Texan pocket knives.

Another Texan checking in here! We do love our knives here, I often see HS students with a Case in their belt sheaths and no one seems to be bothered out here in the country. The big cities can be a different story regarding policy and people, but overall a great state to call home!
 
Wow, I must have been busy somewhere else, I didn't know till now Jackknife had left the Tidewater. Texas, born there in a Lubbock dust storm but moved across the Red river as a child. My grandfather carried a yellow case stockman, but the high class cowmen of my Texas clan think the old original Moormakers, not new ones, are the peak of the knife world. The poorer ones carry big Case trappers, yellow or stag. Fancy tooled belt, and I use the term as one belt owned, was saved for church, funerals or rodeo to wear with pearl snap button shirts. Pistolaro's they aren't. They prefer a single barrel 20 ga to make sure the rattlesnake is dead. A real Texan may not have a flashlight in their truck but if you look under the seat there will be a old rearview mirror. You use it to reflect the sun into dark corners of old barns, rocks or prickly pears for snakes. 300
 
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jackknife said:
So, it's been two and a half years now since Karen and I fled The Peoples Republik Of Maryland for our now adapted home state of Texas. ...
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2.5 years??!!?? :eek::eek: Where does the time go? :confused::rolleyes:

Mitt said:
Well I’m a 6th generation Texan. The first generation of my family was born here in 1832 during Mexican rule. My first knife was a buffalo horn stockman. I carried it daily up until this year. It took a lot for me to carry anything else....
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How about some additional info about your faithful stockman, Mitt? How old is it? I think I see "GOODWIN" on one tang but can't make out what it says below that. Do the other tangs have a buck's head and "Red Stag"? Very cool knife! :cool::cool::cool:

- GT
 
Growing up in West Texas I usually ended up with my Grandad's hand me downs. Most of my blue collar friends and family lean toward stockman. Case mostly. It seems to me that Texans in my family tend to view their pocketknives as tools to beat the snot out of and then hand down to the young males of the family to finish up. A family tradition I guess.--KV
 
5K Qs said:
How about some additional info about your faithful stockman, Mitt? How old is it? I think I see "GOODWIN" on one tang but can't make out what it says below that. Do the other tangs have a buck's head and "Red Stag"? Very cool knife! :cool::cool::cool:

- GT
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Thanks, I have had it for 28 years and it has been best knife I have owned. It will take and hold an edge like no other. If memory serves me right I gave $100 for the knife and a Colorado beaver teeth sharpener with a leather belt pouch. I haven’t had any luck finding who the maker really was. Goodwin out of Chattanooga imported them from Solingen. Each blade does have a stag and is stamped “red stag”. It even had a shield at one time that I lost at some point that had the buck on it with “red stag” above, “Solingen” below and had a red background. The nickel silver pins with the buffalo horn makes it one great looking knife.
 
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Mitt said:
Thanks, I have had it for 28 years and it has been best knife I have owned. It will take and hold an edge like no other. If memory serves me right I gave $100 for the knife and a Colorado beaver teeth sharpener with a leather belt pouch. I haven’t had any luck finding who the maker really was. Goodwin out of Chattanooga imported them from Solingen. Each blade does have a stag and is stamped “red stag”. It even had a shield at one time that I lost at some point that had the buck on it with “red stag” above, “Solingen” below and had a red background. The nickel silver pins with the buffalo horn makes it one great looking knife.
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Thanks for the extra info, Mitt. :thumbsup: I don't know if you ever happened to see this page, but FWIW there's a post (about 5th from bottom) that claims his knife has a Böker stamp on one of its blades:
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?t=323

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
Thanks for the extra info, Mitt. :thumbsup: I don't know if you ever happened to see this page, but FWIW there's a post (about 5th from bottom) that claims his knife has a Böker stamp on one of its blades:
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?t=323

- GT
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I haven't seen that one. Mine Doesn't have a Böker stamp on it. I have seen a few red stags on ebay from time to time and I have been tempted more than a few times to pick up another.
 
Small gun, don't need big ones if you shoot'em in the eye.
Yes, I forgot about the ladies. Several have purse knives, Peanuts and something called the S A K. But, they usually don't bring them out in public. The Judge has gained the rep of being truck gun also. I had good times there as a teenager but all the land is leased out to folks willing to pay for hunting. Lots of my folks like local made custom small fixed blades also. 300
 
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:Dfunny, it’s one of those North American arms mini 22. revolvers right? I remember you mentioning that you owned one
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I actually have two of them. I liked the first one I bought back in the mid 80's so much, I bought a second one as a back up in case I ever had to ditch the first one I carried. D.C and Maryland had no CCW provision, so any firearm had to b deep concealment. Old habits die hard, and the NAA .22 is still a pocket companion that I don't talk about much. Sometimes I'll carry a Smith and Wesson J frame .38 special. Sometimes. In hot Texas weather in light weight nylon cargo shorts, T-shirt and Keen sandals, the mini .22 revolver goes un-noticed in a pocket holster. It's kind of a firearm equivalent of a peanut.:D

About 7 yards is all I can keep them in the target at. I don't really plan on shooting beyond arms length. In the past 33 years, it's saved my butt a few times by just being there.
 
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Mitt said:
I haven't seen that one. Mine Doesn't have a Böker stamp on it. I have seen a few red stags on ebay from time to time and I have been tempted more than a few times to pick up another.
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It could be a Weidmannsheil or Schliepper maybe a Hoffritz, they made a lot of expo knives for the US.
 
Why is the trapper so much more popular in Texas than a stockman or other pattern? It would make sense for a working cowboy to want a long spey blade but most Texans these days aren't working cowboys. Personally, I don't care much for the long spey. I'd much rather have the 3 blades of a stockman.

There must be some reason. Inquiring minds want to know. :confused:
 
Wardo46 said:
Why is the trapper so much more popular in Texas than a stockman or other pattern? It would make sense for a working cowboy to want a long spey blade but most Texans these days aren't working cowboys. Personally, I don't care much for the long spey. I'd much rather have the 3 blades of a stockman.

There must be some reason. Inquiring minds want to know. :confused:
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It’s the same here in Oklahoma. The Trapper is much more popular than the Stockman.
 
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