Hickory n steel
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A lot of tang stamp charts for various knives don't feature similar repeated stamps from different eras or after buyouts...etcI agree your L66 is post date code.
Your stockman, however has a different tang stamp: The "USA" is the same size as "Western", and no model number.
If you look at the model number tang stamp on the pile side of the clip point. If it has stainless blades it will have "S -" before the model number.
I've seen some Western folders with clean carbon steel blades that look like they are stainless.
I don't know if Western ever coated the folder's blades with lacquer like they did the L66 and other fixed blades.
At least pre Coleman era, all the Western fixed blades had a 1095 blade. I don't know if Coleman or Camillus switched to stainless or offered a choice of 1095 and whatever stainless they used. (440A for Camillus?)
The stamp is slightly different because tang stamps often differed between folders and fixed blades for most brands except maybe Buck and Imperial.
This knife absolutely looks like a Camillus to me, the sheld and delrin are the giveaway.
