Anyone else love stockmans?

[dantzk8]

GEC 81 Abilene. I like it so much that i don't look for another one, though many others are of some interest.

Dan.

 

[Arian29]

The Stockman is a much loved pattern.
Top to Bottom:
Buck303 Cadet, GEC#29, Case Medium, Col.Coon, Moore Maker, Buck301, Case L.
Cheers!

 

[longbow1968]

Gave the Buck a rest today and carried the Case 6318. I never liked how high the sheepsfoot blade sits on these, until I realized I could pinch it open.

 

[EastTXnative]

I've been sitting on my hands and not buying a buck 301, but I'm probably going to pick one up anyways. Can't have too many

 

[Jordan@DLT]

I love Stockman patterns, recently I've been carrying a Queen #9, its a pattern that just makes me happy.

 

[huntnfishin]

Gave the Buck a rest today and carried the Case 6318. I never liked how high the sheepsfoot blade sits on these, until I realized I could pinch it open.

Yeah that’s kinda what makes me prefer the 18 to the 32...nice feature.

 

[PointyThings]

An old favorite from the '80s: Case Second Cut Stag 53032 SS. Carried this one for a while until it wore holes in the pockets of several pairs of jeans. Should have used a slip, but never gave it a thought at the time.

 

[Old Hunter]

I like ‘em too, great pocketknives. Here’s a few of mine. OH
Buck

Case

Schrade USA

 

[Tadeusz123]

Big fan of the stockman! I actually just pulled out and oiled my GEC 29 in Bloodwood and 66 in Tortoiseshell - great handles, especially the bloodwood, and plenty of blades for any task.
I might have also picked up an Old Timer 108OT on a certain auction site this morning, before I even hopped out of bed

 

[Old Hunter]

How about that PointyThings - nice! I got its running buddy, the 18 with the same covers and new grind blades. OH

 

[longbow1968]

I like ‘em too, great pocketknives. Here’s a few of mine. OH
Buck

Case

Schrade USA

Nice collection OH. What year did Buck run the yellow ones, they need to do that again.

 

[PointyThings]

How about that PointyThings - nice! I got its running buddy, the 18 with the same covers and new grind blades. OH

Nice! I still have a few of the new grind stags tucked away. Some had seriously nice scales, but I've got an 18 with butt-ugly second cut that's a weird grey/brown/blue color, like it went deep into the stag. Bought that one sight-unseen back in the 80s when phone orders were still a thing.

 

[Old Hunter]

Nice collection OH. What year did Buck run the yellow ones, they need to do that again.

This one is from 1987. Buck also ran them in a smooth yellow, circa 2012 +/- (I had a couple different models in the smooth yellow Delrin but sold them). OH

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Gave the Buck a rest today and carried the Case 6318. I never liked how high the sheepsfoot blade sits on these, until I realized I could pinch it open.

Somewhere I read that the stockman pattern is designed that way intentionally so that the sheepsfoot blade can be pinched open, even when wearing gloves. Makes sense given that it was designed to be a "working man's knife."

 

[Ace Rimmer]

There was a time when, to me, "pocket knife" meant a stockman pattern and nothing else -- although I don't think I even knew that it was called that. I've since expanded my appreciation of knives greatly. I do have several stockmans in my "collection," my latest acquisition being this 1988 6347 HP SSP Case, which I bought about a year ago. Currently I'm more likely to carry a medium to small single or two bladed pattern, though.

 

[black mamba]

A couple of my German favorites:

Boker from 1974

Fight'n Rooster Prototype from 1978

Fight'n Rooster Stainless with scrolled bolsters, late 1980s

Boker Shadow with toothpick and tweezers, late 1980s

 

[315]

Nope, not in a box, not in a truck, not upside down....I do not like them

 

[black mamba]

Jim, Jim . . . liar liar pants on fire!!
How about a magnum Schrade Wostenholm I-XL dressed in rosewood @ 4⅞" closed.

 

[cbach8tw]

 

[GaiusJulius]

I like the *idea* of a stockman, but in actual practice find I almost never carry one.

I think I want one with a long spey blade, and a pen, along with the short, stout, sheepsfoot.

I would happily buy such a beast, but I still doubt I’d carry it in reality.