Case vs buck stockman

[Tjstampa]

If you look at Böker, make sure it has Solingen on the tang and shield. That means it was made in Germany. Without Solingen it was most likely made in China.

I did not know this. I will need to keep this mind.

 

[Lansky1]

Have accumulated quite a pile of Case stockmen actually ... I like the 32, 90 & 1970's era 47's best. What makes a knife interesting to me is the vast array of available cover materials that Case offers - just can't get that in a Buck.

 

[Prester John]

They are in the past for manufacturing since 2004, but certainly not for obtaining. There are hundreds available on the secondary markets, from completely used up to BNIB.

I found a new in box 1982 Schrade at a gun show last year. Great knife.

 

[afishhunter]

black mamba
Out of curiosity, what would you say the blade pulls are on your 885UH?
I'm wondering of the pulls on the offshore made 885 is lighter or heavier.

 

[Tjstampa]

I found a new in box 1982 Schrade at a gun show last year. Great knife.

We need an I’m envious button

 

[Will Power]

I'm with this response. I just got this Boker 4" stockman in beautiful, dark burnt stag and 440C. It's better in every way than both Buck and Case, and cost just under your $65 price point, even in stag.

Buck has better steel than Case, but still a step down from this very well heat-treated 440C. Case has much better W&T than Buck, but still not as good as the pull strength and snap of this Boker. Unlike Buck, Case offers a wide array of covers, but nothing to touch the quality of this stag for under a C note. With texture and color nearly all the way to the bolsters, medium thickness and very well matched figure from side to side, you would be very hard pressed to find it's like in a Case that is less than 40 years old.

If you want to stay with an American made knife, then the USA Schrades offer a tremendous value. Preferring stainless steel and Staglon, the Uncle Henry brand makes up a large portion of both my collectors and users. Practically brand new examples can be found for well under $50. This 885UH fills the bill nicely.

Grand choice Jeff Don't have experience of Böker's stainless Stockman but I'm very keen on their C75 carbon knives: Whittler, Lockback, Copperhead and Stockman. They also do a very tidy small Stockman and I've got a Stag version of that, Smoothbone too. Great W&T no gaps, good thick scale slabs on all models.

Thanks, Will

 

[black mamba]

Out of curiosity, what would you say the blade pulls are on your 885UH?

A smooth 5-6 with good snap on this late 1970s knife.

 

[Tjstampa]

I thought I will comeback and show my 2 stockman. The top one was a gift from another member. I am defiantly a great knife. The. I walked into a pawn shop and found a new in the box case that I had been eying online for only $10.00. It still had the all the paperwork and was still in a plastic bag in the box. I was told someone came in and pawned a bunch of knives. They were selling a couple of fixed blades for much higher than msrp so I didn’t feel too bad about the price for the case. I am hoping to get the buck303 later this year. Then maybe a boker

 

[jc57]

walked into a pawn shop and found a new in the box case that I had been eying online for only $10.00.

That is a sweet little Case knife, and a great deal!

I have a couple of the 63032 Case Medium Stockmans, both in CV steel. Chestnut and Amber Bone. They are great knives with an ideal blade configuration, trading the short spey for the pen, and with the regular-shaped clip. I wish the 6318 pattern (with the more pocket-friendly rounded bolsters) were offered in that blade combo.

Man, I should spend more time in pawn shops!

 

[willisoften]

I'm late to this party and voted Case.
1. Bucks hollow sabre grind turns blades into wedges.
2. Case has a light pull, Buck's 301 is just floppy.
3. All the recent examples of Bucks 301 that I've seen (the last ten years or so) have the point of the Spey above the liner, sometimes obscuring access to the sheepsfoot. Clearly something is ass-about-face, Buck have had ample time to fix this and haven't.
I dropped the kick a little and ground an 16th of the tip and cut a groove in the side of the knife. (I did do a lot of work with this knife, still do on occasion but prefer smaller knives now-a-days.)

4. Blade grinding especially the sheepfoot has been woeful on all the examples I've seen.