Campbellclanman
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Thats a real nice IXL Herder!
If anyone has examples of Serpintine frames with Spear blades I would love to see them.
Nice knife, herder!
Hi Brad. Good to see you. It's an interesting question. I had asked in Levine's forum but unfortunately noone produced and example or catalog cut. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...out-pattern-names-Sowbelly-amp-Premier-Cattle
If you broadly consider serpentine frames, there are lots of examples with spear blades. And if you narrow down to stockman type frames then the "moose" pattern is a common example. There are also premium jacks with spear blades. But I think you mean more like herder's knife. I have this catalog cut handy (click on image to view full size). c1928 so this particular example does not predate the premium stockman though. I would have to do digging to see if I can find other examples. It's rare.
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Actually there are not a lot of examples. Your catalog example is rare as well. As for the Moose,this does not actually qualify as it is not a Stockman.
Again, please show examples. Your catalog example is great!
Thanks! I meant that the moose is an example of a serpentine pattern, not a stockman. Though often they use the same handle die. I agree the premier cattle and "transitional" knives are very rare. I've never seen an example in a reference book.
When I'm going through old catalogs, I'll keep it in mind and check for other examples with spear blades.
Thanks Jake
I can only hope you can turn up some more examples. I have been interested in this latter for some time.
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Often referred to as a "PremIer" or a "Serpentine" Cattle pattern, this is an extremely rare pattern. It was an interim pattern between "Cattle" and "Stockman". First the "Cattle", then the "Premier Cattle", then the "Stockman" as far as chronological order goes. Made in very small numbers by few manufactures. Apparently it was was far more difficult to arrange and fit a spear blade into a serpentine frame than originally thought. The "Premier Cattle" was only made for a few short years by few makers. This is a fine and rare specimen. Congratulations on a unique and rare find. I would be interested in knowing the closed length as I have a couple of examples.
Thanks Jake and ptradeco. Yes, that is a fairly uncommon variation with the spear main blade in the three blade "Premier Cattle" model. (Well, maybe not so uncommon with the many great catalog cuts that Jake has shown)
Oddly enough though, this model was offered by Wostenholm at least as early as 1885 along with a few different "Cattle" models. It seems to disappear around WWI and about the same time that Wostenholm introduced their "Stockman" models which ran right up until the 1960s.