Let's See Your Most Stylish Stockman!

[Campbellclanman]

I still think for the Blue Collar Workmans knife, these earlier Matchstrike Pulls are such a great Knife

As is this smaller brother for Sears version..

 

[Chief]

MOP sowbelly made by my friend retired USAF MSgt Ed Kramp 22 years ago. Truly handmade with hours and hours of hand fitment, no mill, no washers, no surface grinder. All three blades flush half stops, D2 heat treated by Ed. File work with a file, angled and beveled bolsters. Has been carried and used but still looks great. Old school fancy.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Chief! How are you my friend - Holy Cow!!!! beautiful!


Here is an absolutely Mint Premium Stock Knife, this was gifted to me, and when I opened up the package I was simply blown away with the condition of this Knife, I want to again thank my friend VERY much for this beautiful example ( unsure if he wants to be named ) of J.A Henckels work, This is definitely at the top of my German collection that's for sure!!

This is your slightly bigger Stockman, features lovely Stag, great Blade etch - just an amazing Knife that I treasure very much, I again- need to retake my photo's- these Photo's do this Knife NO justice whatsoever!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Sticking to the German theme ,

A Good ol' Boker - I really like the etching on the long Spey on this Stockman!

I think the Bone Jig Work on this Premium Stock Knife is awesome! Nice Fine Match-Strike Long Pull.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Apologies for the Jack photo bombing!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Another Favourite of mine, Mr. hilborn gifted this to me - it has Super regular use in my EDC - These Knives are awesome!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Jeff, I realise the Thread title states " lets see your most stylish stockman"...... If I am veering away from the direction you wanted this Thread to go- please my friend let me know, I see such qualities in the ones I am posting - even though the knife can look a bit ratty, like this one - but the Stag is so so nice I am still drawn to the Knife.......

A well used Henckels with Stunning Stag

Another Henckels Stockman that displays nice Bone as well....

Another large Henckels Stockman in nice Stag....

 

[Campbellclanman]

Sears "Bowie Stock Knife" Stockman, not too sure it's anything like a Bowie Knife, but Sears Marketing machine was prolific....

 

[Campbellclanman]

I think that this is really kinda cool

This was definitely somebody's favourite here, sharpened down over so many years of use and yet still look attractive.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Thank you again for this my friend, I still carry this carefully - it is a treasured Knife, if I remember correctly darkened with Tea? Gorgeous and sought after Knife....

 

[dantzk8]

Duncan,
Campbellclanman

You are a serious collector. Do you collect other patterns so extensively?

Dan.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Lol- I actually don’t collect Stockmans.
I need to focus and be a lot more controlled in my direction


I mainly collect Harness Jacks and Sears Knives as my main focus.

I am going to dedicate a lot more time in learning more in depth about the HJ’s and Sears.

I also collect Scouts Knives, German knives, Sheffield Knives, GEC’s .But this is silly as I said before I should be more focused and not so scattered in all directions.

My taste is strong in vintage Knives so I have a mixture of those as many of us are here, my knives are nothing compared to a lot of fine folk here.

I love viewing everyone’s Knives and feel very lucky to be able to see others treasures, I am very appreciative of the folks here who take the time in sharing their collections.
There are so so many people here who would have more knives in one pattern than I would have collectively most probably - and that is such a great thing.

I have some Sheath Knives - but have down sized from what I used to have with them.
I like gathering the large folding Hunters - mainly Vintage.

I suspect I am like many who have sub groups of a lot of different patterns like Puukko’s, TL-29’s, pruners/ Hawkbills etc.

A few nice Pens - the smaller and most stunningly built Vintage Stag or bone handled knives.
I also like picking up the nice old Stag Handled Carving sets - some of those are gorgeous

 

[dantzk8]

I actually don’t collect Stockmans.

You posted pictures of 39 models of stockman...
I'm not a collector, i thought those 39 made a nice collection !
Exceptional knives anyway. Congrats.

Dan.

 

[lithicus]

MOP sowbelly made by my friend retired USAF MSgt Ed Kramp 22 years ago. Truly handmade with hours and hours of hand fitment, no mill, no washers, no surface grinder. All three blades flush half stops, D2 heat treated by Ed. File work with a file, angled and beveled bolsters. Has been carried and used but still looks great. Old school fancy.

Oh my...

 

[Chief]

My most stylish stockman, my Dad's. This is the only knife I ever saw him carry, and he was never without it. Probably traveled 1,000,000 miles on the Rock Island. Using it as a tack hammer he cracked off the pile side scale. Sent to Case for lifetime warranty and they correctly termed it abuse and offered to fix it, but for a price. He huffed about it and decided to fix it himself. Signed his name on the liner, covered and filled in with clear epoxy, and sanded smooth. To others, it's a worn out knife, to me, priceless, styled by my dad, been gone 33 years. Pictured with a wooden knife made for him by his great uncle Eldon in the early 1930s. At that time my dad wanted a knife so bad ... his dad and older brothers had them for farm work but as the youngest he was last in line. FOMO. There was no money for something as frivolous as a pocket knife when they were lucky to eat, so Eldon made this wonderful little wooden folder for him. Amazing it never got broken, he treasured it and would not allow me to play with it as a child. But I wanted to, bad, FOMO. Still razor sharp, posterchild for pocketworn. Hope ya'll enjoy the backstory on a different kind of stylish.

 

[Old Hunter]

My most elegantly handled Case would be this deep cranberry colored bone in this 6318 from 1974 - in the group of things I've set aside awaiting the birth of our grandson. OH

 

[kyhunt]

My most elegantly handled Case would be this deep cranberry colored bone in this 6318 from 1974 - in the group of things I've set aside awaiting the birth of our grandson. OH

Absolutely gorgeous

 

[mbkr]

Buck 303 with jigged buffalo horn. Pair of Queen 26's. One with MOP and a Dan Burke with Winterbottom.

 

[mbkr]

Couple of elegant sowbellies.
Cripple Creek with honeycomb jigged strawberry bone and a Case in ebony. Both nicely made knives

 

[lithicus]

My most stylish stockman, my Dad's. This is the only knife I ever saw him carry, and he was never without it. Probably traveled 1,000,000 miles on the Rock Island. Using it as a tack hammer he cracked off the pile side scale. Sent to Case for lifetime warranty and they correctly termed it abuse and offered to fix it, but for a price. He huffed about it and decided to fix it himself. Signed his name on the liner, covered and filled in with clear epoxy, and sanded smooth. To others, it's a worn out knife, to me, priceless, styled by my dad, been gone 33 years. Pictured with a wooden knife made for him by his great uncle Eldon in the early 1930s. At that time my dad wanted a knife so bad ... his dad and older brothers had them for farm work but as the youngest he was last in line. FOMO. There was no money for something as frivolous as a pocket knife when they were lucky to eat, so Eldon made this wonderful little wooden folder for him. Amazing it never got broken, he treasured it and would not allow me to play with it as a child. But I wanted to, bad, FOMO. Still razor sharp, posterchild for pocketworn. Hope ya'll enjoy the backstory on a different kind of stylish.

What a wonderful story! And, it looks to be a Case 6332 (before they changed to tooling and renamed it 63032), my favorite Case pattern to date!! Thanks for sharing