Thread: What kind of pocket knife is this?

you did a good job cleaning it up. Yes, carpenters, linolieum (sp), electrician, etc.

It looks like a sheep shank blade. I think thy were used to clean hooves.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

It looks like a sheep shank blade. I think thy were used to clean hooves.

I think we have a Winner !!

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I think we have a Winner !!

I think the proper term is sheepsfoot blade.

Here you go :Linoleum knife - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I am going to have to disagree with it being a sheep's foot style blade as the curve on the sheep's foot blade does not extent below the straight line of the cutting edge. I believe the type of blade is a Hawk's Bill User:Legitimus/Hawkbill (knife) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . It can and has been used for all the tasks mentioned in this thread from linoleum, tar paper, pruning, wire stripping and many more I am sure.

Bob

This is without question a blade a Mohel would use,plain and simple.

its a pruning knife i have a few of them also electricians use them to strip wire ect. hawkbill is my favorite blade style.

That type of blade was originally created as a pruning knife. Been around a long time. Later used for a variety of stuff as in linoleum and wiring as has been stated above.

It is not a sheep foot which is a different shape entirely.
Here's a pic of a Wostenholm I*XL pruner made in the '30's or thereabouts. Been sharpened down over the year and has lost a lot of the "hawk bill".


And a Schrade from the '40's

So wullie, you do not think it was used for the barbaric act of Circumsission?
Horrible thing that, happend to me at age two days, could not walk for a year.