Winding down

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As the weather gets nicer, yardwork and home improvement projects really start to suck up alot of my free time. I have a feeling I won't be working on all that much until the fall comes, aside from a few rainy day projects :D. Before the summer got started I decided I needed a nice, simple, nothing invested, emotional attachment free EDC. Something I wouldn't feel bad using around the house to do all those jobs you need a knife for. Sure, I carry most all my customs, but they always end up being babied, and treated less like a tool than most people consider normal :lol: (not you guys, you know how it is, when someone at the office asks to borrow a knife and you want to tell them you left it at home, or offer to cut it for them).

Anyways, I picked up a nice little factory second Moore Maker small stockman. It had a cracked bone scale, and the Spey was a bit lazy on closing, but it met my basic requirements. 1095, good construction, American made (Queen? no "B" after the part number, so probably not Bear and Sons) and it was about 1/3 the cost of a "new" Moore Maker. I'd read a bit here and elsewhere about them, and decided to give it a go. Overall, NICE knife. I replaced the cracked yellow bone with some of Charles Turnage's Mammoth bone I had leftover (very hard to photograph, sorry). Aside from that, it's pretty plain, a good user

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And that's really the only good picture I was able to get. Theres some serious depth and color in the bone, but it buffs up so nice it's hard to get a nice shot without the glare killing me :) On that note, since I can't just leave you with one lonely picture.... some "knife porn" for all you stockman lovers. My new MM, My brother in law's 34OT that he's yet to receive, and my late grandfather's 34OT, well used, much loved, and re-handled in Koa.


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i like them all ::tu::
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very nice! I like the small stockmans. The 34OT is probably my favorite old timer stockman I have a bunch of them, plan to customize one every now and then in a different way. Here is my EDC 34OT I was given about 8 or 9 years ago. Notice the changed blade profile on the sheepfoot and spey, more useful that way, the rounded tips on the bolsters, plus just some plain ol smooth amber bone, not meant to be real pretty just rugged user. Love the thin master blade on that mooremaker.



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I do have an affinity for the pattern, it's the perfect size for carrying around. The master on the Moore Makers reminds me of the "Turkish clip" off some of the older schrade stockman patterns, I really liked the look of it. The other thing that won me over is the sheepsfoot seems to sit a bit lower in the frame, makes it a bit more streamlined, though I suppose you could reshape a schrade for the same effect :) Did you keep the keys intact on that 34 Kaleb, or did you drill it out and pin it?
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Nice stockmen Adam! ::drool::

The Koa looks good.
BTW, I was told that Camillus made the Moore Makers.
I don't know who is making them now, but I have an old one that sure looks like a Camillus.

Nice work. ::tu:: ::tu::

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Excellent patterns....great colours all around!

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camillus made a bunch of the moores but queen made alot too (and is still making alot of them).

I kept the keyhole in tact on this one, as I do with most I do unless a blade or spring needs replaced.

again, nice job ::tu::
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8) Very Nice! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Outstanding looking knives all of them! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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