Case 63032

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thawk

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Some of you Case experts help me out. It appears this pattern can be a two blade or three blade configuration. 077 and 079, correct (very confusing to me on the extra number). Also are there different handle shapes too? I see some that appear to be more of a smooth serpentine curve, while others have almost a gun-stock shape. I've seen both with Amber and Chestnut Bone handles. Is the gun-stock shape newer?

Post pictures of these if you don't mind. Thanks.
 
I think the second number would be indicative of the blades with the first being the handle material. 6 = bone, 3 = # of blades and 032 is the pattern. If there is such a thing as a two blader on the same frame it should be a 62032 no? I believe that is the # for the medium Texas jack.
 
Luciano is right on it. The 63032 is the 3-5/8" square bolstered medium stockman in bone. That pattern #032 should be pretty specific to the serpentine medium square bolstered frame, not any kind of gunstock.
 
I think I had a MPNCA (Momentary Pattern Number Confusion Attack)... :confused:

Nevermind! :o
 
The "032" pattern actually started out as the "32" pattern which Case made beginning in the 1920's to 1930's. The 32 pattern was in the Case line for many years as the 6232, 6332, 5232 (stag) and 5332 (stag).

Then starting in 1978, Case changed the tooling used on the 32 pattern and it became the 032 that we know today. I believe that Case made this change to standardize common parts between patterns.

The 032 is slightly shorter than the 32, the handle shape is a little bit different, the blades are slightly smaller, and the blades have round tangs, no half stops like on the 32 pattern.

The other numbers that you mention might be the Case product code numbers.
 
I have one of the older Case XX 6332 and I have seen the handle shape referred to as the "reverse gunstock" and as Steve pointed out it is a little different than the 63032 in the shape. The one I have does have half stops as Steve mentioned as well.
 
My 63032 is in the top of these two pictures. Chestnut CV.
casemediumstockmenpatternsA.jpg

casemediumstockmenpatternsB.jpg

It's in my pocket right now, a very nice pattern indeed. I may get another in Tru-sharp though, because I've been out of town for a while, and came home to red rust on the blades, even though they had been coated in oil, and had a decent patina started on them. Georgia summers are not kind to carbon blades.
 
That stockman is almost always in my pocket to with some kind of brownish bone scales. Extreemly suitable pattern for me.

Bosse
 
Navihawk, you seem to use the penblade a lot. Sometime in the near future I belive you has to shange your favorit blade to a less used one;)

Bosse
 
I know Bosse, huh? At the time I was using it to cut the "green grass" carpet material to staple onto dollies. I think about reblading it from time to time.
 
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