From: krypsis@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 4/05/2011 5:16 PM, the wharf rat wrote:   
   > 	I've got an old Schrade "rope knife".  This is a fist sized   
   > slip joint with a heavy sheep's foot type blade.  It's sometimes   
   > called a "horticulture knife".   
   >   
   > 	This one is beveled only on the left side, like a Japanese   
   > knife.  The blade is pretty full so I don't think it's from bad sharpening.   
   > Is this by design or did someone regrind it that way, and why would they   
   > do that?  I've never seen it on a knife of this type.  (I know it makes   
   > it "sharper" by reducing the edge angle, but it also effects handling and   
   > just seems wierd)   
   >   
   Is it a 163? They have the bevel ground on the one side. I presume it   
   would be for right handed use with the bevel facing the right when held   
   in the right hand. I used one much the same for general whittling when I   
   was a lad. I preferred the single bevel. Never used it for rope work   
   however. Maybe, when used for that purpose, the flat side serves a   
   useful function. Possibly makes a nice clean cut on the one side??   
      
   krypsis   
      
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