What Size Stockman Do You Like Best?

[redsparrow]

For stockman I like to carry a 3.25" and use a 4.25" so a lot of times I compromise with something in between.

 

[Will Power]

Can't really answer, no special preferences in size except that really Large Stockman are better in coat pocket than trousered.

Like low riding Sheepfoot as it improves handling when using the master blade.

Have to dig out a few favourites though Here, Queen No.26 which at 3.25 is out of any of the size categories, it might be 3 3/8" Nice Penknife style size and a low rider.

Another notable small is Buck's now extinct Yellow Delrin, blades lie flat due to 3 spring construction ,thus no krinking needed. Very handy, practical & durable

Moving up a size bracket, 3 5/8" the CASE in Chestnut Bone is a faithful companion, not such a low rider but do like the bone and modified Pen blade on these.

Larger still but round bolster, the Winchester Black Box sees a lot of carry, great snap here, that's vital

Finally, Big Guns (there ARE bigger) CASE, GEC, Böker. The Dixie Stockman is a smooth svelte carry, admire the different thinking about blade assortment too, and why not? Been looking for a user in Osage Orange for good long while..

So you see, One Size Fits All, any size

 

[Hickory n steel]

I really like all stockmans.

This one is huge at 4 5/8''

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4 1/4''

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4'', goldilocks.

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My favorite medium pattern. 3 1/2''.

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2 3/4'' stocks are highly capable.

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Wasn't much of a stockman guy in the past because the extra high sheep's foot of my 34OT kind of put me off but I'm getting some interest in them now, and can't say I favor any specific size yet .

I really love that little one you got there.
Currently I've only got two Colonial rangers and a cool little kutmaster.
I'll have to get a picture of that one later, pretty interesting with a clip pen and coping configuration.

 

[waynorth]

I love a stockman!! All of 'em!!
But I like two-blade, single-spring ones the best!!

 

[Will Power]

waynorth All highly desirable examples Charlie! But that Sleekster 2 blade Sunk joint and that bone, just arrange THAT to be this year's Forum Knife please I'll even shut up about stainless options

 

[315]

waynorth this is the one that keeps me awake at night...

 

[waynorth]

waynorth All highly desirable examples Charlie! But that Sleekster 2 blade Sunk joint and that bone, just arrange THAT to be this year's Forum Knife please I'll even shut up about stainless options

I see you get it, Will!! They'd sell out pretty quick I reckon!!

waynorth this is the one that keeps me awake at night...

It took me years, 9 - 10 or more, to find that one 315 !!

 

[TheChunk91]

Wasn't much of a stockman guy in the past because the extra high sheep's foot of my 34OT kind of put me off but I'm getting some interest in them now, and can't say I favor any specific size yet .

I really love that little one you got there.
Currently I've only got two Colonial rangers and a cool little kutmaster.
I'll have to get a picture of that one later, pretty interesting with a clip pen and coping configuration.

Sometimes sheepsfoot blades ride too high but the kick can be filed down easily. I have done this on all the 34OT's that I've carried.

That little one is a schrade walden 808. It's a pre-delrin and pre-swinden knife and is smaller and slimmer than the later variants. They made that pattern for many years and are easily found, most commonly with delrin and swinden. Also look for the old timer 108 and uncle henry 807. They are all the same pattern with the UH having stainless blades. My dad carries a 2 3/4'' schrade stock daily. They are very capable little knives and I would urge you to try one.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Sometimes sheepsfoot blades ride too high but the kick can be filed down easily. I have done this on all the 34OT's that I've carried.

That little one is a schrade walden 808. It's a pre-delrin and pre-swinden knife and is smaller and slimmer than the later variants. They made that pattern for many years and are easily found, most commonly with delrin and swinden. Also look for the old timer 108 and uncle henry 807. They are all the same pattern with the UH having stainless blades. My dad carries a 2 3/4'' schrade stock daily. They are very capable little knives and I would urge you to try one.

I think I did eventually file the kick, but it had zero snap so I eventually turned it into a single blade friction folder.

 

[Hickory n steel]

 

[22-rimfire]

I own a couple stockman patterns; one Schrade and a Boker. Maybe one more.... I generally favor a jack knife with two blades. In the past, I would have always chosen the ~4 inch or slightly larger size, but now I would lean toward your "medium" class stockman or "small" class. The change has to do with generally using fixed blades more and less use for work where a full grip might be necessary. I have a number of the GEC 42's, so you can see I do or did really like the 4" size.

 

[Prester John]

I own one small, one medium, and three large stockmans. No extra large yet.

I think the large (3 7/8") is perfect. The medium is just a little too small--even the main clip blade seems small to me--and I don't like the blade rub that seems to plague this pattern. The Schrade stockman has three blades on two springs, but there is no blade rub, and the main blade seems sufficiently large. The carbon steel takes a good edge, and the knife just feels right. The Buck is great too. Three blades on three springs. Great size and feel. The Colonial in the bottom of the pic is a cheapie (paid $10 at a gun show). It has liners between each blade! And bad blade rub on the sheepsfoot. Not sure what kind of steel it is.

 

[Headwinds]

I generally prefer the small stockman (2 5/8” - 2 3/4”). I also use a cheap large stockman (4”) for rough work around the house. (Small better in the pocket, large better in the hand.)

If I had to get by with just one it would probably be 3 1/4”.

 

[davemonkey]

A 4" stockman is my ideal work knife. That said, for over the past year the Dixie Stockman has found it's way into my work pants more than anything else.

 

[bonky]

I've always carried a stockman of some flavor since I was a kid. Somewhere around the 4" size is my sweet spot, give or take a little.
My daily carry has been a GE #82 Dixie Stockman since 2014.

 

[kamagong]

I love a stockman!! All of 'em!!
But I like two-blade, single-spring ones the best!!

Which is best Charlie? A two-blader with a spey/pen or a two-blader with a sheepsfoot?

 

[Will Power]

Which is best Charlie? A two-blader with a spey/pen or a two-blader with a sheepsfoot?

In my view, either Or why not something different as in California Clip/ Spear? Or use the Dixie Skinner format but replace Wharncliffe with Drop-Point, not at all bad....

 

[pmek5]

I think the Case #18 is a great size. The combo below is also my favorite other than the blade selection on the #82 Dixie Stockman.

 

[desmobob]

I have three mediums and one large, so I guess I had to vote "medium."

 

[22-rimfire]

Blade rub on stockman's always bothered me. Seems to be the norm rather than the exception.