The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
My latest. Is it a stockman? No Sheep’s foot blade...Is it a cattle knife? It’s equal ended but square not round and it is mildly serpentine...
Buck called it the Rancher so I guess they didn’t want to commit.
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My precious.. Queen #49 in Amber Carved Stag Bone. Minty fresh, non-dfc, Peter's finest D2 tool steel.
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Golden orange ridges and deep, brown canyons on this one. Good specimen of this bone, at least the traits I like about this cut, anyway. Sharp and smooth at the same time.
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An uncommon Ulster/Schrade prince Albert tobacco prize. (It was Prince Albert, wasn't it? I never pursued the cans, but got a user of all three knives of that offer). Possibly the best looking combo of blades I've seen on a stockman. It makes for such a slick looking knife. If i could hack together one of these in a #61 old timer frame with that big ol Persian clip it would be great, since I find this one to be a bit small.
Now, here is a pair of my favorite roughnecks, Camilus #89, big ol carbon steel chunker:
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And a (probably Camillus mfg) Western #742 stainless fatboy. This one is very satisfying. Its got the girth, thick springs and frames a 4.25"+ size stockman usually has, but in a frame just a touch longer than your #8OT size stockman. Great work knife, plus whatever stainless that is actually gets very sharp without turning into a mushy burr factory.
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Stockman are my favorites.
We counting punch stockmen too?
Case 44 pattern and an assortment of the Case Stockman pattern in assorted sizes. OH
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Meretricious, but I am good with it. BTW, Augie, that 861 rocks!View attachment 1350614 View attachment 1350615
I never get tired of looking at that one, Bill.I was a winning recipient of this C Risner Indianhead stockman GAW from @Vaporstang.
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Thx Vince.I never get tired of looking at that one, Bill.![]()