The Stockman, a family of knives 

Thanks for watching and thanks for sharing your experience with the knife and how it was intended to be used!

The Stockman is normally what comes to mind when I think "Pocket Knife." That and the Barlow.

@@KnifeChatswithTobias I concur with the Barlow. 👍

I agree, I think the Trapper would do a lot better if it had a Warnclift blade instead of the long spay blade.

I just recently picked up a nice one by Case (review is coming soon) It just might make me re-think my top five favorite traditional pattern knives. Just not quite sure what it's going to knock off! There's a reason the pattern has been around for so long. Thanks for watching.

The early Schrade knives were of superb quality.

My dad always carried a buck stockman. Back when a man only had one knife. Why would anyone want more, afterall you can only use one at a time anyhow. Lol.

Good choice!

Same here.

I’m apart of that club and a yellow derlin case trapper both 70 and 1980 good tase man

Thank you. I'm not sure how i missed you comment. Appreciate the kind words.

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the sheepsfoot on my mariner knofe is my favorite carving blade

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Take a look at rough rider, they came out with a nice one not long ago

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paddys potato peelers, thanks! Always appreciate your thoughts. Love your channel as well.

Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching.

Glad you enjoyed it. My next effort is going to be looking at its cousin, the Whittler. That's going to be a tad trickier. Some knife experts claim the Whittler isn't even a pattern!

JJ Cahill, thanks JJ. It’s a fantastic pattern with a great history. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks, as always for your support of this channel.

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Thanks. glad you're enjoying the channel!

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I can see that. I've often found a small pocket knife more handy for many day to day chores than a larger fixed blade. Thansk for watchign and your observation.

That's pretty cool!

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you found it informative. The Stockman is a very practical knife. I can see why so many people rate it highly among traditional pattern knives.

O.K.... we want to know! What's your favorite, Steve ?

gemstateguy Congress. Especially one with two main sheepsfoot blades.

Have you seen my video about the Congress Pattern? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-whywU9GUAwk.html

Thanks, David. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for dropping by and thanks for your input.

gemstateguy, I know what you mean. I need to find a decent made one with a sheepfoot and punch at a decent price. I can easily see it being my choice for EDC. Thanks for watching. Also, I think it’s fantastic that you were able to pass down your EDC to your daughter.

Timbo437, thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you’re finding the videos useful. That GEC toothpick sounds really great. Hard to go wrong with a GEC!

I think a pair of scissors on a Stockman might actually prove more useful in this day and age, even in some rural areas.

@@KnifeChatswithTobias I agree, I lived on a farm for 27 years and I know that I would have used scissors far more than a spay.

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Lars Buskkraft, I tend to agree with you. A medium stockman is probably the best choice for EDC these days. I think the large stockmans are probably more useful for an actual ranch hand ( don’t know for sure as I don’t work on a ranch.). Thanks for watching and thanks for your thoughts and opinions on the Stockman

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After doing this video, I've really had second thoughts on my top five slipjoints. I just don't know which one I'm going to kick off the list. Glad you enjoyed the video. For me, the stockman, not the Trapper, is the true American Workhorse knife! It really come down to the blade options, which can be quite varied. Thanks for watching. I appreciate your input.

The Canoe is really gaining in popularity. I think Case introduced it back in the 1920's and just kind of laid their like a dead fish. And then again in the 1960's they pushed it hard but it just would find the sales they had hoped for. But then Frost and other companies started selling them for cheap and there has been no looking back. It remains a constant steady seller. The Canoe is really a great knife for the pocket.

I like the Gunboat Canoe that has three blades, like a stockman! With a spear point main blade.

It's a good one!

Alexandru von Carstein Zarovich, you are correct, sir Times do change. I’m gaining a new respect for the Stockman as well.

@@KnifeChatswithTobias It well a very unique knife I mean, I'm always looking forward to trying new types of food, like I found out maple syrup is just honey so why not, still if I can cut open and skin a rabbit with my first pocket knife then why not get one.

Buck Knives are nothing to sneeze at. There's a lot more to Buck than just the 110!

@@KnifeChatswithTobias I collect bucks, my favorite are the 300 & 700 series of slip joints

Thanks! Cool bit of information. Always learning!

I guess I could've phrased things better. The early cattle knives were made in Sheffield. From what I understand the pattern was developed for the American market with input from the cattle industry. The cattle knife evolved into the Stockman. As for the standard, I think you will have plenty of people who will argue with both your blade choices and size. That might be the standard for one company but not for other makers.

Case is catching a lot of flak these days,much of it unjust. Stockmans make for a great everyday carry and you are correct. You can't go wrong with a Case. As for knife swapping, I know there are few folks out there that do it but it isn't like it used to be. Swap meets are more often than not "Buy and Sell"

I'm not sure which one you mean. Was it the Backwoods Bushcrafter (Black blades and a sawcut bone handle) or the Moonshiner Sowbelly with the blade etch and corncob jig bone, or some other Stockman. Can you approximate the time in the video.

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I think Rough Rider make some that 4.25 inches and even one that is 5 inches

i also wish rough ryder made more knives with tools like scissors and pliers. i'm a swiss army collector and just started getting into rough rider. i want more little tools, especially a little saw on 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch knives would be so cool.

All I'm aware of in the Blue moon Series is a Large Frame Trapper, Sowbelly, Moose, Trapper, and Five inch lockback. Its a shame they didn't do more in the series. I heard them talking about putting scissors on knives and they said scissors and saws were very difficult to get correct on pocket knives and there was just no way to do it and compete with Victorinox in pricing -- even with a knife comoing out of China! I think they did make a small "Mechanic" knife with pliers, but that might have been made by Marble's I cant remember. The Marble's Flyfisher has a decent pair of scissors!

​@@KnifeChatswithTobias Yeah i've seen the rough rider mechanic with the pliers and i want it! one of my favorite swiss army knives is the mechanic junior, a rare two layer knife with pliers. nothing beats those victorinox pliers for getting out a massive splinter! i have almost every victornox/wenger i could want, so i decided to start collecting rough rider. i have some issues with rough rider which makes me hesitant to keep collecting them. first off all, they come filthy with black manufacturing grit all in the knife. i have to clean them for 15 minutes with toothpicks and q tips. i wish they would clean their parts before assembly. i also have blade wobble on around half the knives i have received by rough rider. i also notice the dye in the blade handles rubs off easily with a wet paper towel, after cleaning them multiple times with soap. i wish there was a way to not have the dye bleed on your hands. i know these issues are small, but after spending around $205 on rough rider knives, i might have to call it quits. as for Marbles, the only knife by them i own is a folding Cheetah clone, MR109. I also own a Case Cheetah with black synthetic handles. my marbles cheetah is very sturdy and has zero blade wobble, but the swing guard on it is not nearly as tight as on my Case Cheetah. my marbles handle also bleeds the color dye on wet paper towels. perhaps this is standard with bone handled knives, i don't know, i'm used to only swiss army scales. i looked up the marbles fly fisherman and i like it, i might pick one up.

My request is pending a couple of days now. Are you still active on Facebook?

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There are stockman knives that are under 3 inches long closed. The sice and variety within the family of stockman knives is enormous.

@@KnifeChatswithTobias yessir. That is true. I guess I was referring to the full sized giants. Also, larger knives can be put in a belt case or slip, so size really isn't (or shouldn't be) a deal breaker.

That's a good point. There are quite a few large knives that are all called "folding hunters" of some type or another.

I tend to agree with you. I'd prefer a punch over the spay and this is why I often end up with a Camp knife over a Stockman.

More the general layout of the blades. A stock man will almost always have two blades on top and one of the bottom. Jack knives might have any number of blades but traditionally all the blades are on the one end; at least in America. The name Jack Knife started life as slang for a British Sailor's knife. "Jack" was also British slang for "Laborer"

@@KnifeChatswithTobias thanks for the info, I love history and the reasoning.

I've heard the reason Case promotes the Trapper so heavily is because it is easier to build and it has the long blades that give plenty of space for etches when making commemorative knives. To me the stockman makes more sense for an actual useful knife.

I like Case quite a bit. It is one of my favorite brands. Do they have Quality Control issues? Yes, but it does seem to be getting addresses. The flip side of the coin is some people expect perfection where perfection is impossible.

It actually goes by many names. Case actually calls it a punch and others call it a reamer.

Absolutely! If I gave the impressions that Sheffield was relying on sales to the US for existence, my apologies. This was during the reign of Queen Victoria. And as the saying went, "The sun never sets on the British Empire." At the time Britain pretty much controlled the seas as well as the global economy. The United States was in the process of rebuilding after a devastating Civil War and was still very much a minor player on the global stage, even it's dealing in the Western Hemisphere! Sheffield was the biggest market for knives in the US, followed probably by Solingen. Several US importers were relying on Europe for goods. We had raw materials but the ability to actually manufacture goods cheaply had not really developed yet. Our textile industry was probably doing quite well. We also had a very promising industrial belt forming in the North East but we were far from an industry powerhouse. America's knife industry was just in its infancy. It would take heavy tarriffs on imported goods to finally give the local industries a chance to compete with low priced goods coming from Europe.

Don't you mean "The Unpleasantry"

Perhaps but I have never had an issues just dropping a knife in a pocket.