Your Favorite Stockmen?

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Razor

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Since I am a farmer I have carried a stockmen or two. When in high school I carried one while hunting and fishing. I have got the fever for another one. I was wondering what is your favorite stockmen? I do not think I want a GEC at this time. What would be another good company. I like the looks of the Queen Woodmen.
 
I don't know if you can get an original US made Schrade 7OT, those were probably my favourite.
 
Grab a Case stockman from the 70's or earlier.
They aren't that hard to find if you look.
I think they have so much character. Even the ones with small flaws are still very capable.
I have a few 6318's (3.5" closed) but my favorite is the 6347 (nearly 4" closed).
 
The prettiest one I have is a small Queen in cocobolo wood. I think it's the #26, and the new ones are available in some other fancy wood. (D2 tool steel)
If you want a tough user, try to find an older USA made Camillus.
 
  • Were you wanting stainless or carbon steel?
  • Does it gotta be a 2-spring or would you take a 3-spring?
    -note: a 3-spring is typically no thicker than a 2-spring.
  • How big a stockman did you want?
  • How much were you wanting to spend?
  • Working knife, or did you want a looker?

For a working knife with stainless blades, it's hard to beat a Buck 301. Three spring design. Nice thick blades stock, but has a great thin edge. Probably my favorite for a working stockman. Note that the springs tend to be on the soft side. Not an issue to me, but it may be to you.

I have a Woodsman. I happen to like it, but the action is a bit odd. The opening and closing are firm but the middle of the open is very mushy. You might have issues with it, because it really is unusual. Big knife. Carbon steel.

I have a couple of Queen stockmen.
*The Cattle Queen is big, 4 1/4", but nice.
*For some reason I have never warmed up to the Queen Large stockman (4"). even after I reprofiled the bevel.

One of the large Case retailers has an SFO of the Case #3347, a 3 7/8" stockman in CV. It's a 3 spring design. Yellow Delrin covers.

You might also look at the Case # 3375, a 4 1/4" stockman, available in both CV and stainless, with some selection of different covers.

You might find one of the old USA made Schrade 80T Old Timers on an auction site. carbon steel. Good worker. Delrin scales.

If you are checking auction sites, you might also look at some the Camillus stockman knives. They turn up reasonably often. I like those Camillus stockman. I have both stainless and alloy steel versions.

I have a Canal Street stockman. It has issues and I can't recommend it based on my example. However, there are others here who love the Canal Street Stockman knives. 440C blades. 2-spring design.
 
Based on what's in my pocket every single day, I'd have to say this USA Schrade 8OT is my favorite (love the steel in these):

My li'l bug friend seems to like it too... :D



David
 
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Suveges said:
I don't know if you can get an original US made Schrade 7OT, those were probably my favourite.
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The 7OT is a single-blade lockback; the 8OT is the standard 3-7/8" Stockman pattern. Here's some Old Timers:

Top row, left-to-right: 108OT (2-3/4" closed); 8OT & 89OT (both 3-7/8" closed)
Bottom row, left-to-right: 58OT (3-1/4" closed); 34OT (3-1/4" closed); 61Ot (4" closed); 858OT (4-5/8" closed)


I like the serpentine Stockman pattern, but I don't carry it as much anymore. I'll probably come back to this pattern some day. I have too much of a sentimental attachment to it.

~Chris
 
obsessed with edges said:
based on what's in my pocket every single day, i'd have to say this usa schrade 8ot is my favorite (love the steel in these):
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my li'l bug friend seems to like it too... :d

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david
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little bug???
 
Another vote for the Schrade 80T.

I love sawcut Delrin, so check out the black Colonial Ranger.
 
@Obsessed with edges:
that bug has fine taste in stockmen - could you tell me what sort of creature it is, I've never seen anything like it.
 
Schrade 61 OT stockman is my favorite


I also like this Queen but the Schrade is still the favorite. It's the steel in the Schrade
 
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I carried an 80T for years and years as a kid and teenager. I remember using it incorrectly to cut something I shouldn't have been trying to cut and it folding up on me. From then on I was all about locking folders and until literally just within the past few weeks, have been. I finally sold all of my "modern" folders and now am getting back in to what for me was the best carrying knife I ever owned. Too bad Schrade isn't around anymore. The steel in that old 80T was great stuff.
 
Simple, any Stockman that proposes a pen instead of a Spey blade!

Some smaller GEC Calf Ropers could be worth thinking bout too.

The CASE Humpback Stockman gives you Spear master and sunk joints, something unusual.

P.S. The Queen Woodsman I have is an attractive knife, heavy too but the blade action/snap is well below par for my taste..
 
For me it's a toss-up between vintage Case 6318HE or 6332. Older 6318s (they changed sometime mid 70's) are very pocketable. Later ones, while not huge by any means, are bulkier than the older ones. Then there's the 6332. The precursor to to the 63032, it's a better knife. Halfstops on all the blades, and the pen blade doesn't catch the nail nick of the sheepsfoot. And both the 6332 and the 6318HE have a pen blade rather than the spay, and I find the pen far more useful to have.

I've been wanting to pick up a GEC Calf Roper or Buckaroo.
 
Buck, Old Timer for work horses.... Case for a prettier knife


ASBOB said:
black Colonial Ranger.
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I have a white one. It's not a nice knife. Not sure if mine is an oddball, but I won't get another. Scales, springs, blades aren't flush, and the scales don't feel like a Buck or Old Timer. I'll send it to the first person who says they want it. If you are out of country, I'll send it to you if you don't mind paying shipping.
 
I like schrade, although i tend towards the 30T, smaller but for my uses it's good, and more pockable


as a farmer the 80T is probably best
 
Woodrow F Call said:
Buck, Old Timer for work horses.... Case for a prettier knife
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A Case knife will work just as hard as the two you mentioned.

My .02¢ is that the OP needs to be concerned more with size and knife geometry - not brand so much.

Queen, Schatt & Morgan, Case, Buck, Boker, Moore Maker, Bear, and others are currently in production and easy to find at reasonable prices. Pre-2006 Schrade and Camilius are out of production and are getting more expensive as time goes by.

To the OP. Just go down to the local feed store and pick one out of the case.
 
My favorite is the schrade 80t, I also really like the canal street stockman. I have a canal street in 440 c which has been great steel for me.
 
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