Stockman lovers be heard!!

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ElCuchillo

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Ok, so I have had my Case CV Medium Stockman for a few weeks now, and I must admit, I LOVE this thing!!! I always had a thing for Peanuts, and I still do, but I think I may have found a new love....... again. My very first traditional knife was a Case medium stockman, working series, brown handle, ss blades. Seeing how it was my first, I never had anything to compare it to. I lost it, got some different patterns, and eventually came across my Peanut. It became my favorite pattern, but all the while I wondered about the Stockman, and how it would ride with me now that I was a bit more experienced with slippies then before. Well, I got one, and it is THE knife for me. Perfect size, perfect blades, everything. So, I'm wondering, where are all the Stockman lovers out there? How many EDC one? Have pictures? Let me hear ya!!!
 
A stockman is a wonderfull pattern. From 1967 to mid 1990's I carried a Buck 301 stockman as a regular edc in the army engineers. It always seemed to give me a blade for any use, with three to to choose from. I had a sak around, but for cutting I reached for the stockman. Most of the real working men I've known were a bit biased toward a stockman. I'll still carry a Buck 303 cadet or graddads old Hen and Rooster once in a while, but for my retired stage of life these days I'm not a hard working indiviual anymore. In fact I'm hardly working at anything if I can get away with it.

Add up the inches of cutting edge available in a stockman, and try to find another knife of similar size that gives the same level of cutting edge available. Not much competition for it. The stockman definatley gives you a handfull of cutting blades in a small package.:thumbup::thumbup:
 
I've got a dozen production stockman knives in various sizes and a couple of customs as well.

As jackknife so ably said, the stockman is hard to beat for virtually any type of job plus they are fairly lightweight and easy to carry.
 
The stockman was the first knife I really started to collect.Once I had a few, I really got hooked on the Tested XX Razor Edge stamped knives, although in all honesty I really didn't know what, or even if, there was any difference. I just liked the marking on the blade... Still have a fair collection of them.
I always liked the size and wasn't to big in pocket. Once I started with them I couldn't get enough.. A few days ago I was going through my knives looking for something different to carry and ended up pulling out an older Schrade Uncle Henry medium stockman. Its a great little knife.
 
Between 4 and 4 1'4 inch and Buck 301's I probably have 75 Stockman patterns.

It's the classic slipjoint!
 
The stockman is my slipjoint of choice. Other slippy designs are nice, but nothing seems as right as a good stockman.
 
I hear you, the stockman has been my favorite pattern, ever since I learned a bit about traditional patterns a few years back.
I feel like its the best combinations of blades and size there is.
The medium stockman is ideal for edc, and the large stockman does the jobs where you need just a little more grip.

I love other patterns, but I always go back to the stockman.

my name is Peter and I love the stockman pattern :D

Peter
 
i am in complete aggreement with ElCuchillo. i too love all my buck & case stock knives. i have several of each and they all serve me well. a couple of years ago i dressed out my first buck of deer season using only my medium, 3 1/2 inches closed, case stockman #6.5318. that convinced me right then and there that a 3 blade stockman was the pocket knife for me from then on.
 
I carry one on occasion, a Schrade OldTimer 34OT.

Have no idea how many I own altogether though. Quite a few Old Timer stockmans of various patterns, a couple from Case, a large Queen, and perhaps others.

Here's one of the nicer Old Timer stockmans from my collection:

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I love stockman too. Especially the slim ones.

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A few 60's and 70's Schrades

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And a newer Old Timer 98OT, done up real good by Herman Williams with stag and polished blades.
 
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Good old honest Stockman knives are my favorite right next to the Trapper pattern in my book and I was raised up on the Stockman pattern as the first knife I ever received as a boy of 8-9. And yes, quite a lot of fat blades in a small light weight package.

Here are a few of my very favorite.. snowflake, you should recognize this first one.. :)

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Very knice stockmans everyone. It is a most traditional pattern. Thanks for showing them. In keeping with the Schrade theme started by thawk....

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I like stockmans (stockmen???). I have a few around the house, and EDC a Case Stockman with rounded bolsters for a while. I got on a Buck knife kick a while back and started a Buck project. I bought a 301, but I could not warm up to the plastic scales. I removed the plastic scales and replaced them with some stag. Here are some pics. Keep in mind that these pic are of the unfished product. Still needs a little more fine sandind and buffing.






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I just started getting into the stockman pattern about a year ago... I always grind down the kick on the sheepsfoot blade to make it less obtrusive but otherwise I find them to be a great companion 'as is' for a SAK or multitool.

Does anybody know of a Web site or book that describes the history of this pattern? I've done some Googling but no dice... Can't find a definitive thread on BF, either.
 
My no.1 choice pattrern also.
Started with my Case...
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this Eye brand is tops for me also...
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And then the Mooremaker...
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This was discussed in another thread ages ago, but when I think "Traditional" slipjoint pocketknife, I think "Stockman". Other think Trapper, or Barlow, but for me, a Stockman epidomizes what a traditional slippie is. Well made, simple, easy to carry, and extremely functional. I love the Stockman.
 
Nothing rare,fancy, or expensive.This was my first stockman and got me back into traditionals.I've since added four Old Timers and one Schrade open stock. And I don't think I'm quite done yet...some of the Cases you guys have been posting lately look very tempting.

Kabar 1081..

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Are Cattles considered stockmans?
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I have the same question for a canoe of sorts...this ones as stout as they get, and the stag is outstanding to boot.
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here's a worker, a Camillus rough cut...
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