the dirty deed and the animal starts to try to kill you for it you don't accidentally stab it ? Just curious . . . since the Vets blade is a different shape.

An actual surgical blade for speying operations by veterinarians on female animals would be a completely different profile, I would think.
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Wowbagger said:
What is the reason for the roundy end ? Is that so once you do the dirty deed and the animal starts to try to kill you for it you don't accidentally stab it ? Just curious . . . since the Vets blade is a different shape.
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I think it's so you don't accidentally stab DURING the dirty deed.

I find it interesting that the old illustration of the castrating blade had the top ground down to a point. I always thought that was a modern practice - something that turns the spey into more of a more all-around useful pen blade-like shape.


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calvinw said:
I think it's so you don't accidentally stab DURING the dirty deed.

I find it interesting that the old illustration of the castrating blade had the top ground down to a point. I always thought that was a modern practice - something that turns the spey into more of a more all-around useful pen blade-like shape.


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I know that is the theory behind it but it has always seemed to me that the sheepsfoot blade would be more suited to avoid accidental stabbing.
 
Then there was the Splayd.
Its a spoon its a blade ....and a fork.
The perfect implement for the repast of bush oysters.
 
Calves is the pleural form of calf. At least in the bovine world.


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From what i understand in previous threads here the spey blade shape is simply a modified drop point with a small portion of the tip clipped off. The blunting of the blade tip helped prevent accidental stabbings of the livestock during the castration procedure. :eek:

EDIT: yikes looks like i missed a page of replies. Sorry for the re-iteration of stuff already posted.
 
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