Premium Stockman

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Hi all, it's been a while since I've had the opportunity to post anything, but here goes:

My aunt had a store back in the sixties( it was actually a bus stop and diner ) anyway she sold a 3 3/4" or 4" knife and all I remember is te display card they hung on said"Premium Stockman" with a picture of a cowboy . The knives had faux stag handles and Premium Stockman on the large clip blade. I split wood all fall to save up the $2.95 plus tax to get one. I lost it a couple years later while fishing the milstream.

So my question is would anybody know if the "Premium" was the brand or just a sort of classification?

Thanks in advance for your input;
RMO
 
The 'Premium Stockman' moniker (or 'Premium Stock' knife) is pretty generic anymore, though I don't know when/how it was first used. Both Case and Schrade (Boker also) have used it to describe individual patterns in their lines over the years; probably other brands as well. Similar terminology has been applied to 'Premium Jack' patterns as well. I assume (speculate) it came about in patterns that were a little more 'dressed up' with bone/stag and maybe polished blades, than their 'working' versions with simple synthetic handles, less than full-polish blades, etc.

I don't think Case ever used faux stag, possibly excepting their bone jigged to look like stag, a.k.a. 'bonestag'. Schrade's 'Uncle Henry' line has traditionally used synthetic stag (Delrin-like 'staglon'), though I don't know how far back that originated. In Case's line also, the 'Premium Stock' designation is often seen on slimmer serpentine-patterned stockman knives, in particular (in multiple sizes as well).

May also be a tie-in to the seemingly more elegant ('premium') aesthetics of 'stockman' knives, as compared to older 'cattle knife' patterns, which tended to be larger, heavier & bulkier.


David
 
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