Giveaway: WIP stockman kit and Case 3347 -->Winner chosen

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The winner is number 6, Vanguard41xx.

Hello. I have a stockman kit in the mail to me and I'm putting it up for grabs. You must post a WIP thread in the Traditional Subforum if you win the knife.

It's nothing special, just a Rough Rider stockman kit but I thought it would be fun. Feel free to customize the knife with your own materials. I'll end the giveaway after I receive it. As a bonus, you'll also receive a Case 3347 stockman. I bought two 3347 and haven't picked them up from post office yet but I'm a fan of the 47 pattern and I'm thinking it will become a regular user.

If you want in, post here describing what you would build if you were to make your own custom knife from scratch.

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if i were to build my own custom slipjoint I would want something that I could use in my job as a commercial fisherman. I would want an equal end or cigar pattern with the main blade being a sheepsfoot and the secondary blade being a clip point. The blades would be at opposite ends of the knife and use one spring for both. I would want a full sized knife with jigged bone handle scales. The blades would be the same length, like a muskrat or moose knife. I'd want nail nicks for pulls. I am not a fan of match striker or long pulls. The clip blade would be similar to a buck 110 blade, stout with ample belly. These two blades would offer me the versatility i look for as well as the specializaton geared towards my profession and my cutting needs. I do a lot of rope cutting with a pocket knife and find that a sheepsfoot blade's straight cutting edge excels at this. I am not a steel snob but a middle grade stainless would probably be better than carbon given that I do most of my cutting around salt water and as much as I would like to, I am not very good about wiping down my knife after every use. I prefer a steel that I can resharpen easily in the field if the edge is dulled or damaged than something i would need to take home and spend a couple hours resharpening. I don't really care for spending time sharpening a knife only to have it dulled the next day.

Right now I use an inexpensive Snap-on tools large stockman. It is easily replaced if lost or broken and does what I need it to do. I would get rid of the pen blade, and make the sheepsfoot as long as the main clip (3.5 in) mount them at opposite ends of the knife and be happy. I like equal ends or congress patterns for comfort and ease of carry, and like the feel and look of jigged bone.
 
Nice idea for a give-away, thanks for thinking it up, and also for the opportunity.

If I were to custom build a knife, hm....

I'm thinking a serpentine shaped body about 3 7/8" long with a main blade in a good carbon steel that holds an edge and also takes a patina (1095?), a long pull on the right side. The secondary would be a sheepsfoot blade with a nail nick on the opposite side. To keep it nice and thin, they'd share a spring. Sort of a serpentine half-stockman sort of thing. As for scales, I'd like a nice rough jigged bone in dark green with a bit of color variation to it. All "white metal" bolsters, liners etc (stainless, nickel silver, whatever they use for that stuff).
How's that for a custom concept?
 
oh,i think i would slice a couple slabs of either tiger maple,or burled walnut
because that's all i have.lol
but it would make a beautiful handle.
i would probably dye it with dark green highlites and probably only use the main
blade to make it a single blade.
i would also try my hand at filing the back spring,etc.
now that's only if i win.
and i promise to make a wip,but my camera isn't the best.
thanks,
jd
 
I like my knives quite small and simple so I'd go for a teardrop EZ-open jack in 52100, maybe 3 1/4" OAL. It's not a radical departure from actual production patterns but I really like the combination of features.
-Main spear blade and secondary sheepsfoot, both with with a long pull and swedged.
-SS liners and pins, and threaded bolster.
-Simple SS bar shield, pinned
-Jigged bone, dyed something like Case chestnut
-A bail!

Thanks for the chance, and good idea for a giveaway.
 
This is what I would do:
-Jack Knife style body
-Large clip with a swedge and a reamer
-Carbon steel blades
-Fluted bolsters
-Bar or crest shield
-Dark red peach seed jigging
-Bail with a chain

Also, thanks for the chance! If I win, I'll build the knife with my son. It would be a weekend project, for sure.
 
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Nice!
If i had the chance to work with the materials i would definitely make a titanium fixed blade similar to the older sog scuba demo. id make it with a carbide edge for better blade retention and carbon fiber scales for a classy display look and an extra set of g10 ones for functionality. To top it off, id get this beauty ground with a double bevel design and then get some kydex and make a home for it.
 
I would like a chance in this little contest. I've built quite a number of folder kits over the past decade but only one Slipjoint and one mini lockback. I've also made several of my own knives , the most recent of which is a small 'back pocket' fixed blade that i'm pretty fond of , it is on the rough side but not all that bad either , most of all it cuts. :D

If I were to build my own knife from scratch , assuming I had the skill to do so !! It would the sort of folder I have always wanted but eludes me to this day. A stag scaled slipjoint with a well done Sheepsfoot or wharncliff blade , carbon steel of course for this knife. Stainless liners , nickle silver rounded bolsters. I would devise my own 'shield'. Next to stag I would like a good looking wood such as desert ironwood , or other minerally hardwood. I would add a thong hole with brass tube as well. I would design such a knife to be less than 4 inches closed with a blade less than 3 inches long , a sweet semi-hollow grind would complete the blade , oh and a vertical 600 grit finish.. In lieu of a nail nick I would make it an easy open by divoting the handle in the appropriate places. I would prefer the stag to be dark and old looking.
The sort of knife one might use cutting some string while puffing on his pipe on a cold autumn day.

That is what I would build as far as a Slipjoint folder is concerned.

Thanks for the opportunity.

Tostig
 
I have some Paper micarta scales. I also have an Elk Shed in the garage that I could possibly use (provided I could figure out how to cut it precicesly enough to fit.

Great Idea for a giveaway.

Hopefully the "kit" has the drilling done!

I would love to make a bigger easy open jack, with two blades one clip point and one warncliff. (although have two easy open blades, I wonder if you would have to make it like a cuban opening on each side).
 
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Jake....whatdya mean nothin' special..very cool give away kind Sir! Awesome Traditional spirit going on here mate...:thumbup:
 
The 47 is actually my favorite all time pattern.Its a versatile user and a collector can never find them all there are so many variations.It is a pattern i hope to achieve the skill to build properly someday.Id be happy to do a WIP on the rr kit and regift here on the forum when done.I recently stumbled into a 1975 made yellow handled 3347 on the big auction site.It was described horribly with a not so good picture.It came to me for next to nothing and cleaned up beautifully.I gifted it to my 86 y.o. dad and he was really tickled with it.
 
For me. Probably a big swayback jack.

4 in main blade carbon steel
Second blade would be a wharncliffe shape
Small lanyard hole
Filework
Brushed finished on everything
And tortoise shell for the handles that i saved from an old straight razor.
 
OK that's easy , when I'd make my own from scratch it will be 3 1/4" equal end with NS grooved bolster nicely sewedged clip point blade, probably O1 steel. Scales will be amber or green (yet to decide) Catalina style jigged bone, and silver oval shield. As first knife, it will have one blade. This project is about to start within one month, I'll be working at a friend knife maker workshop.
As for RR kit here are some photos of one I built, I used snakewood for scales, added shield and put swedges to the main and the sheep foot blades. Sorry for the poor photos.

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Thanks for the giveaway, great idea.

Mike
 
Thanks for the opportunity.

I've been thinking a lot lately about what I'd like to get for a custom slipjoint. If I were to make my own, I'd hope that it wasn't my first knife. With visions of Bose, Pena and Hampton quality running through my brain (not visions of my own grandeur, just a wishin' and a hopin'), I would opt for a single blade spear point jack, equal end bolsters. BG42 steel (might as well go whole hog), with a matchstriker pull, and swedge. I would go with jigged "stag" bone.

This is only my "first" custom, I would go with some other patterns later on. I am just fascinated by my Schatt and Morgan Heritage single blade jack pattern right now (I realize that mine is a single bolster, I would like to see a double bolster on the one I make).

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If I had the patience, skill and tools I'd build a swayback jack with squared of lines, high carbon wharnie blade, titanium bolsters and jigged barnwood scales. Maybe us an antique nail for pins.

I think the new w/ old feeling of the squared off lines and mediums would be a cool contrast.
 
Interesting idea for a giveaway - I'll jump in.

Mine will be similar to Ryanol's concept above.

When I eventually build my own, it'll be three: one for me, my dad, and my son.

They'll be the Stockman pattern, carbon steel everything: blades, liners, etc. with brass bolsters. These parts will be made from parts & scrap pieces I've set aside from my grandparents' property in NC. (Old hinge pins, nails, screws, etc.) I also have several old panels of Chestnut and dogwood from our old properties for scales. I'll have the main blades made of a damascus type material with the metal parts I have (those that are good for blade steel) and the rest will be formed into the liners & bolster material. I have several old empty rifle cartridge cases that will be used for the bolster material.

I made it a point to plan the whole thing out with every part having a sentimental connection to our family's past.

~Chris
 
Great contest

If I were making a custom slipjoint, then it would be based on a Case large trapper. Instead of brass liners and NS bolsters, It would be one piece brushed Ti liners w/ integral fluted bolsters. The handles would need to be rams horn with a federal shield. The clip blade would be swedged with a long pull on it. Instead of the spey blade, I want a large sheepsfoot blade. Both blades made from ATS-34. And last of all, I would add a lanyard hole
 
chris,i am in n.c.
are you familiar with asheboro,or denton,n.c.?
jd

orca8589 said:
Interesting idea for a giveaway - I'll jump in.

Mine will be similar to Ryanol's concept above.

When I eventually build my own, it'll be three: one for me, my dad, and my son.

They'll be the Stockman pattern, carbon steel everything: blades, liners, etc. with brass bolsters. These parts will be made from parts & scrap pieces I've set aside from my grandparents' property in NC. (Old hinge pins, nails, screws, etc.) I also have several old panels of Chestnut and dogwood from our old properties for scales. I'll have the main blades made of a damascus type material with the metal parts I have (those that are good for blade steel) and the rest will be formed into the liners & bolster material. I have several old empty rifle cartridge cases that will be used for the bolster material.

I made it a point to plan the whole thing out with every part having a sentimental connection to our family's past.

~Chris
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mike,i built one as a single blade.
i like yours though,
jd

heres mine...
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mike Berkovitch said:
OK that's easy , when I'd make my own from scratch it will be 3 1/4" equal end with NS grooved bolster nicely sewedged clip point blade, probably O1 steel. Scales will be amber or green (yet to decide) Catalina style jigged bone, and silver oval shield. As first knife, it will have one blade. This project is about to start within one month, I'll be working at a friend knife maker workshop.
As for RR kit here are some photos of one I built, I used snakewood for scales, added shield and put swedges to the main and the sheep foot blades. Sorry for the poor photos.

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Thanks for the giveaway, great idea.

Mike
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