Spey Blade???

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What do you guys use them for?

I personally am not a fan and really wish they would replace them with a coping, wharncliffe, sheeps foot, or really any blade type that seems more useful than a spey.....

So are there any on here that see a particular value in the spey blade?
 
Not for they're intended use... I use it for food related activites. Like a butter knife but sharp. Clip/other blade for any other type of cutting needed. If you have no need for that, you can always grind down the tip into a sheepscliffe :)
 
They can be useful for whittling. The very upswept belly can be used almost like a chisel, for example to hollow out a spoon. Or to take off the bandage after donating blood (try that with a wharncliffe or clip blade without further bloodloss :D)
And you can convert them quite easily to a spear blade (in most cases) or like Trand said into something straight (depending on the nailnick placement).
 
sturzi said:
They can be useful for whittling. The very upswept belly can be used almost like a chisel, for example to hollow out a spoon. Or to take off the bandage after donating blood (try that with a wharncliffe or clip blade without further bloodloss :D)
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When I was a kid and whittled in scouts I had a stockman and found that it was perfect for scooping when whittling. If you sharpen the entire curve/belly, it is also good for surface planing to remove blemishes on wood.

Now, I seem to use it more for a cigar cutter than anything. Silly as it sounds, I like the old fashioned "V" cut on the cap side that was favored by cigar smokers when they wore a cigar knife or cutter on their watch chain. I have a few stockman/cattleman patterns and that is alway the sharpest blade on the knife for that reason.

Robert
 
They can also be handy for skinning. But I hear you - there is definitely a shortage of wharncliffe options available, imo. Especially on double-blade slip joints of 3.5" - 4" in closed length, with pinched bolsters, red jigged bone, 8 out of 10 springs, and 1095 steel. :D
 
I agree. I know that others use them, but I rarely do.

I would be much rather have a wharncliff or sheep's foot.
 
I don't care for the little short speys like on a medium or small stockman type knife. I think a pen would work better on those patterns. I do like the ones on the trappers though. Long slicing blade with a rounded edge will work better than a pointy tip like a wharncliffe for getting peanut butter, mayo, butter, jelly, deviled ham out of a jar, or skinning game. They make a good food prep knife. They are also less likely to penetrate deep if you become a little careless.

Honestly, I'd rather have a spey on a trapper type knife than a wharncliffe. I love the way a wharncliffe looks, but can't ever seem to justify buying a knife with one because I see the spey more useful..... provided it's long. I don't see much use in a short wharncliffe either though.
 
My Spey blades are always kept the sharpest, I use 'em like a scalpel, shaving off calluses, trimming hang nails, even cutting out splinters.

Now that I think about it it usually always gets used to cut flesh of some kind.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
My Spey blades are always kept the sharpest, I use 'em like a scalpel, shaving off calluses, trimming hang nails, even cutting out splinters.

Now that I think about it it usually always gets used to cut flesh of some kind.
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And these few words conjure pictures that are worth thousands of words. :o
 
similar to what others have already said, the spey blade on my lg trapper gets pbj duty, and stays pretty dull. Opened a bandage with it once and cut the living shtink out myself just an inch up from the original wound. Haven't sharpened it since.
 
As I may or may not have said before, the thing I find most interesting is how polarizing the spey blade seems to be. Most folks are indifferent, a very few are fond of it, and a few more see no use for it whatsoever.
 


I like them just fine once the back side of the blade is worked a little bit to make them more "pointy"...it's my go to blade for opening boxes, piercing cuts into plastic packaging and other detail cutting tasks...
 
I will second the food preppers and whittlers:)

That what I use mine for also, they have become one of my favorite blades. Although I much prefer the longer full size speys. They just look good too, and I like being able to cut with the "upswept" part of the tip
 
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