Stories with a stockman

Let's see- so far we have two lives saved, three amazing memories created, and an airplane built...

Can't really think of anything much that compares.
 
Jccrigger said:
Come on can we get some more stories of times where memories were made?
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Patience, young Skywalker.

The stockman is a favorite pattern of mine, with the Buck 303 leading the pack. My brother in law calls it my geezer knife, even though we're both in our thirties. It opens Xmas and birthday gifts, cuts all manner of things, from wood to food to string to plastic wrapping. It picks splinters, pokes holes, scrapes gunk. My three year old son will ask where it is if I happen to use something else in his presence.

The delrin is dinged and pocket worn. The blades have some scratches, although not many. The main blade is very sharp, the sheeps foot a little less, and the spey somewhat so. It gets cleaned on a regular basis.

I haven't saved any lives with it, or performed any deeds of daring do, or even done anything of great moment. It does, however, do everything I have ever asked it to do without complaint, and it's small enough to be carried and handy when I need it to be. It is an everyday knife for an everyday life, and those are the memorIes it is creating.
 
Getahl said:
It does, however, do everything I have ever asked it to do without complaint, and it's small enough to be carried and handy when I need it to be. It is an everyday knife for an everyday life, and those are the memorIes it is creating.
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What more can you ask of an EDC, really? Nicely put, Sir! :)
 
Getahl summed it up nicely!

I've carried a stockman for many years. Mostly Old Timer and Buck, sometimes Camillus or Western Blades. Large and medium mostly, perhaps a small one for dress occasions.

Can't think of anything extraordinary that I've done with one, but it's always faithful and gets the job done, be it the medium Imperial I had as a scout, or the big Buck 307 I carried on my last deployment (swapped out regularly with an Old Timer 8OT, a good problem to have!).

Just putting one in my pocket is a good way to start the day.
 
VictorLouis said:
What more can you ask of an EDC, really? Nicely put, Sir! :)
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Liberando said:
Getahl summed it up nicely!

I've carried a stockman for many years. Mostly Old Timer and Buck, sometimes Camillus or Western Blades. Large and medium mostly, perhaps a small one for dress occasions.

Can't think of anything extraordinary that I've done with one, but it's always faithful and gets the job done, be it the medium Imperial I had as a scout, or the big Buck 307 I carried on my last deployment (swapped out regularly with an Old Timer 8OT, a good problem to have!).

Just putting one in my pocket is a good way to start the day.
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I thank you both for the kindness.

I have more examples of the stockman pattern than I do any other. A black delrin Buck 301, 2 black 303's (accidentally bought a second one when Amazon's 'Place Order' button was gummed up), a medium Case in amber bone and CV, a large Case in stainless and stag, a USA Schrade 34OT, and I think a Kutmaster I found in my Dad's toolbox that is approximately the same size as the 301, with brown jigged delrin and carbon blades. I had to rehab that last one a bit, as it had a fair amount of rust from sitting in a toolbox since the mid eighties. Of them all, the 303 sees the most use. I like the profile, and the multiple blades are very nice to have around.

As with my stockmen, none of my knives can claim to have done anything stupendous. I have knives I haven't used in years, and probably won't for years more, until I feel the itch. Until, I'll fondle my accumulation and be generally content.

Keith
 
I’ve carried a Jr. Stockman all my life. I use the sheepsfoot blade for rough work, so it I sharpen it at an obtuse angle.

One of those rough uses is starting a car. An automobile can ceases to auto for electrical reasons. When the battery cables don’t deliver enough juice, things go badly. If the battery is flat, you need jumper cables. But that may not be the problem.

With a pair of slip joint pliers and my Jr. Stockman, I’ve got many a car back on the road. The pliers disconnect the battery cables. The sheepsfoot blade cleans corrosion from the inside curve of the battery cable connection. It also cleans the post.

Refasten the cable, and off you go.
 
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