Old Cattle Knives
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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".
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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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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.whitebuffalo58 wrote: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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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.
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Jerry, That is a very rare knife. Also nice.
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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.
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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
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Judging by the shield and "jigging" that is indeed a Camillus.
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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.
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Nice work on making that Kutmaster really pop, OC!
That should be a fine EDC for a long long time.
That should be a fine EDC for a long long time.
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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.
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.
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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!
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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.
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.
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That is the generally accepted definition Kaw. Those who continue to post these serpentine stockman deserve a good tongue lashing don't you think?
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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?gsmith7158 wrote:That is the generally accepted definition Kaw. Those who continue to post these serpentine stockman deserve a good tongue lashing don't you think?
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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.OLDE CUTLER wrote: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?gsmith7158 wrote:That is the generally accepted definition Kaw. Those who continue to post these serpentine stockman deserve a good tongue lashing don't you think?
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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 ....
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 ....
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And..... I can just see the cowboy with a pearl cattle knife. I'm grin'n
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Lyle - I was thinking the same thing - it’s not the first I have seen in MOP... maybe they were for fancy cowboys who drive a Cadillac ....wlf wrote:And..... I can just see the cowboy with a pearl cattle knife. I'm grin'n
One other thing regarding handles - according to the “book” the majority were celluloid or jigged bone but “fancy” ones (I quote fancy) were MOP or fancy celluloid...... I would think given wood may be more durable that it would be a handle of choice but guess not...
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My nephew dropped off this cattle knife to have a little work done on it. It is a Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett, and Co. with nice bone handles. I understand Schrade, Camillus, and /or New York Knife made most of these. Is it possible to determine the manufacturer of these by the shield, and the observation that the three blades each use a different pull? The spear master has a match strike, the sheepsfoot has the short D shaped nail nick, and the skinner has a long pull.
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Sweet lookin' cattle knife OC... that one has it all going for it... nice jigged bone... luv the blade combination in such great shape and with those different pulls!...
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Fine old cattle knife with nice old NYK bone.
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