Anyone know how to take apart Case knives?

stingray4540

stingray4540

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Well, I just got off the phone with W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co., because I was trying to figure out a way to get my hands on an amber bone peanut with CV blades. Long story short, I'm sh** outa luck. He did mention that he has heard of people haveing the handle materials swapped out between some of there knives, and suggested that I hit a couple of the online forums.

So hear I am, I am looking for someone who knows how to take apart a case peanut, either to give me a tutorial or to name there price to do it themselves.

This is the plan: Buy a yellow peanut in CV and an amber bone peanut in SS and, depending on which is easier, switch out the blades or just switch out the handle scales.

So can anyone help me?

Can you give me a tutorial? If so, what tools would I need?

Can you do it yourself, if so, how much would it cost?
 
Ya, your right It's probably not worth it. I'll look into the guy you recomended though. Thanks.
 
Jim Sargent in Florence , Alabama does that type of thing. His website is sarcoknives.com. I would just call him and tell him what you want. I'm sure he can help you.

Johnny
 
there is a pin in the blade, you drive it out and inside you will find a bushing. apart is not a problem reassembly is. I have a yellow handle with a ss blade and a burnt amber with the cv blade to prove this. I made a tool from a punch to realign everything. it took probally 45 minutes total to swap one blade, but in the end I was happy with the resulting two knives. I will say it is not the most difficult challenge I have faced but enjoyable to me. look close and you can see the pins, the bushing has shoulders on it that fit in the brass liner. I even used the old pins back. look closely for the pins, if you don't already have the knives go to the store and pick two that you can see the pins well. if you don't have a local case dealer contact shepard hills and tell them what you need, as far as being able to see the pins. I have a jig I made from delrin with a notch cut for the handles to sit in and a hole to let the pin come out through. the peanut jig would not be any harder to rig, you could probally use wood and a chisel to cut the slot for the handle and then a hole slightly bigger to drive the pin out. once it moves a little then you are home free. good luck in making what you want, case wouldn't help me either and I wasn't sol either because I now have one for display and one for edc. the burnt bone is edc and the stainless I hate. now that I have a pattern for the hb I may even grind a few 1095 or 5160 hawk blades.
 
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