New S&M Rail Splitter (Better Pictures)

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This Schatt & Morgan Rail Splitter Stockman with jigged amber bone scales arrived in the mail yesterday. The blade steel is 420HC and the blades are very sharp out of the box. The polished, fluted/ringed, pinched bolsters are nickel silver while the liners are brass. While the knife carries the Schatt & Morgan name the knife is made by Queen Cutlery Company. Closed it is 3 5/8" long with the clip blade being 2 1/2" long while the sheepfoot blade and spey blade are each 1 3/4" long. The pull of each blade is a 6 to 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 with very good snap. The fit and finish is excellent. The jigging of the handles is quite nice with an interesting pattern.

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I can open and close it without a problem and I would say the pull is a 5-6.



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Very nice indeed!
I like it!

You constantly buy knives I like.
You must have good taste :)


What is like in the hand in comparison to a regular stockman?
 
Dagnabit! My work computer won't display the pic!:mad:

Gotta love them Railsplitters.:thumbup:
 
I wish I had one of those! Hey wait a minute, I do! The longer you own it the more you'll like it; congratulations on a great knife:thumbup:! Yeah Queen has been using the S&M name on their higher end models for a while, and I really like the older name better even though it's the same company today!
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Nice knife Peter. Your picture is much better than mine. It is snowing here this morning and I had to use lousy indoor lighting.

EDIT: It stopped snowing and the Sun broke through the clouds for a bit so the pictures have been updated.
 
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That amber worm groove bone is fantastic stuff isn't it? I particularly like the blade that is somewhere between a coping blade and sheepsfoot. The sharp little point is great. The slanted bolsters also look nice. Congrats!
 
Got the English Jack with GIANT Sheepfoot as master in the same scales .That Brown Worm Bore is some odd but very good scales.
 
I'm at home now and I can see the pics.

Congrats on a fine knife, Ed!



I couldn't resist adding a couple more pics.

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That's ok!! Your pics are great. I went in and replaced the original photos with new, better, photos. Take a second look.

I sure do like the Amber scales.
 
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Those do look better.

The Railsplitter is a hard pattern not to like. Especially when you're holding one in your hand. It just feels right.
 
texasflyfisher said:
That amber worm groove bone is fantastic stuff isn't it? I particularly like the blade that is somewhere between a coping blade and sheepsfoot. The sharp little point is great. The slanted bolsters also look nice. Congrats!
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You make a good point on the sheepfoot blade or at least the blade in it's place. It does look like a coping blade and were I to see it standing alone, I'd call it a coping blade and not a sheepfoot blade. It definitely comes to a point where the spine breaks down and that little point is kinda sharp/stabby although not enough to cut skin. In a book about pocket knife repair, Ben Kelly, Jr. (the author) calls that blade a cut-off pen blade.
 
I like this pattern a lot. It has a very substantial feel to it. Nothing weak or delicate about this knife. It sits on my desk and I use it exclusively for whittling. I've heard some negative comments about the spey blade, but this is the blade I use the most on this knife.

The size is what makes this pattern so handy. For having a three blade combination and a strong feel to it, the overall length works well for pocket carry. It doesn't feel overwhelming at all. I've never been the biggest Queen, Schatt fan, but this pattern is a home run.

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I meant nothing negative in my remarks about the spey blade -- just pointing out the pointed break off instead of a more common rounded one.

Nice carving Michael. It has that Samoan/Tiki look to it in my mind. Very nice.
 
Ed, I wasn't directing the "spey" comment at you my friend. I mean, in general, the spey doesn't get much love. I happen to find the spey very useful.
 
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Ed, I wasn't directing the "spey" comment at you my friend. I mean, in general, the spey doesn't get much love. I happen to find the spey very useful.
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Me too - best blade type for hollowing out wooden spoon bowls while camping. (I try to carve at least one or two utensils when we camp out. I use the coping/sheepfoot and spey blades most.)

That Schatt looks like an industrial grade carver. I need to move it up on my list.

~Chris
 
neeman said:
Very nice indeed!
I like it!

You constantly buy knives I like.
You must have good taste :)


What is like in the hand in comparison to a regular stockman?
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+1 on all that. Great looking knife, Ed! I'm also wondering how it handles and feels compared to a stockman of the same approximate size. ..... Ed, Peter, Michael, Rick T.???
 
Aside from the GEC Cubans, the Railsplitter is the beefiest Stockman pattern I have ever handled. The Case 45 patterns might come close but I have never had one of those in my hand.

I have three of these S&M Railsplitters and the clip blade on all three of them is about a 7 to 7 1/2 on the pull scale. The other two blades, about a 5.

I don't know if I'm the best one to give advice on the Railsplitter as I am extremely biased toward the pattern. It is my all time favorite pattern and I will praise it till the cows come home.

It handles great, has some heft to it, and the blade steel is not bad at all IMO. I agree with an earlier comment that the girth of the knife does not hinder its pocketability. It's a chubby little bugger with a great feel to it. A true pleasure to carry and use.

If Case and/or GEC would make a Railsplitter Stockman I would be dancin' in the streets!

Highly recommended.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
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I like this pattern a lot. It has a very substantial feel to it. Nothing weak or delicate about this knife. It sits on my desk and I use it exclusively for whittling. I've heard some negative comments about the spey blade, but this is the blade I use the most on this knife.

The size is what makes this pattern so handy. For having a three blade combination and a strong feel to it, the overall length works well for pocket carry. It doesn't feel overwhelming at all. I've never been the biggest Queen, Schatt fan, but this pattern is a home run.
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Michael's comments here say a lot about how the knife feels and works in the hand. It is a fairly heavy knife and it's size allows it to settle in and move freely about any tasks you might run up against.
 
Rick, thank you for your thoughts, and thanks Ed for re-directing my attention to Michael's comments. :thumbup:
 
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