All About Pocket Knives

BWT wrote: ↑Wed Oct 12, 2022 3:00 pm That’s some nice looking stockmans wannadoto
I posted this Schrade in another thread, but found this stockman thread, so I moved it over here.
Picked this up last week from Roger, really like the pick bone! Thanks for looking and your comments.

treefarmer wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2016 1:05 pm I have a question! Is there a difference in the "stockman" pattern and the "cattleman" pattern? For some reason I keep thinking the stockman has the 3 blades like a Case 6375 but when a knife shows up with an awl or punch it should be called a "cattleman". The knife in the OP is probably a #49 Queen but the 2nd post is a beautiful knife with a punch. This "rang my bell" and I've been wondering about it, is there a difference or is it what the owner prefers to call it? The awl would be to repair leather, thus cowboy, cow hunter or cattle man....?
Treefarmer

Thomasg wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:18 am image.jpgimage.jpg

Thomasg wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:19 pm

treefarmer wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2016 1:05 pm I have a question! Is there a difference in the "stockman" pattern and the "cattleman" pattern? For some reason I keep thinking the stockman has the 3 blades like a Case 6375 but when a knife shows up with an awl or punch it should be called a "cattleman". The knife in the OP is probably a #49 Queen but the 2nd post is a beautiful knife with a punch. This "rang my bell" and I've been wondering about it, is there a difference or is it what the owner prefers to call it? The awl would be to repair leather, thus cowboy, cow hunter or cattle man....?
Treefarmer

A cowboy once told me that a knife without a punch blade is for goat ,sheep herders and pig farmers .

treefarmer wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:12 pm

Thomasg wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:19 pm

treefarmer wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2016 1:05 pm I have a question! Is there a difference in the "stockman" pattern and the "cattleman" pattern? For some reason I keep thinking the stockman has the 3 blades like a Case 6375 but when a knife shows up with an awl or punch it should be called a "cattleman". The knife in the OP is probably a #49 Queen but the 2nd post is a beautiful knife with a punch. This "rang my bell" and I've been wondering about it, is there a difference or is it what the owner prefers to call it? The awl would be to repair leather, thus cowboy, cow hunter or cattle man....?
Treefarmer

A cowboy once told me that a knife without a punch blade is for goat ,sheep herders and pig farmers .

Just a casual observation of this post that Thomasg had pulled from the past: I realized from my question back in 2016, I believe I've learned a bit more about knife patterns. Setting aside the blade comparisons between stockman and cattleman/cattle pattern, the big difference has to do with the shape of the frame. I feel confident in saying an equal end frame can be referred to as a cattle knife and a serpentine framed knife with the same blade configuration is a Stockman. Then the same equal end frame can have a bail/shackle and a can opener, and it becomes a scout/camp knife.
An interesting and sometimes confusing hobby we are in.
Treefarmer

Wannadotoo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:41 am Here's my latest project knife....I sent a vintage Queen to some folks in Michigan for beautiful custom scales
Petoskey stone!

Wannadotoo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:41 am Here's my latest project knife....I sent a vintage Queen to some folks in Michigan for beautiful custom scales
Petoskey stone!

zed6309 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:32 am Love stockmans and are pretty much my daily carry, i picked up this lovely Imperial frontier senior stockman yesterday at a market, its still got its factory edges and looks like someone added these inlaid scrimshaw panels
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Wannadotoo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 11:07 am Newest.....