Need help Identifying this Pattern!

[Redchord520]

Hey Fine Folks,

Has anyone seen this blade pattern before? The blade is sharp, the hook on the end is not.

[cody6268]

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).

[Redchord520]

Awesome Thanks so Much!

[Gunsil]

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.

[1967redrider]

Rafting safety knife?

[kootenay joe]

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.
kj

[Madmarco]

I've always heard them called horseman's knives for just the reasons Cody stated!

[chickenman62]

Looks like a scribe knife for marking trees

[rustyoldknife]

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

[kootenay joe]

Good find rustyoldknife !
kj

[Kase's Kutlery Plus]

Always referred to as a horse farriers knife. Have had many. That's the way I've always advertised them with no complaints.

[ea42]

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.

Eric