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Since it's early in the voting, I'll be a fly in the ointment... over the past few weeks there have been a lot of people excited about the idea of a stockman for the 18 Forum knife and the Buck 301 is a classic stockman. Based on what I have seen in the various threads, it also seems like a majority of the people that expressed ideas were mostly not fans of a spey blade... it appeared as though there were a handful of people that spoke out as pro-spey blade. The only configuration presented in the poll for the stockman is the typical clip, spey and sheepsfoot... I have a lot of stockmans like that including a couple 301s so it is making lean toward the 2-blade options and I'm likely not the only one thinking that. Since there are several options for the 2-blade, I think we should have at least one more selection for the 3-blade and would like to see a clip, coping (or pen) and sheepsfoot configuration.
Correct. It will not be included, not because it's not possible, but because the cost for Buck to engineer that and add it would make this knife too expensive.
Thank you! I obviously did not read the "locked" pollIt was stated byskblades in the previous thread that that option is, unfortunately, cost prohibitive.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...8-2-blades-or-3-blades.1582266/#post-18072622
None takenNo criticism intended. Just passing on the info.![]()
... then the 3-blade could end up winning despite the fact that 64% wanted 2-blades.
The original poll had just 2 vs 3 blade, but it was changed to this poll.You've definitely found the flaw in this poll. Probably should have been 2-blade/3-blade first .... too late now. I'm really, really tempted to change my vote to 3-blade, just to be a turd.![]()
The original poll had just 2 vs 3 blade, but it was changed to this poll.
Hiking! I wish I could have joined.Interesting. I was out hiking all day and missed the other poll. Guess I should go find it and read it.
Couldn't have said it better....I kept my vote to the "traditional" style 3 blade stockmanAdmittedly, I am all in for a three blader. After saying that I will likely buy either version unless the covers are really weird. But, there is a lot of discussion going on about how this two bladed version can "work" and that includes a lot of conversation in the original forum knife threads.
I'm far from being any sort of authority on cutlery but my guess is this style of serpentine frame was designed to fit three blades (two longer, one shorter) into a single slipjoint. I don't think the frame was designed and then cutlers designed certain blades to fill it.
Seems like the two bladed versions are a square peg/round hole scenario, at least aesthetically if not functionally. If you need another cliche, reinventing the wheel?
Maybe, maybe not.I don't know, it might work to the advantage of those who want three blades. If the vote for the two blade option ends up split between same and opposite end -- let's say, 30% vote for clip/sheepsfoot opposite end, 34% vote for clip/sheepsfoot same end and 36% vote for the 3-blade -- then the 3-blade could end up winning despite the fact that 64% wanted 2-blades.
Probably.Can we please have some clarification on how many springs each option has? Is it one spring per blade?
Now, hush yourself with all this "traditional" talk. We're designing a knife here.Couldn't have said it better....I kept my vote to the "traditional" style 3 blade stockman