All About Pocket Knives

A Sheepfoot blade is probably my favorite style blade, I carry different knives everyday and all of them have a sheepfoot master or secondary blade.

If you have any old knife with this blade please post them here!

Here is my new EDC

Very nice Challenge, great EDC. Realizing that favorite blade style is a personal thing, I would be interested to know if you could say why you favor the sheepfoot blade. I, myself, like the look of a spear blade, however, for using prefer a clip or a wharncliff. Here is a Naugatuck with a sheepfoot secondary.
Dan

Here's a few old H. Bokers with sheepfoot blades.

Something about that tobacco jack in the fifth frame really trips my interest. Nice bunch of knives in this thread!

danno50 wrote:I would be interested to know if you could say why you favor the sheepfoot blade.

I like the fact that the cutting edge is straight right to the end and does not turn upward like a spear blade. It is easier and faster to sharpen and I like the way I can hold the tip on something like rope and cut through it by getting more leverage and pressure at the tip of the blade. Not only that the shape appeals to my eye just looking at it.

BTW, I love that Naugatuck

thegreedygulo wrote:Here's a few old H. Bokers with sheepfoot blades.

Roger, those are all fantastic!!

Thanks for showing them

Here's my Broker New England Whaler.

btrwtr wrote:Nice bunch of knives in this thread!

I know you have some to show Wayne, let`s see `em

btrwtr wrote:Something about that tobacco jack in the fifth frame really trips my interest. Nice bunch of knives in this thread!

btrwtr: Thank you. I really like congress jacks & haven't seen that many. I was lucky enough to get Micheal Losicco (galvanic1882) to sell me that one. I've attached a picture of another one I've had for a long time.

Miller Bro`s wrote:

thegreedygulo wrote:Here's a few old H. Bokers with sheepfoot blades.

Roger, those are all fantastic!!

Thanks for showing them

MRB: You are welcome & I'm glad you liked them. Thank you.

Here are a few more of my favorites

MRB: Those are ALL very nice! Thanks for posting.

I have always liked sheepfoot blades and it is a pleasure to see these fine old knives. But, if the main blade is a sheepfoot, as in thegreedygulo's first example: what makes it a sheepfoot as opposed to a wharncliffe? I am not trying to be snarky, just curious. Does it depend on how the manufacturer labeled it when sold?

The sheepsfoot is my favorite blade too. I use it 10 to one more than any other blade on a stockman. Here are two of my favorites. They aren't quite as old as some of the others, Case 6217 (loom fixer) 6 dots, but I love em.

Dinadan wrote:I have always liked sheepfoot blades and it is a pleasure to see these fine old knives. But, if the main blade is a sheepfoot, as in thegreedygulo's first example: what makes it a sheepfoot as opposed to a wharncliffe? I am not trying to be snarky, just curious. Does it depend on how the manufacturer labeled it when sold?

A sheepsfoot blade is more blunt on the end as opposed to the more pointed warncliffe shape.

Roger, that sleeve board stock knife is a killer.

Thanks, Phil. Seems like a very fine line since I have seen some blades labeled wharncliffe that were very close to some of these sheepfoot blades.

This is a great thread - thanks for the photos!

3 old Cattaraugus.

peanut740 wrote:Roger, that sleeve board stock knife is a killer.

peanut740: Thanks Roger. That one was HARD for me to find.

NICE Catts. Delbert!!

Found a couple more Catts.

Nice old Catts.

More blades.

This is a Camco sheepfoot Barlow. Here is an Imperial Barlow with a sheepfoot master blade. This is a Robeson with a sheepfoot master. Whoever had this one seem to use it a lot.

Wow, what a great bunch of old knives posted to date. Dimitri, thanks for the comment on the Naugatuck and the reasons why you prefer the sheepfoot blade. Mostly the same reasons why I like the wharncliff, I just like the slighter sharper point on the wharncliff.
Dan

Some fantastic knives being shown here!

Here are a few of mine.