Sheepsfoot/Wharncliffe/Lambsfoot

I don't like straight-edged blades...

  • I'm with you!

    Votes: 5 10.6%

  • Eh, long as it cuts my bagel.

    Votes: 5 10.6%

  • Where's my pitchfork and torch?

    Votes: 32 68.1%

  • Don't you have some bullets to catalog?

    Votes: 12 25.5%
  • Total voters
    47
JM2

JM2

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I don't care for sheepsfoot/wharncliffe/lambsfoot blades. Yep, I said it, I don't care for straight-edge blades, I'd rather have a pen or spey blade.

I once had a very nice Case Swayback, but sold it because the blade didn't suit my fancy.

I do use the sheepsfoot blade on my Case 75 pattern "Jumbo" Stockman, but it's not my go-to blade, it's more like my sacrificial blade.

So who's with me!
 
It depends on what I'm doing. That's why I carry multi-blade knives when away from home, so I have the tool I need. I do find that when I'm at home I can usually get by with just a straight edge, Wharncliffe or lambsfoot. I don't own any sheepfoot only single-blades, as I like to have some tip for piercing when it's my only blade. Opening letters and packages and breaking down cardboard are my most often uses, and a straight edge does great for those apps.
 
With a Clip and a Sheepfoot I can do everything I need a pocketknife for. OH
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Same as stated above, it depends what I'm doing with it. I like a straight edge on some knives. I mostly use/enjoy a clip point of some kind. I also enjoy using a spear point, hawkbill, ect. Why stop at just one? 🤣
 
Sorry, sheepsfoot is my favorite blade shape by far and nothing bears a small wharncliffe, but to each his own!
 
I used to like wharnecliffe blades, but it would definitely depend on how "pointy" they are. I would like a lambfoot, if it was not the only blade on the knife.
For versatility, the sheepfoot blade on a stockman is wonderful. I consider it the "utility knife" in my pocket. The main clip blade is for "clean" work, food, etc... and the spey is for other tasks that lend themselves to a blade with a little belly.
The sheepfoot is a workhorse... I've used mine to score sheetrock, cut through ESD mat material at work, break down cardboard, cut through leather and rubber....
and once you get your edge established, they are dead simple to touch up, when dulled from use.
 
I like a straight edge blade for ease of sharpening and because they are ideal for opening packages, which is what I use a knife for several times a day at work and at home.

Not as manly as field dressing a wild goat you shot in the Serengeti, or as nostalgic as skinning a rabbit for its pelt, though. But I have lots of knives so many times I don’t carry a straight edge. A clip or spear does the opening almost but not quite as well.
 
I like a small Wharncliffe blade as a secondary, with a Clip or Spear main. That combo handles most of my daily cutting tasks.
Something like these.
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I generally don't carry a single Wharncliffe bladed knife, but I do carry a Clip or Spear single blade regularly.
 
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I partly agree, I will pick a blade with a belly over a straight edge blade to carry for overall usefulness but Im with Peregrin having both is really nice. I like carrying my elephant toenail with a sheepsfoot in my back pocket.
 
I'm not a fan of wharncliffe bladed because the tip can be fragile, but my favorite blades are the lambsfoot and sheepsfoot. Super easy to sharpen back up and get a working edge.
 
I disagree! Straight edge is the way. 😁

There is always a larger straight edge on me. It's either a big old sheepsfoot like the one shown, or a large lambsfoot... Or even a modern schrade flipper with a straight edge blade. They are useful to me through daily life as a utility blade.

The front pocket is usually a Congress or smaller lambsfoot. This pen blade is my sacrificial blade!

I like all sorts of knives but typically find myself carrying straight edge knives more often than not.
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I like the sharp point of a wharncliffe but I miss a belly when I carry it (single blade).
I tried a wharncliffe-trapper (Bose design) recently and that may be a very good EDC combo. The trapper has more belly then I normaly like, but that is ok since you have a wharncliffe if you need a point.
I have a new WC-trapper back from HT, looking forwards to finishing it.
 
I like a provocative thread :cool: Man must speak his mind otherwise we fall into moronic& insincere group think, which can morph into witch-hunting and lynch-mobs....HOWEVER, you're quite WRONG @JM2:D deranged even...:eek:;) Straight edges have many applications - just try shaving without one- you're maybe bearded then...:rolleyes:

Seriously though, the wonder of Traditionals is the breadth of blade types available to us, don't have a favourite as so many fit the bill I like Drop-Point, the various Clips, types of Spear, Spey when on a Stockman and the many Straights- Sheepfoot, Lambfoot, Wharncliffe, Coping, Rope etc plus the Leaf styles of Europe 😍 And as for Pruner...swoon!

You SURE you're revolted by these???

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Will Power said:
I like a provocative thread :cool: Man must speak his mind otherwise we fall into moronic& insincere group think, which can morph into witch-hunting and lynch-mobs....HOWEVER, you're quite WRONG @JM2:D deranged even...:eek:;) Straight edges have many applications - just try shaving without one- you're maybe bearded then...:rolleyes:

Seriously though, the wonder of Traditionals is the breadth of blade types available to us, don't have a favourite as so many fit the bill I like Drop-Point, the various Clips, types of Spear, Spey when on a Stockman and the many Straights- Sheepfoot, Lambfoot, Wharncliffe, Coping, Rope etc plus the Leaf styles of Europe 😍 And as for Pruner...swoon!

You SURE you're revolted by these???
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Very well said 👍
 
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