Cowboy Knives

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TAH said:
I'm not a "working" cowboy, but I play one when I'm not at my day job. For nearly 50 years, my family has owned quarter horses for pleasure and trail riding. It's our primary hobby. Horse owners, like me, might not make their living as a cowboy, but anyone who owns horses knows they come with plenty of work - either around the barn or maintaining your property. The "cowboys" we ride with carry anything from a stockman to a Leatherman to a small fixed blade to nothing at all. Some only carry a small folding hand saw to cut low hanging branches on the trail. Cowboys are like anyone else - some are into knives and some are not.

Needless to say, I love knives and these are my two favorites when I play cowboy and like I said, I've been playing cowboy a long time. Guess I've never grown up. :D


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A cowboy without a knife is like a carpenter showing up at the job site with no hammer. Any cowboy who worked for me and didn't have a knife on him (I would hire only men) every day would be fired.
 
mnblade said:
Call me cynical, but I'm still skeptical that any real working cowboy (or ranch hand -- whatever you want to call guys who work around livestock for a living in 2005), would carry an expensive stockman like a Moore Maker. More likely, IMHO, would be a well-used Old Timer or Buck or Craftsman purchased at Sears or Wal Mart. Now, I'm talking about real working cowpokes, not bankers who have a mansion out in the country and call it a ranch because they've got a couple horses. :rolleyes: I'm guessing your average hired hand on a real working ranch or cattle operation drives a rusty old pickup with about 400,000 miles on it and lives in a mobile home. Could be (and guys, this is ALL conjecture, I don't know a damn thing about the life of a modern "cowboy") that this is what prompted Moore Maker to start marketing a cheaper "Working Knife" line, 'cause they knew ole Hoss or Clem or Roberto just ain't gonna plunk down $60+ for such a tool.
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Your stereotyping---Clem, Hoss, and your racism--Roberto have been noted.
 
rafterp said:
My apologies to the moderator. I really do need to read all the rules. Mostly I just like to come on here and look at cool knives that appeal to me; I don't usually have much to offer in the way of comment. I did not look at any date...just saw a topic that interested me and thought I'd add some pics. I probably should've got a closeup of the knives in action, but didn't think about it. Rafter P is not a ranch; but it is the brand on my horses. It's registered in Jeff Davis County, Texas. We do like our yellow handled knives out here...they show up better in that West Texas dust! Thanks for the encouraging words and having such a neat place to look at pocketknives.
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You have nothing to apologize for, rafterp. It is a stupid rule and it needs to be changed.
 
@ henryhide

You don't have agree with the rules but you will follow them. The place for complaints is Tech Support and not this forum.
 
kamagong said:
Thread necro much? Here's a friendly tip -- before replying to a thread check the date of the last post. It's usually not necessary to reply to something that's more than seven years old.

- Christian
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Quoted for truth.
 
Incredible. Replies to a 2 1/2 year old post to insult the mods.
 
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