Case/Bose 2011 Collaboration

Experience has shown me that you can buy knives designed and made by Americans in the USA that not only cost a great deal less than a Collab knife, but which are also better made and finished. I have a lot of them. This includes some ordinary CASE knives
 
Without apologizing for any of my previous posts, I just want to say that I think the annual Case/Bose Collaboration knives are a worthy pursuit, and I hope they continue. They give us mere mortals a chance to own a knife designed by arguably THE reference in custom traditional Slipjoint knives, made with premium materials at a price that many can afford.

That being said, I do think it's a shame that Case doesn't see fit to develop something like a premium finishing process that would all but eliminate blade rubs, dull or poorly ground blades, and springs that aren't flush in what are, unless I am mistaken, the pinnacle of their lineup. I really wanted one of the Norfolk knives for myself and was excited when the local Case dealer I frequent had one each in Antique Bone, Chestnut Bone, Ebony, and Abalone. I was after the best one of the first three he had, but the only one with flush springs was the Abalone which I don't care for. Sucks for me since I will not spend that kind of money on a slipjoint sight unseen, those three represented my best shot at ever owning one.

Am I too picky, maybe. Hell, I probably am judging by the comments from Kerry.
But it wouldn't be the first time I heard that.
All I know is every time I take my $58 SBJ out of my pocket it makes me smile, and those 3 Norfolks I got to inspect that were more than 5 times the price made me frown.
 
Stelth said:
It must be the full moon again.
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LOL

I relate knife making to my trade of machining, we send out a product out of tolerance and we go out of business or lose reputation as a quality craftsman. It isn't hard to take a minute to look over every piece going out the door. That said I will buy a collab eventually, but it will be in person at a knife store/show or via the classifieds on here with images.
 
He was very dismissive to me with his full moon comment. That is my opinion on why he answered that way.
 
This thread is 15 pages long and I have not read all of the posts but I have never seen another production knife receive as much attention as Case/Bose collaboration knives. They also receive a great deal more scrutiny. They are not inexpensive but the prices are actually in the same ball park as other production knives that I have seen from Case as well as AG Russell, GEC and Northwoods. For example, the Case "Platts" knives... or the AG Russell Pinched Peanut... or the Northwoods Gladiator... or the GEC Whaler, etc. The designs, the mechanics of the blades, the grinds and the materials of their construction are unlike any other production knives. But the Case/Bose collaboration knives are still production knives. My own experience with the knives has been very positive. I use two of them regularly and they've held up well to my use. I'm debating whether to buy the antique bone, stag or ebony coffin jack... wish I could buy all three... and a real Bose knife too. ;)
 
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Stelth said:
He was very dismissive to me with his full moon comment. That is my opinion on why he answered that way.
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You obviously don't know many makers in this forum...from either a personal standpoint or a reputation standpoint. Kerry's post was in jest...yours was a jab.

Regardless and back on topic, I will eventually get a coffin jack. Probably ebony. Usually I don't buy them right when they come out and wait a month or two. Except for my lock back whittler (with weak secondary blade springs), I've been more than content with the collab knives I have...so I've been lucky enough to never be put in the position to have to deal with Case on returns/fixes.
 
Gentlemen, please take any disputes to email, PM or more personal methods of communication so this thread doesn't devolve into something none of us want.
There's absolutely no need to have our forum polarized by the appearance of condescension or elitism whether intentional or not.
 
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Some shots of mine. I like it so much that I hope to get a couple more and one will go to my dad. All I can say is that I look forward to these each year and that I still enjoy them from the first one issued to the current, I can honestly say I have not handled better knives by Case or any other factory, but these are not regular production patterns so I am not sure it is a fair comparison, but it is a fact based upon my experience. I have yet to encounter a regular production knife as fine as these.

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Nice one Gus ! A bit hard to tell from the 1 pic., but your blade grinds out towards the tip look better than the blades pictured earlier in this thread.
I wonder if there are different people (was going to say "guys") who do the blade grinding ? Is the blade grinding largely automated or done free-hand ?
If i lived closer. i'd like to have a knife factory tour. It would greatly improve my understanding.
roland
 
I will try to get a couple more pics Roland, but both tips on mine are fine and are nothing like the other one shown in the thread. Again, I could not ask for the knife to be any better.

Gus
 
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Here we go magnified way too much. :D

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Gus, that's a pretty good looking knife.
If you get a chance would you mind posting a side by side pic with maybe a 3/2" trapper, or another well known 3 1/2" knife?
Thanks.
 
Yep....I do admit when I first saw the coffin handled Case, I thought Nice!!, Gus has just underlined that with the closest look I have had of one of them :thumbup:
As much as my first experience started off with a wee bit of trouble, I still wouldnt look past these knives, depending on where my budget was at the time, I hope no one thought I was bagging the case knives, I was putting forward a simple comparison.
After talking to one of our mods, and reading this thread, Im going to get my Collab out and use it in my edc rotation, I think I need to get to know this knife in full. Great thread.
 
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