8OT Came Monday

yobbos1

yobbos1

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Love those large Stockmans. Never had a new 8OT till now, but it looks like it'll replace a much loved 34OT or at least severely cut into it's pocket time. Got the carbon steel blades so sharp the hairs on my arm saw the blade coming and jumped off on thier own! Funny, I got three new knives this week; two high tech relatively expensive tacticals and this humble carbon steel Stockman. The tacticals are in the boxes in a drawer and the 8OT has been working hard with me all week. I do believe I have a new friend. :cool:
 
The blade on the 80T is amazing. I whittled oak for an hour last night with the sheepfoot blade. A few quick strokes on the sandpaper and it was shaving paper again!!
 
Seems like my OLD TIMERS are alive,they have a soul if you know what I mean. I love my 8ot and recently bought a 34ot and am also crazy about it. The stockman does one thing very well, it cuts. My OLD TIMERS are the knives that I keep coming back to.
 
Stockmans in gerneral are a great pattern, and the 8-OT is one of the most solid workhorses among them! :cool:
 
It really is amazing what you can accomplish with a sharp thin blade. The sheepsfoot, properly sharpened, will whistle through nylon straps, rope, and poly/film wrap that a higher cost tactical knife with serrations has to saw away at to get through. And try to peel an apple or clean a trout with anything that comes with a G 10 handle ;) By the way my 8OT prepared just that for lunch on Saturday. Don't wish to offend or slander any knife company but I could name a few that could make thier knives a bit more useful rather than trying to one-up the competition on the cool factor.
 
The 8OT is useful in so many ways. Today I needed to remove the screw covers on the sliding deck door to get at the adjustment screws. Prefect. Yesterday I was removing a realtors key lock and found it stuck. Perfect.
At least twice a day Id have to go to the toolbox for someting or other when the 8OT comes in handy.
Use em enjoy em and pass em on.
TTYL
Larry
 
>"Today I needed to remove the screw covers on the sliding deck door to get at the adjustment screws. Perfect. Yesterday I was removing a realtors key lock and found it stuck. Perfect. ..."

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I'm probably understanding this incorrectly, but are you saying you used your stockman as a screwdriver? And prybar? In all honesty, it seems like that sort of knife is far from perfect for those types of jobs. I'm not trying to be a troll, I just enjoy reading about slipjoints.
 
Not really prying but like a long fingernail which I have none of.
I would never use a knife as a prybar or screw driver ! ;)

How many tips snapped on blades did it take for me to realize that I couldn't tell ya. :D

The caps were plastic covers over the adjustment screws on the door and the lock was sitting inside the box (lock-box) and I couldn't pull it out.
A little help from my 8OT and the problems were solved.

And yesterday I had to cut a piece of rope to hold the hood down on my daughters car to drive it home. A fathers job is never done.

TTYL
Larry
P.S. Dont worry about being a Troll. A little makeup will always help.
 
After reading this thread, off I went to the local sporting goods store and bought a 8 OT and an 834 Uncle Henry.

The 8 OT is the largest of my OT collection so far and it is a particularly well finished specimen. It fits in my hand just right. I had always thought it looked HUGE - not true.

I also saw the 834UH and couldn't resist it. This is my first UH knife and I expect a few more in the future. Do the SS blades keep a decent edge? I assume they are 420HC.

Lately, folders have become my EDC knife of choice because they don't scare the squeamish and they just work and work ...
Dave_B
 
Good point about not scaring the sheople with a big, tactical type knife, DaveB. Sometimes I have my Walther Allied Forces with me, but if someone wants to borrow a knife, or I need to cut something with an audience, out comes the elegant toothpick or a swiss army.

Ummm... Oh, or, of course, that neat little folding hunter I recently picked up... Schrade 124UH.

Phil
 
It amazes me when someone that has known me for 25 years freaks out when they see me use a knife longer than a fingernail. I have had friends ride in my car for a couple of hours, spend time target shooting firearms and then wince when I use a knife to slice an apple. Go figure.
The smaller OTs don't seem to get that reaction. Most read the Old Timer name and tell me it fits me - I'm only 46!
Dave_B
 
You have really made an excellent point. Some time ago a couple was over to the house. I showed them around and as you can imagine some of my momentos are a bit unusual some of the pictures are a bit graphic. Now that does not even take into account the knives and weapons which some of you may have seen pictures of in my book and CD. Keeping all this in mind the night went rather well. Until for some reason I had to use a knife to open something as it were. Probably opening a bottle of wine or something similiar since I did write a book about them if I pick up a knife in my house like as not it may be an automatic. I simply consider them tools and treat both types the same ( as a tool ). In any event when I pressed the button to open the knife it made the usual audible click. When it did the poor women spun around and was terrified. She said "IS THAT A SWITCHBLADE KNIFE?" I said "yea so what" she said they made her uncomfortable and would I please put it away. I found her attitude amazing sitting in a house filled with weapons ( some of which had been used in the line of duty ). Living in a world with threats of Anthrax, dirty bombs, and buildings being blown up. Her fear was for a knife whos only sin was that it opened by a spring not unlike a bobby pin . We are all victims of propaganda but that is what I call bad press. If that knife had rights it could sue for slander. Apparently this fear extends even to the regular style pocket knives as well. By the way in closing that women has a pistol license and is a member of my rod and gun club and shoots in a pistol league. AH YES ot all makes sense to me ???? LT PS The last I knew the 8-OT was Schrades best selling knife and the stockman patterns the favorite style. This has been true for many years so apparently others have felt and do feel the same way you do.
 
Good one, LT. Suing for slander.

Here's my rendition of the Traditional/Tactical knife. Just added a thumb stud and pocket clip and here we go. Sorry it doesn't have G-10 or Micarta scales, and the blade is not made of some new, exotic super-steel, and it was not crafted in concert with some big-time custom knife-maker, but according to what I see in the market place, this is what is selling. Why CaseXX has even tarted up their mid-sized folding hunter with these all-important accouterments. This is no longer just a tool for cutting, my friends, but this is quick-deployment weapon for tactical situations!

Just kidding. No classic Schrade product was harmed during the making of this photo. The one armed bandit thumb stud has been removed, and the pocket clip was merely sitting on the handle. The knife is once again a people-friendly pocket companion for cleaning fingernails, cutting string, opening the mail.

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