Piedmont Plinker
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I believe the catalog number is 3318.
My knife has yellow handles and CV blades.
I got it for Christmas when I was eight, so it's been with me for six and a half years.
When it came, it was sharp!
I remember wanting a toy knife. Not knowing where to get one, me and my Dad whittled one, very nice looking and feeling.
That wooden knife accompanied me on many adventures.
So did this Stockman.
Five days after we got it, we moved to NC. We first stayed in an apartment complex. I would roam the complex (it was a nice, suburban type place, with woods next to an old farm and artificial, non-stocked ponds) with that Stockman in my pocket.
Later, I lost it. I didn't really think anything about it at the time. Over the course of the years, I would buy cheap knives that wouldn't hold an edge long enough for me to whittle anything.
I missed that Stockman.
Five years later, though, I found it when I was cleaning out my nightstand.
It was still sharp. I had acquired some pretty good knives, Vic, Gerber, CRKT, Boker, by now. I started carrying that knife again.
It eventually lost the sharpness on the sheepsfoot blade, which was my favorite.
So, after many trials and tribulations and re-reading of the sharpening sticky, I got it moderatley sharp.
Not scary sharp, or factory sharp, but working sharp. Sharp enough to cut and to whittle.
I'm gonna carry it until Tuesday, when I'm hoping to get a Peanut and a Slimline Trapper.
Then, it will go into honorable retirement.
Or maybe not...
Nope, probably not. These knives were designed to be used. And it will be used.
As I gain sharpening skills, hopefully its edge will gain keeness.
Buy yourself one, for about $30. You won't be dissapointed.
My knife has yellow handles and CV blades.
I got it for Christmas when I was eight, so it's been with me for six and a half years.
When it came, it was sharp!
I remember wanting a toy knife. Not knowing where to get one, me and my Dad whittled one, very nice looking and feeling.
That wooden knife accompanied me on many adventures.
So did this Stockman.
Five days after we got it, we moved to NC. We first stayed in an apartment complex. I would roam the complex (it was a nice, suburban type place, with woods next to an old farm and artificial, non-stocked ponds) with that Stockman in my pocket.
Later, I lost it. I didn't really think anything about it at the time. Over the course of the years, I would buy cheap knives that wouldn't hold an edge long enough for me to whittle anything.
I missed that Stockman.
Five years later, though, I found it when I was cleaning out my nightstand.
It was still sharp. I had acquired some pretty good knives, Vic, Gerber, CRKT, Boker, by now. I started carrying that knife again.
It eventually lost the sharpness on the sheepsfoot blade, which was my favorite.
So, after many trials and tribulations and re-reading of the sharpening sticky, I got it moderatley sharp.
Not scary sharp, or factory sharp, but working sharp. Sharp enough to cut and to whittle.
I'm gonna carry it until Tuesday, when I'm hoping to get a Peanut and a Slimline Trapper.
Then, it will go into honorable retirement.
Or maybe not...
Nope, probably not. These knives were designed to be used. And it will be used.
As I gain sharpening skills, hopefully its edge will gain keeness.
Buy yourself one, for about $30. You won't be dissapointed.
