saddlehorn!

IVANKERLEY

IVANKERLEY

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Today my dad gave me my early birthday present, a 2004 Case Saddlehorn in Honey Bone... I'm a happy man been a pattern ive been looking at for a couple of years. Having handled it i'm sold very comfortable in hand and the blade profiles are really nice looking with the swedge:thumbup: All around beautiful knife, no gaps, halfstops:thumbup:
Question though... it has a oval Case made in the USA shield with American flags on both sides, never seen one like it and only found a couple picts on google. Pretty Neat though. The honey bone is different, kinda like burnt/toasted marshmallow:)
Would love to share picts, but i cant:grumpy:
advice: if your 13 year old skateboarding son asks to borrow the digital camera so him and some buds can shoot video/picts... just say no!:)
Anybody else like the saddlehorns?
cheers
ivan
 
Congrats on yer new knife. I could be wrong, as this is just a guess, but the knife having shields on both sides may have been a special run for someone like Shepherd Hills. IIRC the U.S flag shields were only done for a couple years
 
sorry for the confusion but i meant flags on right and left of the single shield (only on 1 side), yeah i have problems articulating... was excited please forgive me:D
love the shape though, got a natural in hand feel
ivan
 
No problem. My responses aren't always correct anyway :D

That pattern looks like it would be comfortable in hand
 
I like them and think they're a bit of a neglected pattern. The CASE small Saddlehorn I have in Bonestag sees a lot of the insides of my pockets, the combination of Clip&Skinner blades with the nail-nicks on the same side adds to the appeal.

My knife is very well finished, flush and no gaps,good spring and came deadly sharp. would like to see more options in this pattern, didn't Tony Bose have something to do with reviving this pattern at CASE?
 
I never owned a saddlehorn. What an ugly knife. Weird shape. No way.
Then I handled one.
Oh yeah. It fits the hand so well. I couldn't stop holding it, even when checking out other knives. In the end I ended up coming home with a Sodbuster. However, that "ugly, weird looking" knife definitely makes a really good knife to hold and use.
It wasn't that ugly or weird looking after that.
Don't judge a book by it's cover was the lesson that day.
 
I love *single* bladed saddlehorns -- slim, easy to carry, easy in the pocket with all the curves, extremely comfortable to use, the blade is easily pinched open, very attractive and practical design (though a few makers have rather over-exaggerated the curves).

However, two bladed saddlehorns are a whole different matter -- while I still think they're beautiful, in my opinion they loose much of the practicality of the single blade saddlehorn - the second blade is always very much in the way of a comfortable grip *and* you cannot pinch open the blades anymore (and naturally you get more weight and lose the slim form factor of the single blade version).
 
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This single blade saddlehorn by Joel Chamblin is one of my favorite carry knives. Very thin and light with plenty of useful blade. 4" closed and 2 5/8 ounces:

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This one by Tony is the only Saddlehorn I own (gave the one on the left away in a drawing). It's one of my favorite fondling knives, but I've never found the spey that practical either for for everyday carry or the field. Regardless, I think a potbelly spey is one of the coolest blades around. I'd love to find a nice single blade to tote around.

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Here is my Joel Chamblin single blade saddlehorn - 3 1/2in closed - that sees a fair bit of pocket time - I made up a composite of the original seller's images since I don't have any decent ones of it myself yet (I've only had it maybe 6 years :rolleyes: ) - and yes, it still looks much the same. I especially love the bit on the bolster that hides the backsquare corner - notice how it makes a continuous line with the back of the blade when closed - nice design.

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-- Dwight
 
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Those Chamblins are cool. I'd call them CopperHorns :D
 
ive only found 2 on google:confused:, then again i dont know what they actually called the shield...
Anybody got any info on this shield??
Anybody have any case in Honey Bone:confused:
maybe neither were very popular and are no longer offered...
The scales on mine sure are different lookin:D Kinda funky
but i love it and its in the edc rotation and in my pocket!
thanks
ivan
Pict below is not mine 1 of 2 picts on google that had the shield
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The Saddlehorn pattern has always intrigued me, but I have never had one.

I wonder how the term evolved?
 
Coonskinner said:
The Saddlehorn pattern has always intrigued me, but I have never had one.

I wonder how the term evolved?
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My understanding is that it came from the saddle horn of some Western style saddles - if you stand a saddlehorn knife on its front bolster, the handle has a modest resemblance to the profile of some styles of saddle horn. Also, it was no doubt a good advertising hook.
 
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cnas122 said:
This one by Tony is the only Saddlehorn I own (gave the one on the left away in a drawing). It's one of my favorite fondling knives, but I've never found the spey that practical either for for everyday carry or the field. Regardless, I think a potbelly spey is one of the coolest blades around. I'd love to find a nice single blade to tote around.
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That spey is gorgeous! as is the whole knife...
I'd make it my eatin' knife, that wide spey would be a great peanut butter spreader. :D

G.
 
actually a scan of my new one... to Illustrate just how odd the scales are (and rather mismatched), at least to me, but man the swedges on the blades make all the difference, they should do that on their stockmans:) And i still havent found many picts of this shield, guess it didnt last...
Anybody got this shield handle combo?
Anyway heres the Burnt Honey/Marshmallow Saddlehorn:D
Definitely a keeper:thumbup: oh and my old man got it 50% off too!
He's a sneaky old dude.
ivan
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