I've got the Remington Stockman of the series. Good knife.
Rich
I have the medium Stockman from that series, and really like it a lot. It is a great sized knife for jeans carry. My only problem with the knife was one I had read about on "another site" that talks a lot about pocket knives, and that is the fact that the wood isn't stabilized or particularly hard. In intensely sweaty pockets for 10-12 hours a day like mine, I had problems with the scales warping as others had reported.
I quit carrying it on the job when it was really hot and I was sweating a lot (easily through my jeans), and when I had soaked them with sweat several times, they scales began moving around and no longer lined up. There was a pretty good sized gap between the scale and the liner on one side. I liked the knife enough that I decided to repair it, so I cleaned out the space between the liner and scale, filled it with slow dry epoxy, then clamped it. After a couple of days I took the clamp off and carefully sanded down the epoxy squeeze out and any differences in mating surfaces left after gluing.
To complete the repair, I lightly sanded both scales, and like I did when I was making custom writing pens, used water thin CA glue to really soak the scales. Cleaned off the excess CA from the bolsters, buffed it up a bit and I was back in business. I
really like that knife.
I also have three of their 4" stockman patterned knives with the ebony black (NOT inferring it is ebony) scales. They came as a set with a peanut in the sets I bought. These did not have burlwood, so no problems. After carrying the large stockman for a few years I finally saw layers when I had it in the light just right and concluded that it is their version of "dymondwood" or some kind of half phenolic/half wood product dyed black. It was so highly polished when I got it I thought it was a black plastic of some sort. All the knives I have carried with the black scales have proven to be just about impervious to any kind of wear. They all came with great walk and talk, sharpen easily, hold an edge well, and no matter how much I sweat over days of carry I only get a dot or two of rust. And as much cutting, fitting moldings, cutting up boxes, trimming shims, light prying, etc., as they have done, there isn't any show of wear except they snap a bit more lightly.
The Remington brand was gifted to me by my niece as she knew I loved my pocket knives, and they carried them in blister packs at a local sporting goods store. Personally, I was still pretty biased against this type of knife, but carried it so that if I was around her she could see that her uncle appreciated her gift. After years of carry, they are just as sturdy and work in the field just as well (better in some cases...) than any of the other knives I have carried. I drop them in my pocket to go to work as a matter or preference now over most knives I own.
Robert
