Old Cattle Knives

[BWT]

Good looking knife

[royal0014]

A Paxton & Gallagher Omaha Cattleman.

Oh My .....

[Pile Driver]

Thought I posted this here already, an old Union Cutlery cattle knife

[RalphAlsip]

This 3 5/8" Cattle knife is marked Robinson Bros & Co Louisville. Any thoughts on who might have made it would be appreciated. It bears a resemblance to knifegnome's beautiful Paxton & Gallagher Omaha Cattleman posted earlier.

[espn77]

That's really a nice knife Jerry. From the bone the the blades.

[OLDE CUTLER]

Yet another old Hammer Brand cattle knife I picked up for $2 at the flea market. The handle coloring on this one is somewhat "Parquet-ish".

[whitebuffalo58]

I think I have it's clip bladed brother OC. I averaged more then $2 a knife on the lot it came in, so I think you did great.

WB

[OLDE CUTLER]

I think I have it's clip bladed brother OC. I averaged more then $2 a knife on the lot it came in, so I think you did great.

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WB

Yours looks like the same pattern on the handles, but with a different background color. I think mine was a bargain because the master blade had been chipped. The curve of the cutting edge doesn't look quite right. I have several Hammer cattle knives, but all of mine have a large spear blade. I don't have one with a clip blade, will have to keep an eye out for one.

[RalphAlsip]

This is a Russell USA Cattle knife. In the top-down view note that the brass liner adjacent to the punch is a partial liner and the space in the blade well where the liner would have been is occupied by the punch. This design allows the other 2 blades to be straight and the punch is bent.

[stockman]

Jerry, That is a very rare knife. Also nice.

Harold

[OLDE CUTLER]

My brother in law gave me this Kutmaster cattle knife that he got in a box of stuff at an auction. Front bone is good, rear has a big piece broken off. Some one tried to tighten up the joints by hammering the pins, but did not use a slacker. Now you can barely pull the blades open they are so tight. That will all be fixed when it comes apart to rehandle.

[djknife13]

I just picked up this Enderes dark jigged bone cattle knife in super nice condition along with the other two tag alongs. I believe Camillus made this one (could be wrong). Levines lists them in the late 1920's. ___Dave

[Tsar Bomba]

Judging by the shield and "jigging" that is indeed a Camillus.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I just finished rehandling the Kutmaster cattle knife pictured above. Replaced the broken bone handles with elk stag. Now it is an EDC in my pocket.

[Tsar Bomba]

Nice work on making that Kutmaster really pop, OC!

That should be a fine EDC for a long long time.

[OLDE CUTLER]

Has not been a post here in awhile. I picked up a couple of junior cattle knives for my pile over the weekend.
Camillus 64, 3 3/8"

Landers, Frary, & Clark, 3 3/8", number 80633 3/4, with what looks like gold swirl celluloid. For Flesh Only etched on spey blade.

[BWT]

Nice finds OC!!!

[FRJ]

Here's an old Shapleigh with a Boker sheepsfoot (I recon that otta be a spey, Pilgrim) that was installed a long time ago. Nice job!

[KAW]

All great lookin' knives...

Would someone please explain to me what makes a cattle knife different from a stockman?
At first I thought it was an equal end 3 bladed knife vs. a serpentine, but I see posted on this thread serpentine pattern knives being called cattle knives. Some have a punch, but others appear to have the same blades combination as a stockman. Each time I think I have it figured out, I get more confused.

[gsmith7158]

That is the generally accepted definition Kaw. Those who continue to post these serpentine stockman deserve a good tongue lashing don't you think?

[OLDE CUTLER]

That is the generally accepted definition Kaw. Those who continue to post these serpentine stockman deserve a good tongue lashing don't you think?

Oh Oh, he is talking about me? My bad. I was calling them cattle knives because they had an awl instead of a sheepsfoot on an otherwise stockman frame. And junior because they are 3 3/8" or less. So all cattle knives are equal end?

[KAW]

OC... your photos are not the only ones. The serpentine pattern has been presented throughout this thread.

So I guess this Dwight Devine Ulster would be considered a cattle knife even though it doesn't have a punch blade?

[gsmith7158]

That is the generally accepted definition Kaw. Those who continue to post these serpentine stockman deserve a good tongue lashing don't you think?

Oh Oh, he is talking about me? My bad. I was calling them cattle knives because they had an awl instead of a sheepsfoot on an otherwise stockman frame. And junior because they are 3 3/8" or less. So all cattle knives are equal end?

OC just a friendly little poke in the ribs. This is another one of those hotly contested ideals that always brings on a lot of conversation but seldom arrives at a definitive answer.

[LongBlade]

The answer as to a definition of a Cattle knife to a Stockman is about as clear as the sky on a cloudy rainy day .... I think for the most part Cattle knives are equal end frames and Stockmans are serpentine handles with exceptions:

If one reads Levine there are a variety of Cattle knives and indeed there are some called premier serpentine cattle knives... supposedly what differentiates a Cattle Knife from a serpentine stockman is that Cattle knives have Spear point master blades while Stockmans always have a clip blade as the master... Also a Stockman can theoretically have a punch blade (and not all Cattle knives have a punch or awl)... Yet when I look at some of the examples of illustrated knives for each category I see a few Cattle knives with clip blades and one Stockman knife example with a spear blade... From a personal perspective I also think Cattle knives are more robust in hand whereas Stockmans are slimmer...

So is it just opinion?? In some cases probably and many others I think it is pretty clear - how's that for an answer ... IMO - Going back through the thread I can see knives that I would call Stockman knives for sure...

My opinion -

Olde Cutler - I would say you have some sweet Stockman knives ... I think it is cool to see a punch on a Stockman

Ken - That looks like a classic Cattle knife to me and quite nice in MOP and no punch or awl needed ....

[wlf]

And..... I can just see the cowboy with a pearl cattle knife. I'm grin'n