Just bought this slightly larger Rough Ryder stockman slipjoint knife from Heinnie Haynes who delivered the usual fast and efficient service .
The length of this model is 4 3/4" so not overly large but probably better carried in the field on a belt sheath or better in a nice leather slip inside your day sack .
This is the most beautiful traditional style ( if thats your thing ) stockman Ive seen with the nicely curved serpentine shaped body , brass liners , nickel silver bolsters and finished off with the absolutely great aesthetics of real bone stag scales manufactured to a very high quality with brass pins .
It has the usual 3 stockman 440A SS blades with the larger main clip point , and a Spey blade opening on one end and a Sheepsfoot blade very cleverly angled ( to avoid blade rub ) opening on the opposite end . They were sharp out of the box but Ive stopped them to bring them to a finer sharpness .
Think I paid £27.95 for this particular model and as it came to me with a fantastic fit and finish ,no gaps between scales and liners , zero blade play , straight blades and really great transition between scales and bolsters, I think its worth every penny , how do they do it with these consistantly well made knives ? All that remains is for me to get a well made leather slip made for this knife .
The length of this model is 4 3/4" so not overly large but probably better carried in the field on a belt sheath or better in a nice leather slip inside your day sack .
This is the most beautiful traditional style ( if thats your thing ) stockman Ive seen with the nicely curved serpentine shaped body , brass liners , nickel silver bolsters and finished off with the absolutely great aesthetics of real bone stag scales manufactured to a very high quality with brass pins .
It has the usual 3 stockman 440A SS blades with the larger main clip point , and a Spey blade opening on one end and a Sheepsfoot blade very cleverly angled ( to avoid blade rub ) opening on the opposite end . They were sharp out of the box but Ive stopped them to bring them to a finer sharpness .
Think I paid £27.95 for this particular model and as it came to me with a fantastic fit and finish ,no gaps between scales and liners , zero blade play , straight blades and really great transition between scales and bolsters, I think its worth every penny , how do they do it with these consistantly well made knives ? All that remains is for me to get a well made leather slip made for this knife .
