Something special about the Case CV Med. stockman

This is the knife I take when ever I travel and need to put a knife in checked-in baggage
 
deermaster said:
Dont all the CV Stockman models have a coping blade rather than a spey blade?
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Nope, some come with a pen blade, others with a spey, no coping blades though.

Here is one with a pen blade.
Here is one with a spey blade.
And here is a congress with a coping blade on the far left just to be clear.
 
So-Lo....I had that same knife but I gifted it to a friend a few years ago....wish I hadn't, he doesn't even carry it....:barf:

You carry any slippie long enough, you'll see some bolster pin show through.

Thejampa....I quickly learned how to grind down that high kick on the sheepsfoot so just enough nail nick appeared...much better profile IMO
 
rayban: Thank you advice, I've considered that. Good reason to buy diamond file set.
 
The Stockman is my favorite slipjoint pattern,hands down.It was the pattern my Grandpa always carried.
 
rayban said:
So-Lo....I had that same knife but I gifted it to a friend a few years ago....wish I hadn't, he doesn't even carry it....:barf:

You carry any slippie long enough, you'll see some bolster pin show through.

Thejampa....I quickly learned how to grind down that high kick on the sheepsfoot so just enough nail nick appeared...much better profile IMO
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I know its being picky, but pin show is something that has always bothered me. Especially on a new knife. I've had a few new Case knives in the past(80's era) that I sent back in to have them finished properly.
I've never tried grinding down the kick to get the blade to set a little lower, but I like the idea.

deermaster said:
what is the middle blade? Thats the one I thought was a coping blade. Thanks for any info.
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The middle blade is a Sheepsfoot blade
 
338375 said:
I've never tried grinding down the kick to get the blade to set a little lower, but I like the idea.
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Filing down the kicks works really well, but be careful. I have a Remington Scout, and I filed down too much of the kick on the main blade. It sits almost too low now; it's functional, but it bottoms out against the backspring with very little effort.

On every Stockman I've bought new, I've lowered the sheepsfoot blade enough to make it more comfortable in hand. It looks better too, IMHO.

thx - cpr
 
I'm not sure but I think I'm going to give one a try before to long. I really like Case's chestnut bone!
 
At first glance I thought, how'd he get that patina so fast? Then I saw the 90's era tang stamp. I'm glad Case reintroduced this series again in chestnut bone. That stockman in particular with the pen blade is one of my favorites.
 
powernoodle said:
I think I've come back to this thread 4 times to see those pics. :thumbup:
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You know you're a knife knut when you stalk knives. :D

I've cut & psted a couple of pics out of this thread so I can look for similar old Stockmans. I Never get tired of looking at them.

thx - cpr
 
You can't beat a 63032.I've carried this one longer than any other I've owned. Been thinking of having it rebladed.

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Got bored one night and carved my initials in it.I think I'll carry this one tomorrow.

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I have an amber bone CV Medium Stockman that is my favorite carry knives. I "de-horned" it by sanding the "points" on the bolsters, and then filed down the kick on both the pen and sheepsfoot blades, so they both sit a little lower. I sanded down the scales slightly as well. It is VERY "pocketable" now! You can't beat a 63032CV Medium Stockman!

Ron
 
Howdy So-Lo,

Those are some nice polished blade edges there! Nice job! :thumbup:

I too really consider the medium stockman as my favorite slipjoint pattern (canoe is a close second). Gotta love having the blade selection. I carry a vintage Case 6318 and 6332, both in CV, and they are hard to beat! :)
 
mnblade said:
Here's a link with all the CV knives Case makes. You can go through by handle material and see all the stockmans.

To the OP: So-Lo, that knife and those pics look GREAT! :thumbup:
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I gotta tell you that site irritated me badly...you pull up the CV knives and right on top in amber bone is the 4 blade scout right under the chrome vanadium logo...leads one to think they must offer that in cv but noooooooooooo...it is only available in SS...what a bunch of teases!
 
orca8589 said:
Filing down the kicks works really well, but be careful. I have a Remington Scout, and I filed down too much of the kick on the main blade. It sits almost too low now; it's functional, but it bottoms out against the backspring with very little effort.
thx - cpr
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I also had that problem on a schrade trapper. I had to file the spay down rather deep to stop having that bothering feeling in the hand. As it was comfortable it was only some millimeter to the backspring. Droping the blade closed with the force of the backspring made it hit the bottom and made the sharp edge a little flat. Seing by the flatness where the contactpoint was I made a small dripp of epoxy and put it inside the knife on the backspring at that very place and no more deformation of the backspring. If you do this you obwiously ned to leave the blade open while the epoxy stabilaces and the drop of epoxy can be very small. This have worked for ten years by now.

After this I have started filing the points of my trappers spayblades to clippoints with marked bellys and I now actually se that blade as the main trapper blade of use and the original clip as the secondary blade. Therfore I now want the former long spay to ride high in the handle to be easy to pinchopen.

If the blades go to deep into the handle its also doable to take for instance a dremmel and do a fingergroove in the side of the knife to give acsess to the nailnick. On a user its only your imagination that sets the borders what improvements one can do to make it a personal fitting knife. Wouldnt do it to a bose or hampton or a antiqe knife but for a produktion user one can do whatever feels good. Just work slowly as schanges sometimes work faster than one can imagine

Bosse
 
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