What's the attraction of a sheepsfoot blade?

[twinboysdad]

Same here Lance. I took my Pingo to Disney instead of an E4 or C3.5 and also had my LBHB on my keys. There were a few things during the week that the Pingo would have struggled with due to lack of tip and likewise the LBHB in SE would have stumbled on a few items. My SS Dfly could have done them all in my mind. I REALLY like my Pingo though but I have a hard time with just the Pingo...

I am trying to get the nerve to wharnify the Pingo

[Liquid Cobra]

I thought knives of any kind weren't allowed at Disneyland.

[Blue Possum]

I went 3-4 years ago, and had no issues. But I didn't announce I had one on me.

[twinboysdad]

I thought knives of any kind weren't allowed at Disneyland.

I did not know for sure so my Pingo was the most expendable if it had come to that. I would not have given up the LBHB that easily and thanks to Mark Greenman's Ladybug Hawkbill for SD and OSS Hideout it was my "primary" weapon anyway. I was neither wanded nor passed through metal detectors. The GA Aquarium does have a no weapons and wands. LBHB went somewhere discrete and was undetected. Were I not with my family I would have gone without.

[xceptnl]

I thought knives of any kind weren't allowed at Disneyland.

They are not, in either Disneyland or Disney World. They trick being not to look suspicious and to carry a throw away in case you are stripped of your carry blade.

[zhyla]

Another way of looking at the sheepsfoot tip is: what good is a pointy tip? Most EDC knives are pointy because stabby things make us feel secure, but it's pretty rare I actually stab things with them.

The rock lobster style is a much better default blade shape than the standard Endura shape IMHO.

[RadioactiveSpyder]

Sheepsfoot blades (sheepsfeet?) are very sheeple-friendly :D .

[JD Spydo]

For Emergency and First Responder geared blades I think the "Sheepsfoot" blades do offer a safe alternative to many other models. The ASSIST 1 is the best Emergency Rescue type blade on the entire market.

If I was a first responder I would seriously want a Sheepsfoot full Spyderedged blade for all kinds of emergency purposes. Even Hawkbills like the Harpy or Tasman ( in that size range) would be much safer to use.

Also any kind of knife for Mariners, Fishermen and other seagoing trades truly benefit from a Sheepsfoot blade design.

[RanCoWeAla]

When sharpening this type of blade you have to lay the tip on the stone and push away from you rather than pull toward you and let the tip run off the stone because that's where you start to ruin the tip.

[JD Spydo]

When sharpening this type of blade you have to lay the tip on the stone and push away from you rather than pull toward you and let the tip run off the stone because that's where you start to ruin the tip.

With plain edged Sheepsfoot blades I've found them to be some of the easiest knife blades I've ever sharpened. The fully serrated sheepsfoot blades are not difficult to sharpen either IMO. They respond really well to the use of the Spyderco 701 PRofiles. As I said earlier it's interesting that most knife designers like the sheepsfoot blade for RESCUE and Emergency type blades<>> and for a very good reason.

Another advantage I see with sheepsfoot blades is that they are very controllable when making fast cuts like seatbelts or cordage. I do believe we'll be seeing sheepsfoot blades in Spyderco's main line up for many years to come.

[Lonehunter]

Well JD if you change safe to safer that may be a point,however i don't like to see ANY knife around a PT. It's often a hectic crowded fluid situation ,with many people trying to do many things unless absolutely needed my knives stay clipped to my pockets.

That and PT's tend to freak out even more when they see you with a knife in your hand. Off duty if it's all you got,well make due then.

[JD Spydo]

Well JD if you change safe to safer that may be a point,however i don't like to see ANY knife around a PT. It's often a hectic crowded fluid situation ,with many people trying to do many things unless absolutely needed my knives stay clipped to my pockets.

That and PT's tend to freak out even more when they see you with a knife in your hand. Off duty if it's all you got,well make due then.

That's interesting>> You must be a first responder I take it? But still it makes me wonder why most knives that are specifically made or designed for use by first responders tend to be sheepsfoot blades for the most part. Of course there are exceptions in every area of blades and their intended uses.

I can certainly understand why people on the scene of a traumatic event would be squimish about having an open blade exposed in a hurried situation. But with firefighters, police and others who would have the un-enviable duty of extracating someone from a crashed auto or truck would have no choice but to use a blade to free someone involved in a head on accident or even a bad fender-bender that would keep the occupant from opening the door and/or window as well.

But again most of Spyderco's sheepsfoot blades are designed for RESCUE type blades or in the case of the older Mariner model maybe even the commercial fishing industry.

[twinboysdad]

Sheepsfoot blades (sheepsfeet?) are very sheeple-friendly :D .

wolves seldom concern themselves with the ponderings of sheep...

[RadioactiveSpyder]

Even when they're eating them?

[opusxpn]

sheepfoot blade is a very nice design great for opening boxes, it is a safer knife in a way. It is also a good fruit snack knife.