The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
MAKES WONDERFUL KNIVES.
secre: oe Tca:2cIio= s:eel by Which
7En N:ti Not Er1it.


Dan SiocEton Las ine secret o.
tomrg:ius steel that WAS he.:cTed :
70 lave been lest with the death
o: lie laaii;e.a {: the famous Ec- :.
Iv;io h.aGaa, writes the Fort Il !;
!:iusoa (:;is.) correspondent oi
the C:,icag 90 Chronicle. AM! this ;
secret viii lie with kim, for re can
not tell how hc docs il. L is al II
lis head :,ud finds expression il his
work. bu: ii nc wished lie could Hot
tell his process. Dan makes carving.
Nniyes, net swords, but tho knives
src Of quality 50 rare that the o!d
I",clo sword is tie only thing that IS
fitting comparison. y few .?eoplS
in CLicagc. New York, Cincinnati and
Milwaukee have knives made by Dan
which ,Eey Tcu,l 10: exchange for
tie weight OF lie knife IL gola, II
another cou!d not be procured, and
the knife is not light either.
These carrc:s are raarre!s. Their
temper is 50 fine that tleJ viii keep
:. razor cdgstor years: with nothing but
4 steel as a sha-pencr: and they arc
source OF constant delight to those tor
tunatc enough to possess ths!n, and
perpetual guarantee of good nature
in the head Of tho household who
does the carving. But he knives are
net Oh the market and money cannot
buy them. Tia: is to say, lie does
20: make them for e''cry Tom, Dick
,,2,l Harry wilo comes along with the
,>r;cc aEd wants kpife. Ec only
makes them 10: his friends and for
.uose VINO are fortunate enough to get
friend to intercede for them 70 have
Dan make them knives. TO these
people nc charges nominal price,
which is not il the least commensu-
rate with the value Of the kniic.
F.! D.u is a,snt ffty-iivc years old
aai has spent his whole life on these
waters. lie is blacksmith by trade,
knocked around the West for while,
was with the army during the Civil
! War, acquiring IL military service so
,auch rheumatism that he cannot fol-
low lis trade, though very expert at
i. lie can temper steel as no other
man ecu and las plenty Of work tenn
! pering tools to cut stone, which IS
great industry Eere, but he never has
! work enough to interfere with his go
ing down On koshkouong every Sat
urday for two days of shooting and
fishing. He will make the seven
! miles down to Sim Cards place ii he
has 10 pull boat all tie way, and
when he is there he is in his clement,
10 matter what the season OF the
year.
Dan Las been making these Won
! derfu! carving knives fora great many
wears, aud he can make any kind OF
knife you may draw him a plan Of
! better than an: ous else IN the coun-
! tyv, but nc cannot make business OF
il. He wculI no more thini: CT hav-
ing two knives to make ct the same
time than he would Of flying. 1t
would disturb him so that he could
not make any to have three to finish
at once. He has q proper pride IL
his work, and the knife, when finished,
bears Cd. Stcckins'' in bold lettering
on the blade, and epicures who do
dainty and artistic carving are proud
enough to show knife with that I'M
print. ,-,
! Dr.. franklin Il. Tower, Of Mil
waukes, had knife made from 4 sps..
-;;-.ss; aiz-ign he drew himself that q
envy OF all his friends, but they cam
nos get similar ones because they do
not know Dan Stocking. Postmaster
John \. Childs, Of Evanston, has
made ali his club friends jealous by
showing them one OF Dams carving
knives, and Mr. Loudon, Of the Skin
ner e Loadon firm in Cincinnati, has
done the same thing in the Queen
City, while George Taylor is boastlng
OF their wonderful quality around
Mariuetpe.
Dan takes proper pride in making
such knives as no one else can make,
bat if he should make any m ,ney out
of his kciyes he would be miserable.