Would like an EDC stockman in 1095

Hey Alamosmick...shoot me an email at pjake77@gmail.com...I'll send you gratis the 8OT I have for sale in the For Sale forum (page 2). It's in great shape. Won't be able to get it out until Friday.

Peter
 
How about the queen cutlery #9 stockman 4" closed and D2 steel or the #26 stockman which is 3.25" closed. You can get them for about $65 new, and the honey amber stag bone is a classy material.
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(Pics from the queen site)
Here's my 26 in curly zebra wood
ImageUploadedByTapatalk1393362059.680274.jpg the D2 holds an edge for ages too!

Paul
 
Pjake said:
Hey Alamosmick...shoot me an email at pjake77@gmail.com...I'll send you gratis the 8OT I have for sale in the For Sale forum (page 2). It's in great shape. Won't be able to get it out until Friday.

Peter
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That there is real cool. Good on you, Peter!
 
Another recommendation for one of the old USA Schrade models. Watch and look for them. Not hard to find.
 
As many others have said, the original Schrade 8OT is a great choice. A word of caution though: toward the end, right before the bankruptcy, Schrade was using the materials on hand and there were 8OTs produced in stainless, without the "+" symbol that normally indicated stainless. Unfortunately, I've got one of those. It came in the "diamond plate" box. I believe there's a thread about this in the Schrade forum, or at least one in which this issue is discussed.
 
If you get an 8OT you will be spoiled. I have more expensive knives but the 8OT is still my favorite stockman. I lost one last year and was absolutely lost until some ol' Codger around here sent me a replacement.
 
I have an older 80T and an Abilene Stockman. The 80T is every bit as good a user as the Abilene (for a third of the price) but the Abilene is worth the extra money, to me. Start with the 80T and see where that leads you. I doubt that it'll be the last stockman you buy.
 
Buddy, go for the real deal USA Schrade. Hear OWE's wisdom on the heat treat and don't look back!!

I love GEC but the USA Schrade are so awesome just so long as it's your style.

Otherwise, think in reverse and pay the extra for something you DO carry every single day and USE :)

Kevin
 
Alamosmick said:
BTW - just 'cause this is my first post and I'm feeling verbose after breaking the ice - if I could have just what I wanted, it would be a sowbelly with stockman pattern blades in 1095 or D2 with stag scales.
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Case CV is an alloy steel with properties a tad better than 1095. CV is non-stainless. I am aware of at least one large Case dealer who currently has Case yellow-handled CV-bladed sowbelly knives. The blade shapes are similar to those of a standard stockman.

Here's mine:
 
protourist said:
If you get an 8OT you will be spoiled. I have more expensive knives but the 8OT is still my favorite stockman. I lost one last year and was absolutely lost until some ol' Codger around here sent me a replacement.
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For what it is worth, Schrade made an open-stock knife which is identical to the 8OT except the handles are made to look like jigged bone instead of sawed-bone. It is called the 881. I think they look a little nicer, but they are both the same knife. And they also made a yellow one, the 881Y. If you like a more slender version, but the same length, the 861 and the 61OT would fit that bill. All good old Schrade 1095.
 
[One of the dealers who has a lot of Queen SFOs] carries a S&M Three Blade Sowbelly in Sambar Burnt Stag Handle
If he carries it the quality is good
I do not know the blade material
call him

If you are looking at delrin
Queen makes a workhorse series in carbon
Their #9 model stockman 4" long

Then the S&M Heritage in carbon in bone or ebony are good for the price point, and excellent users
 
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Alamosmick said:
I've been a member on this forum for a month or so and have enjoyed learning from the other postings, so I was hoping some of you might have a suggestion. I like a stockman pattern for an EDC and would prefer it be in 1095, but don't want to pay $100+ for something that is going to be well used and carried every day in my pocket. I like the GEC Abilene Stockman, but like i said, its the cost. I have gotten the impression from reading here, that the USA made Schrade 80T would fit my needs and can be had on an auction site for $25 or so. Am I correct in that they were made from 1095, and are there others I should consider?

BTW - just 'cause this is my first post and I'm feeling verbose after breaking the ice - if I could have just what I wanted, it would be a sowbelly with stockman pattern blades in 1095 or D2 with stag scales.
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Welcome to the forum!

Pjake said:
Hey Alamosmick...shoot me an email at pjake77@gmail.com...I'll send you gratis the 8OT I have for sale in the For Sale forum (page 2). It's in great shape. Won't be able to get it out until Friday.

Peter
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Classy gesture Peter. :thumbup:
 
There is no better introduction to the joys of slipjoint ownership than an Old Timer. Take up pjake on his generous offer of the 8OT. You may later find fancier patterns and materials that you love, but you won't find much better in the use department than that Schrade. And I guess it won't be too far in the future that you wont be able to own an Old Timer easily. It will sharpen up easily on whatever whetstone youve got, no diamonds, sharpmakers, belt grinders required. You will learn patina and rust prevention. You will cut yourself.

You will fall in love, or you have no soul. And it appears from your username that you are a Texan, so I highly doubt that you have no soul. Pjake appears to be a Texan as well. DO IT!
 
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