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Permalink Reply by Chase Williams on August 25, 2009 at 14:37

Most people think it is strange at first, but after they use it they are hooked. This is how A.G. thinks a stockman should be. He puts a lot of thought into his designs and wants his knives to be useful and functional instead of just being display pieces. Yes, he wants for people to collect his knives, but he also wants people to be able to use them too. I get more responses about the spey blade and the recurved main blade. I have had customers tell me that those are the most useful blades. He is always wanting more blade to fill the handle, hence the largest sheepfoot you have ever seen in a stockman this size. Having seen it first hand, I can tell you this is a beautiful traditional style stockman with a modern twist and modern materials. The pictures we have do not do this knife justice. It does have strong back springs so you might want to purchase one of the Steel Thumbnails to go along with it.

Permalink Reply by David Hawkins on August 25, 2009 at 15:32

Thanks for the extra info Chase. The first knife I purchased for myself was a Schrade stockman sr. when I was 8 years old. I didn't really know what the spey blade was really meant for back then but I found myself using it a lot for various things. Its very useful and more comfortable to use to use than an x-acto knife to cut articles out of magazines or newspapers.

Speaking of pictures, who takes the pictures you publish in your catalog and on the net. They are spectacular. Could you get the photographer to write a blog on here about how he takes such wonderful pictures?

Permalink Reply by David Hawkins on August 27, 2009 at 14:22

I looked on A.G's site and found two Shatt & Morgan (Series 18 & 19) sowbelly stockmans, both in 420HC steel and a Queen Birdseye Maple Cattle King (stockman) in D2 steel.

I've never had the chance to handle a sowbelly, so I am thinking I probably should someday.

The shape of the queen's clip point seems a little too rounded toward the point for my liking. I like my clip points a little pointier. Otherwise its a looker. The Queen small stockman's clip is shaped a little more to my liking. I do like D2 tool steel blades.

Thanks for the advice, I have now just added to my "to get" list. Let the coin flipping begin.