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I have a friend that runs a small antique shop. As he looks for inventory, he occasionaly bumps into boxes with old knives that you all have not found yet. Most of the time they are well used and not really valuable, but interesting to have.
Recently, he gave me a Case 5 dot Stockman that I think is 1975? It is stamped 087HE on the tang. Looks like micarta? It is the rounded bolsters (serpentine) medium stockman. I opened it up, cleaned out the pocket lint, oiled it, and started wondering about the man that owned it.
Across the back springs, it is engraved J L Manuel.
It snaps open solidly, but is lazy closing. The very tip of the main blade is broken and it looks like he cut a lot of wire with it. It almost has a small notch in the base of the blade, perhaps from stripping wire?
The other blades have been sharpened, but don't have a lot of use.
It got me thinking about my knives. There are a few that have been carried longer than most, but most don't have the wear that would make someone stop and think.
Perhaps I have too many knives to appreciate the knives I have?
Anyway, I will try to post some pictures here in a bit.
As a side note, there was also a Foster Brothers Splitting Cleaver. Wow, what a chunk of steel that was! Hammer marks oon the spine from splitting carcasses. Interesting stuff.
Recently, he gave me a Case 5 dot Stockman that I think is 1975? It is stamped 087HE on the tang. Looks like micarta? It is the rounded bolsters (serpentine) medium stockman. I opened it up, cleaned out the pocket lint, oiled it, and started wondering about the man that owned it.
Across the back springs, it is engraved J L Manuel.
It snaps open solidly, but is lazy closing. The very tip of the main blade is broken and it looks like he cut a lot of wire with it. It almost has a small notch in the base of the blade, perhaps from stripping wire?
The other blades have been sharpened, but don't have a lot of use.
It got me thinking about my knives. There are a few that have been carried longer than most, but most don't have the wear that would make someone stop and think.
Perhaps I have too many knives to appreciate the knives I have?
Anyway, I will try to post some pictures here in a bit.
As a side note, there was also a Foster Brothers Splitting Cleaver. Wow, what a chunk of steel that was! Hammer marks oon the spine from splitting carcasses. Interesting stuff.
