This can happen but if One is like me and dont like the spay just use the file again and file from the edge of the nailnick to the point and most probably the nailnick of the sheepfoot is free again. the spaytip is now a cliptip with a round belly. Useful little bladeshape for me.
Bosse
This is a fine idea and Bosse beat me to mentioning it. I learned this early on when I realized as a young lad that I sometimes liked my spey blades with useful tips. :thumbup:
I like the higher riding sheepsfoot on the yellow Case. It allows me to pinch it open with thumb and finger. That can come in handy sometimes.
I've personally never had a problem with the highish riding sheepsfoot and also prefer the advantage of the pinch open option as kodiak has mentioned here, especially when my hands are cold and wet soaked with blood and guts. Also I have used Case Stock knives for so long now that I am used to feeling my fingers on the sheepsfoot blade when closed that I think it would feel awkward if it wasn't there for my fingers to rest on.
Hope your wife is o.k.... Very nicely done
Poco47, The engraving is quite nice to be sure..Smoke and prayers are right now being sent for your spouse for a fast and thorough recovery!. :thumbup:
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Coyote711,
You have made a wise choice and I am certain, as your preliminary review has indicated, that this knife will likely become a favorite pocket companion.
As a boy the first real pocket knife I ever received was a nearly worn out reddish brown bone Case stockman with toothpick shaped blades and chipped bone which I believe to have been an 18 series.. Although I was 8 or 9 at the time and don't recall for sure. Very soon after that my great uncle passed his old Case XX Green Bone 64047P Stockman to me, which I still have in use for my EDC rotation. He purchased the same model in Stag at the time and he gifted his old one to me which I was/am so very greatful..
This above knife is my favorite Case Stockman model because of its blade quantity, blade diversity and stout yet comfortable to carry 3 7/8 inch round bolstered serpentine frame. The punch blade is an invaluable tool in my opinion and I don't like being without one on any of my varied outdoor adventures.
On a more regular basis however, I most often carry the slightly smaller medium stockman, the Case 318 with the spey or Case 032 with the pen or both knives if I am working on a whittling project as I find both of these blades most effective for detail when carving. BTW, I have found the spey blade is quite useful over the years for many different chores. Of coarse the design was originally for skinning and basic field dressing of game. But I have found it quite useful for capeing and scraping animal hides as well. Separating tendon and muscle from game meat. In the fish filleting process and removing small bones. Scraping out the tobacco resin and tar on the bowls of my pipes.. And perfect for spreading Peanut butter & Jelly or Banana & Fluffernutter sandwiches..
And thats just to name a few.
Suffice it to say that I find Stockman knives and the more expanded off-chutes like Sowbelly patterns and Cattle patterns among my very favorite slipjoint patterns of all time. If your looking for lots of cutting steel in a small frame its pretty hard to beat a Premium Stock knife.
Anthony
Kinda hard to erase when you cutting in steel.
