Case "53087PE" Stockman (1970, 10 Dot)

[Blues]

Just wanted to share some images (none mine) of this great little 3 1/4" (1 5/8 oz.) Case stag 53087PE "stockman" that I recently purchased from my buddy Rob Thomason here on the forums.

What a great little knife!

Naturally, after giving it a quick once over the first thing I did after admiring it was take it down to the shop to put a nice edge on the three blades.
It was a pleasure raising a burr and feeling the edge take shape. This little baby's a slicer and cutter!

It's nice to have knives that commemorate certain events in one's life and this one hearkens back to the year I graduated high school and began college.
It will start earning its keep in pocket tonight.

If I get a chance and the weather cooperates perhaps I'll have the opportunity to take some images of my own.

 

[trey999]

Very nice, i like that a lot.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Wow. The stag looks great on that one! :thumbup:

I guess the 'PE' in the pattern# is a reference to the pen blade config (instead of a sheepsfoot)?

Very, very nice.

 

[supratentorial]

That's a gem, Elliot!

P.S. I knew that I should have checked the PO box today!

 

[Blues]

Wow. The stag looks great on that one! :thumbup:

I guess the 'PE' in the pattern# is a reference to the pen blade config (instead of a sheepsfoot)?

Very, very nice.

David, the PE stands for SPAY and PEN
(Case sometimes used the second letters of the blade name on the pattern as SS (for sheepfoot and spay) would be confused with SS for stainless steel (and other such confusing combinations).

 

[stockdog]

Great looking knife, nice color. It is good to have knives to remind us of points in our lives. I just got a 6318 yellow CV from my Dad for my birthday. Thanks for sharing.
Bob

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

David, the PE stands for SPAY and PEN
(Case sometimes used the second letters of the blade name on the pattern as SS (for sheepfoot and spay) would be confused with SS for stainless steel (and other such confusing combinations).

Guess that makes sense, as the pen blade usually replaces the spey on smaller stockman models, with the clip and sheepsfoot remaining 'as is'. I can see the need to specify which 'secondary' blades remained, in this pattern. Very good. :thumbup:

 

[Modoc ED]

Now yer cookin with gas Elliott. Very nice and especially up your alley as I believe I've read in the past that you prefer the pen blade to the spey blade on a stockman knife. I like the stag from that era too. Very rich in color and detail. Another bonus for an early 1970s Case knife is that the shield is pinned and in all likelyhood the liners should be nickle/silver.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Elliot.
I came in too late to see Thomasons for sale thread, he has some lovely knives for sale there...and they were all gone
That stag is beautiful, that was a great buy there :thumbup: ( is my jealousy showing..I hope not )

 

[Blues]

Thanks guys for the nice comments.

Ed, I do prefer a pen or zulu to the spay ordinarily...but on this model I'd have preferred a sheepfoot to the spay. (But I'm still really digging it just as is. :thumbup

This one has brass liners. From what I've read some stag knives of the period had brass, others nickel silver. It's all good.

 

[338375]

Thats where that went LOL... Nice score. That one has some great color to it

 

[thawk]

Thanks guys for the nice comments.

Ed, I do prefer a pen or zulu to the spay ordinarily...but on this model I'd have preferred a sheepfoot to the spay. (But I'm still really digging it just as is. :thumbup

This one has brass liners. From what I've read some stag knives of the period had brass, others nickel silver. It's all good.

I like it Elliot. I have the 53087HE and it looks about the same. It is a 9 dot, and has the nickel silver liners. I've had a tough time finding the sheepsfoot and pen combination on any manufacturers, past or current.

 

[Blues]

She's a beauty, Hal!

 

[338375]

I like it Elliot. I have the 53087HE and it looks about the same. It is a 9 dot, and has the nickel silver liners. I've had a tough time finding the sheepsfoot and pen combination on any manufacturers, past or current.

Thats a beauty too Hal

 

[arrowhd]

Very nice.

 

[waynorth]

Elliott and Hal, those are both beautiful compact or "junior" sized stockmen. A very useful size and selection of blades, and the F&F were very good in those days. True examples of "good old days"!