Schatt and Morgan Heritage Stockman

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neverone99

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Does anyone have one of these? They are gorgeous and very well made to my untrained eyes. I don't have a Stockman yet and thought this would be the perfect addition. It's either this or a case in Chestnut Bone. What does everyone think?
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The CASE in Chestnut is a much smaller lighter knife.

Don't have the Stockman but do have the Woodsman which has many similarities. Quite a heavy bulky knife so not for lightweight pockets. Very good bone, good blade variation, pretty weak snap on all three blades frankly. Nevertheless, I like this knife a good deal. You could check Böker's Stockman and Queen D2.
 
I did notice the Stockman had a mushy snap. Thanks for giving me some other options. Looks like the Boker may be a great choice. I found a pic of one:
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I have one of those Boker's, in washboard bone. The clip main has the weakest, mushiest springs of any knife I own.

- Christian
 
Dang it Christian! LOL, I guess I should just get a Yeller Case. I just can't stand a mushy snap. If anyone else has any suggestions I'm open to them!
 
Great Eastern makes some of the strongest springs on the planet. Their knives are awesome, and they have several that fill the bill as a Stockman.
 
No probs with any of my Bökers, satisfying snap on all 10 (various patterns all German made) but all companies produce bad stuff sometimes.

Buck do some nice delrin covered Stockman. GEC's Calf Roper is a good mid sized Stockman (GEC knives can be a bit heavy)

The CASE you mention in Chestnut with a pen blade is a nice compact model too, but credible.

RR are not to be disregarded either, some of their Stockman are well worth looking into. All stainless mind.
 
tracking down some case knives from the '70s might be worthwhile - the walk and talk seems better than the newer ones in my limited experience.
Otherwise I second the GEC suggestion - there are at least 4 Stockmen patterns that they have, and hopefully this year there will be a nice classic square bolstered serpentine frame stockman, though they are taking their time - the 81 frame that they have been promising seems delayed by months.
 
Zippofan, that's gorgeous. I love that ebony Stockman. I will have to say that the Herotage Series Stockmans I have handles have all been perfect regarding f&f, however the springs were weaker than what I would prefer.
 
knifeswapper said:
If you are a stickler for fit/finish, veer away from the Heritage Series...
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Unfortunately, I have to agree with Mike. I have a premium stockman from the 2012 series, and while I really like it, if I would have seen it before hand, I probably would not have bought it. It's not bad, it's just not up to the high quality they specified. Queen can produce a high quality knife on the level of GEC, but the Heritage series should have been top flight pieces. They were not. I had issues with my two blade jack and premium stockman from the 2011 and 2012 line, and am now experiencing issues with my single blade jack from the 2011 series.
 
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I have 2 of the Ebony Premium and they are not only gorgeous ~~ but they stand out among my other Ebony Knives (for some reason) and I will probably get one or two more before to long.! (((I want a SwayBack Jack in Ebony.)))
 
Woodrow F Call said:
That's really a shame. I like the idea behind the knives.
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Queen really seemed to get in a hurry on products 2010 - 2012. They are solid products, but just didn't meet the recent (last 10 years) criteria collectors have added to their requirements. Most 80 year old knives would not cut the mustard today with collectors that are getting more and more particular (I am one of them). It is a vicious spiral of market slowdown requires factory cutbacks causes lower quality causes lower market share, etc....
 
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