Help Finding Stockman knives

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ChrisStockman

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I'm on the hunt for a good stockman knife. I've owned a few and they are my favorite knife pattern. My problem is that I only know of a few manufacturers and they are hit or miss as far as quality. Blade play, flat spots from blade rap, major gappys, etc. could anyone point me out to a company or a maker that has stockman knives readily available? There must be some that I am missing. Not to be controversial but preferably nothing Chinese made.
 
Boker-Germany has a line of traditionals. "Germany" means components may may be sourced from other countries, but the.
assembly is performed in Germany. I have several and the fut &finish is very good. They make stockman knives as part of the series. The blade steel is D2.

There are also "Boker-Solingen" knives which are made entirely in-house. Top notch if you can find them.

I have several Buck 301s and 303s. Not as fancy, but I find them serviceable.

I've been satisfied with my Case knives. They occasionally let one out that is not up to snuff, but none of mine have any issues.
 
meako said:
What you need is The 2024 Bladeforum Knife....
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I actually saw this and was wondering if they really were still up for offer. I'd like one but $250 is a bit hefty at the moment. I just hope they stick around a tad longer so I can snag one.
 
knarfeng said:
Boker-Germany has a line of traditionals. "Germany" means components may may be sourced from other countries, but the.
assembly is performed in Germany. I have several and the fut &finish is very good. They make stockman knives as part of the series. The blade steel is D2.

There are also "Boker-Solingen" knives which are made entirely in-house. Top notch if you can find them.

I have several Buck 301s and 303s. Not as fancy, but I find them serviceable.

I've been satisfied with my Case knives. They occasionally let one out that is not up to snuff, but none of mine have any issues.
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Perhaps I'm being too picky? I had a solingen appaloosa and sadly it had bad blade rap. I tried grinding it down real far even but it didn't work out. I do like case but I always seem to get the wobblers or the ones ground at the end of the shift if you know what I mean. 303 is in my cart as the next try since they updated them since my last purchase.
 
If you don't mind looking for a NOS or used knife I would suggest a pre Daniels D2 Queen or Schatt and Morgan. Beautiful knives with great F&F. Also I have recently purchased one of the new 301s, quality is definitely better than the last one I bought 8 or 10 years ago. As long as you don't mind a light pull.
 
ChrisStockman said:
Perhaps I'm being too picky? I had a solingen appaloosa and sadly it had bad blade rap. I tried grinding it down real far even but it didn't work out. I do like case but I always seem to get the wobblers or the ones ground at the end of the shift if you know what I mean. 303 is in my cart as the next try since they updated them since my last purchase.
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Sorry to hear that.

As for places to buy old pocket knives, try googling
Camillus stockman for sale
There's another web site which is similar to BF. It has a discussion forum and a sales area. Should be on the first page of results. Their sales area can be searched by manufacturer.
 
If you don't mind a bit of a search, try looking for the Winchester Black Box Stockman 1987. They are worth it. The Buck 301 is a good knife but the springs are generally softish and it is a 3 spring knife, so will be a bit thicker compared to the usual 2 spring stockmans.
 
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