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Redchord520
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Hey Fine Folks,

Has anyone seen this blade pattern before? The blade is sharp, the hook on the end is not.
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I have seen these advertised as a horseman's knife. The blunt end is a hoof pick, while the inside is sharpened for cutting baler twine and the like (and could probably also be used for hoof trimming as well).
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Awesome Thanks so Much!
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I have never seen a hoof pick with a sharp blade inside. I think this blade is a "gut hook" blade for slitting the bellies of large game without cutting into the intestines.
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Rafting safety knife? ::shrug::
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!

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Gunsil wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:34 pm I have never seen a hoof pick with a sharp blade inside. I think this blade is a "gut hook" blade for slitting the bellies of large game without cutting into the intestines.
Usually a 'gut-hook' blade has a sharp and pointy tip for puncturing through the abdominal wall so that the sharp edge of the gut-hook can then be inserted and pulled on to slice through the abdominal wall.
This OP blade does not look like it has a sharp point.
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I've always heard them called horseman's knives for just the reasons Cody stated! ::shrug:: 8)
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Looks like a scribe knife for marking trees
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Redchord520 wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 9:13 pm Hey Fine Folks,

Has anyone seen this blade pattern before? The blade is sharp, the hook on the end is not.
I believe your knife is a Pakistan made Horse Farriers lockback,

The link below shows a similar Bear Hunter knife sold for $20.00 in April

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234441807286?n ... 7675.l2557
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Good find rustyoldknife !
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Always referred to as a horse farriers knife. Have had many. That's the way I've always advertised them with no complaints.
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That knife was distributed by Frost Cutlery in the years around 2005. Maybe still is? The Bear Hunter knives were a cheap Pakistan made line, one of them was a Buck 110/Schrade LB7 knockoff. Your particular model was sold as the "Hoof and Hay" knife, think it went for around $15 if I recall correctly.

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I used that knife when I worked in my uncles shoe repair shop. He called it a Skive knife and we trimmed leather off the perimeter of the Shoesole or shaved off a leather piece at an angle to fit on a half sole repair.
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