4 Blade cattle knife.

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4 Blade cattle knife.

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I picked this knife up and still haven't been able to ID the pattern. I believe it is between R3000-R3050. It's 3 3/4, has angled crimped bolsters. The clip blade has a very odd shape that I've never seen. Any information you have I'd appreciate. Warning....its a little rough.
Thanks Keith
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Keith,I've seen spey blades with a hump on the top before.I speculated that it could be used as a gauge when being used for it's intended purpose on a calf.
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That sure could be. The thumb fits just right in the top of the blade.
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This is an old Henry Sears and Son 1865 with a humpback spey blade.
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I didn't do an exhaustive search but after a quick look, I found Remington catalog examples of two blade "surveyors" (also called "swell center canoe" and more recently "railsplitter"). The two blades are R53 and R55. I don't know the number for the 4 blade.
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Same main blade on this R63 I posted recently in another thread.
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One model of Surveyor from Remington is a scout pattern with bail, punch, and can opener. Found one example.
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Remumc wrote:Same main blade on this R63 I posted recently in another thread.
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When you posted this knife in the other topic I didn't fully understand how different your main blade was. Now I do.
Here is my scout/surveyors knife.
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