Case blade relacement.

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spencer5650

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Hi all, this is a great forum with a lot of good info. I have a 7-dot Case small stockman (6318HE) in need of blade replacement and scale repair.
It has a California clip main blade, spey secondary blade, and pen 3rd blade. The blades are carbon steel and the spey blade is broken. Also, the shield-side scale is cracked. Anyone know who can make these repairs? I've tried e-mailing a couple of people with no reply. The knife is valuable only to me as I've hade it since I was a kid.

Thanks for any help.

Jim
 
It sounds like a nice old knife spencer,I like the Cali. Clip on the smaller stockman's.:thumbup:
I'm pretty sure Case will do the work,you need to let them know it has sentimental value when you send it in because they've been known to just send a whole new knife back.
Also specify that it is CV(carbon steel).
Here's a link to their FAQ page that should (hopefully) get you going in the right direction.
Good luck,
Myke

http://www.wrcase.com/support/faq/
 
Case will take good care of you. They'll let you know what the costs will be before they do any work. Make sure you include in writing any special instructions. Like Mykel M said, if you don't tell them that you want THAT specific knife fixed for sentimental reasons, they may just replace it with a new one.

From what I hear they do a really good job on repairs like that.
 
I'm honestly not sure how much Case will be able to help you with that knife. 7 dot would make it 1973 I think. I'd have to see the tang stamp to be certain (or check here), but I don't think they made the HE version of the 6318 as late as '83. But I don't know for sure.

The problem is that sometime in the '70's they changed the 6318 pattern. I've got a couple from 1973 myself, had a '78 (gave it to my brother, he was born in '78), and have a 1980 (my birth year). The earlier ones are thinner, have tapered bolsters, nickel silver liners, and are 3 1/2" (and are a fantastic EDC knife). The newer ones (my '78 and '80) are 3 5/8" and the same as made today. I'm not sure exactly when the change happened.

If Case can't repair your knife, there's a few on this forum that could be able to. You can post a request here. Finding a "donor" knife might be necessary.

Honestly though, it'd be a lot cheaper to find a replacement off of eBay. I paid $55 (a bargain) for one of my '73s, and $73 for the other. But if your knife has sentimental value, I definitely understand the desire to get it fixed up.
 
Thanks for the suggestions, I didn't think that Case would fix something that old. I just sent them an e-mail inquiry, I'll keep you posted.
 
I am fascinated to see how this works out. given that storage of parts inventory probably isn't all that expensive I might not be surprised to find that they have a blade to slap in there. Also wonder if they can grind an existing blade to fit. I think thickness may be the biggest obstacle here.
 
Well, I got my reply from Case, kind of seems like they won't have the proper parts?
Here is part of their reply;
The tooling has changed on all of our knives and our new blades and springs will not fit in most knives older than 1980. If your knife meets our warranty guidelines and cannot be repaired, we will offer to replace it with a knife that most closely matches the one you sent. If you accept the replacement, you will not get your old knife back. Case is not responsible for offering a replacement or repayment that is equal in value. If your knife cannot be repaired and does not meet our warranty guidelines, it will be returned “as is”. If your knife can be repaired and is not covered by our warranty, a bill will be sent before any work is done. When broken covers need to be repaired, we may not be able to match the color of your knife. In this case we will change both sides to match. Repairs are made with currently manufactured parts.
I don't think I'll send it in, guess it's time to retire the old fella.
 
Well heck. Case may not be willing to do it, but am I off in thinking a similar blade could be ground to fit?
 
Try sending it to Case, and make it clear that you do not want a replacement.
If they don't do anything sbout it, i'd be surprised
 
I tried that once and I got my same knife back returned "As Is". Very disappointing. There are folks who can do that sort of work but the cost is usually really high compared to the value of the knife.

[doesn't have tradesman account here]

Excellent man with enormous talent.

Cheers.
 
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spencer5650 said:
Well, I got my reply from Case, kind of seems like they won't have the proper parts?
Here is part of their reply;
The tooling has changed on all of our knives and our new blades and springs will not fit in most knives older than 1980. If your knife meets our warranty guidelines and cannot be repaired, we will offer to replace it with a knife that most closely matches the one you sent. If you accept the replacement, you will not get your old knife back. Case is not responsible for offering a replacement or repayment that is equal in value. If your knife cannot be repaired and does not meet our warranty guidelines, it will be returned “as is”. If your knife can be repaired and is not covered by our warranty, a bill will be sent before any work is done. When broken covers need to be repaired, we may not be able to match the color of your knife. In this case we will change both sides to match. Repairs are made with currently manufactured parts.
I don't think I'll send it in, guess it's time to retire the old fella.
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Sorry to say, but that's pretty much what I expected. You can still get new/unused vintage ones for not-outrageous prices, or a used-but-not-abused one for a very reasonable amount.
 
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