I think I was "imprinted" this pattern as a child

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Mike, that was the first edition of the RAT knives produced for my good friends Jeff Randall and Mike Perrin by Ontario a few years back (when things were a bit rosier between the two sides). Ram's horn and D2 @ 4.25", a punch in place of the spey blade.

Very nice. What a great combination

 

[Blues]

Very nice. What a great combination

Thanks, Mike. It is a good one though this one took a bit of work to get the clip and sheepfoot blades up to snuff.

 

[Relayer]

Is there a name for this? Stockman Syndrome?

It is the quintessential pocket knife, there is just no way around it.

It would be a rare man who has ever owned a pocket knife that has not had at least a few of these along the way.

 

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...though this one took a bit of work to get the clip and sheepfoot blades up to snuff.

Oh, the drudgery of "fixing" a purty knife. What a tough life we knuts have...

I don't think I've acquired a knife yet (Stockman or otherwise) that didn't need at least a little touching up on one or more blades. Doing it is kind of a little tradition now for me & my son.

At this point, I think about the only handle material I don't have is stone & ram's horn. Gotta work on that.

thx - cpr

ps - while we're on the subject: just what is the appeal of ram's horn? I haven't seen any real "close-up" shots of it, but I'm building my Stockman collection to include every handle type. Is it "grippy"? "Pretty"? I guess up to now it hasn't really appealed to me, at least until I read Ed Fowler's book.

 

[Blues]

ps - while we're on the subject: just what is the appeal of ram's horn? I haven't seen any real "close-up" shots of it, but I'm building my Stockman collection to include every handle type. Is it "grippy"? "Pretty"? I guess up to now it hasn't really appealed to me, at least until I read Ed Fowler's book.

Depends on how it's "finished". This knife is pretty grippy. Reasonably attractive but not as much as a couple of custom fixed blades with ram's horn I have which are very nice.

The next RAT knife after the stockman also had ram's horn scales but they have a glossy (sealed) finish unlike the more natural finish on this one.

Just depends on what appeals to you I suppose.