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What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?
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I was raised in Northeast Oklahoma, Oaks to be exact.
Where are you from?
Oh, and thanks for the compliment on the knife. I sure like it.
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I find myself carrying this little pocket sheath blade more and more. I am not sure if this is considered traditional but it has a leather sheath so it must be, no? 
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I used to never think about carrying a different knife every day, but lately, I've been looking through my collection and picking something that never sees pocket time.
My new Queen has been in my pocket for a few days, but I think I'll give it a rest. Since I work a late shift tonight, I've had plenty of time to decide what to carry and I came up with this:
It's an old Ka-Bar stockman that I know absolutely nothing about, other than I like it. It's not pretty or shiny, but it's sharp and has great snap, and a wonderful little pen blade in place of the usual sheepsfoot.
The master blade is stamped Kabar and nothing else.
My new Queen has been in my pocket for a few days, but I think I'll give it a rest. Since I work a late shift tonight, I've had plenty of time to decide what to carry and I came up with this:
It's an old Ka-Bar stockman that I know absolutely nothing about, other than I like it. It's not pretty or shiny, but it's sharp and has great snap, and a wonderful little pen blade in place of the usual sheepsfoot.
The master blade is stamped Kabar and nothing else.
I picked it up awhile back. Schrade 881. Unfortunately the previous owner cleaned the blades.... Oh well. For the price it still has many years of service left in her
You think thats bad? The previous owner of mine turned the sheepsfoot into a rounded scraper/screw driver. I'm going to mod it into a copping blade but still...
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Ole faithful today
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I picked it up awhile back. Schrade 881. Unfortunately the previous owner cleaned the blades
Doesn't look like he took too much off.It looks worthy:thumbup:
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It's an old Ka-Bar stockman that I know absolutely nothing about, other than I like it. It's not pretty or shiny, but it's sharp and has great snap, and a wonderful little pen blade in place of the usual sheepsfoot.
The master blade is stamped Kabar and nothing else.
Thats a nice knife. Can you shoot more pictures? A nice rubdown in mineral oil will make that an eye popper.:thumbup:
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I'll get some more tomorrow, but here's one of the pen blade:
I know it's taboo to clean these old knives, but the spey blade has some rust issues that I'm going to take care of. I don't think there's any pitting under the rust, it seems to just be surface rust. So a good scrubbing on that blade and then let the patina redevelop naturally is ok in my book.
I'm sorry I'd never carried this knife before, it handled everything I needed it to do tonight (which wasn't much more than cut one pallet strap) and carries extremely well in the bottom of the pocket. It has a slightly slimmer profile than some of the other stockmen in my collection and the spey blade sits even with the pen and clip blade which aids in the ease of carry.
Once I get it cleaned up a bit, this one's gonna have a permanent home in my rotation.
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Not carrying today per say, but I had to play bit with my 2nd Wharncliffe trapper that I received today. This one has better scales, day doesn't shine thru scales and back spings anywhere. Ok, clip is right side hog just like my user orange, but very nice.
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The blade arrangement of that stockman is unique. How long is he closed length on that KaBar Psychopomp? I can't tell. I would like to see that one after it gets a oiled up real good. The handles look like they are stag?
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I'll get some more tomorrow, but here's one of the pen blade:
I know it's taboo to clean these old knives, but the spey blade has some rust issues that I'm going to take care of. I don't think there's any pitting under the rust, it seems to just be surface rust. So a good scrubbing on that blade and then let the patina redevelop naturally is ok in my book.
I'm sorry I'd never carried this knife before, it handled everything I needed it to do tonight (which wasn't much more than cut one pallet strap) and carries extremely well in the bottom of the pocket. It has a slightly slimmer profile than some of the other stockmen in my collection and the spey blade sits even with the pen and clip blade which aids in the ease of carry.
Once I get it cleaned up a bit, this one's gonna have a permanent home in my rotation.
I find an SOS pad works well to get the rust off without scratching the blade. Just keep it away from the brass or mild steel liners.
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My old Kabar stag Stockman.
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I picked it up awhile back. Schrade 881. Unfortunately the previous owner cleaned the blades
That is a dandy.
I had one and lost it somehow, one of the very few knives I have lost.
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As promised, here's a few more pictures of the Ka-Bar stockman that I posted yesterday. It's still riding in my pocket today, so I guess it counts as the traditional EDC that I'm totin' today 
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Tang stamp says Kabar and nothing else.
The rusty spey blade cleaned up very easily and left most of the underlying patina intact. I flushed out the pivots with some synthetic lube and compressed air and the knife walks and talks like brand new. There's a slight bit of wobble in the master blade, but nothing that would make the knife unsafe and it still snaps open and closed with authority... the other two blades are tight as a drum.
Top down.
And finally, with a Buck 301 stockman for reference.
Like I said, it's in my pocket again today, but with all the rust, the spey blade needs to be sharpened badly, so later this afternoon, I'll probably put an edge back on it and then definitely carry this knife more often.
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Tang stamp says Kabar and nothing else.
The rusty spey blade cleaned up very easily and left most of the underlying patina intact. I flushed out the pivots with some synthetic lube and compressed air and the knife walks and talks like brand new. There's a slight bit of wobble in the master blade, but nothing that would make the knife unsafe and it still snaps open and closed with authority... the other two blades are tight as a drum.
Top down.
And finally, with a Buck 301 stockman for reference.
Like I said, it's in my pocket again today, but with all the rust, the spey blade needs to be sharpened badly, so later this afternoon, I'll probably put an edge back on it and then definitely carry this knife more often.