2022 Case Vault - Small Swell Center Jack

I have always preferred 1095 patina over CV so I think I’ll like it when I finally pull the trigger
 
rishma said:
I love a small sheep foot secondary and clip main. I may have to build up the courage to do the same you did.
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Go for it.

If you get one without as much recurve towards the tang you can probably come out without having to remove as much material.
 
Hickory n steel said:
I'm pretty pleased with mine.
Aside from the grind on the secondary the F&F came pretty good.
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If the secondary was ground better and or a regular pen blade instead of like a mid length spear blade I would have left it, but I decided to turn it into a sheeps foot.
It still needs a little work, but it's gonna be a great knife when I'm done.
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I like that! If I didn't really "need" a pen blade on my watch pocket knife, I'd probably copy that. Both of the blades on mine had pretty abrupt recurves right at the tang... I'm just gonna get as good an edge as I can without trying to completely remove it. As it ages, and I continue to sharpen it, it should gradually go away. I seldom cut anything that far up the blade anyway....
 
hornetguy said:
This one arrived today... the red bone in carbon steel. This is a nice knife. It's about a quarter inch shorter than the half whittler, which is one of my favorites, but the main blade is actually larger than the half whit's. Fit and finish is really nice, with the only flaw I found being a hairline gap at one of the backsprings. This doesn't bother me, but it does bother some folks, so there it is. The action is a touch "slow" in closing, but I think that will disappear with a flush of the joints. The edge grind is a little swoopy close to the tang, which I plan to straighten out.
The red is a little lighter than I expected, especially at the bolsters.
This feels very nice in hand, and I look forward to carrying it some, to see if it can nudge out the half whit as a top watch pocket choice... time will tell the tale...

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Awesome.

Ordered the same knife last night. 👍🏽
 
The swoopy grind is not terrible on mine, just a little more than normal. I can still get an edge on it without grinding it all the way down. I figure that it will gradually be worn away through normal sharpening. Mine is considerably snappier and smoother since the joint flush. This is a nice little knife....
I may still try the dye job to darken the bone a little... just because. :)

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hornetguy said:
The swoopy grind is not terrible on mine, just a little more than normal. I can still get an edge on it without grinding it all the way down. I figure that it will gradually be worn away through normal sharpening. Mine is considerably snappier and smoother since the joint flush. This is a nice little knife....
I may still try the dye job to darken the bone a little... just because. :)

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A flush brought some life into mine as well.
 
Fred Sanford said:
Do you guys just flush the joints with oil?
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Yes... I use CLP, but nearly any good machine oil will do.... even straight mineral oil works well... and put 2 or 3 drops in the blade well with the blade open, then work it back and forth, opening and closing it fully, blotting the spine occasionally... I keep doing that until the oil blotted off is mostly clear... no more black or gray color. I do each blade individually.... you are basically "washing" the polishing compound residue and any metal filings out of the joints of the knife..... plus, lubricating it, of course. It might take 2 or 3 rounds of this to clear it, depending on how much gunk is in it.
 
hornetguy said:
Yes... I use CLP, but nearly any good machine oil will do.... even straight mineral oil works well... and put 2 or 3 drops in the blade well with the blade open, then work it back and forth, opening and closing it fully, blotting the spine occasionally... I keep doing that until the oil blotted off is mostly clear... no more black or gray color. I do each blade individually.... you are basically "washing" the polishing compound residue and any metal filings out of the joints of the knife..... plus, lubricating it, of course. It might take 2 or 3 rounds of this to clear it, depending on how much gunk is in it.
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Thanks much. I'll give that a shot when mine arrives.
 
hornetguy said:
Yes... I use CLP, but nearly any good machine oil will do.... even straight mineral oil works well... and put 2 or 3 drops in the blade well with the blade open, then work it back and forth, opening and closing it fully, blotting the spine occasionally... I keep doing that until the oil blotted off is mostly clear... no more black or gray color. I do each blade individually.... you are basically "washing" the polishing compound residue and any metal filings out of the joints of the knife..... plus, lubricating it, of course. It might take 2 or 3 rounds of this to clear it, depending on how much gunk is in it.
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The Pen blade on my Patriot Kirinite was pretty gunked up. W&T actually got worse the first three times I flushed, felt crunchy. Started getting better after that. Both knives have a bit better feel afterwards. Going to do a few more off and on over the next week.
 
OldHercDude said:
The Pen blade on my Patriot Kirinite was pretty gunked up. W&T actually got worse the first three times I flushed, felt crunchy. Started getting better after that. Both knives have a bit better feel afterwards. Going to do a few more off and on over the next week.
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So.... you prefer smooth to crunchy? 🤣

Actually, I had a knife do that to me, also.... I wonder if flushing with some solvent, like Hoppe's or something like that might "break up" the residue better? I'll have to try that, next time...
 
hornetguy said:
So.... you prefer smooth to crunchy? 🤣

Actually, I had a knife do that to me, also.... I wonder if flushing with some solvent, like Hoppe's or something like that might "break up" the residue better? I'll have to try that, next time...
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Yeah, for peanut butter as well. :D

I have some of the Benchmade Blue Lube Cleaner stuff on the way. I'm curious how it'll work.
 
hornetguy said:
I wonder if flushing with some solvent,
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I have had great success with this, it is designed to actually clean air compressor tools. If you put some in the joints and just leave it for a while, the oil runs through it and comes out looking like gunk, readily available, cheap and has a nifty little dispenser on it. Can be used on oil stones as well if need be.

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cudgee said:
I have had great success with this, it is designed to actually clean air compressor tools. If you put some in the joints and just leave it for a while, the oil runs through it and comes out looking like gunk, readily available, cheap and has a nifty little dispenser on it. Can be used on oil stones as well if need be.

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I'll have to give that a try.... I've used Marvel Mystery Oil in the past, for other things...I didn't know they made an air-tool oil.. I found their oil to be pretty effective, back when I used it. Thanks for the tip....
 
I came back here to eyeball new arrivals again and you guys took most of a page talking about oil! 😂
 
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