Case/Bose Collaboration...

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Well, this week has been a good one for slip-joints for me. In addition to the 5 slippies I got earlier this week (Another thread), I got, in trade, a Case/Bose collaboration Dogleg Jack in Antique bone. WOW! I have & have had some pretty good slip-joints (Canal Street, Case, GEC, Northwoods, Ty Montell custom, etc.), but this one is just amazing.

Looking it over, there doesn't seem to be ANY flaws. No spaces, walk & talk's great, etc. I'm truly shocked & now I see why these are talked about so highly. Also, I do think I'll carry/use it. In fact, I can't wait.
 
I have the same one. It is the best example of a production slipjoint I have seen. The next step up in quality would be a custom slipjoint.
 
glamdring said:
The next step up in quality would be a custom slipjoint.
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Well, I do have a Ty Montell Trapper custom & I thought that was great, but this one just blows it out of the water. No offense to Ty Montell. Admittedly, I have not tried/handled many custom slip-joints, so I certainly can't (& don't) speak for most other custom slippies. I'm just saying that I'm impressed with this one.
 
The Case/Bose Collaborations that I have had/have are as good as many customs and better than some. :thumbup:

Just my collaborative 2 cents worth. :)
 
I think that custom collaborations are the best thing that has happened to knife companies in quite awhile. Whether the company is Spyderco, Benchmade, Kershaw, Queen, or Case, it allows folks with limited budget to really benefit from having access to the designs of top makers.

The Case/Bose collaborations are the best example going. In fact, if I didn't own and carry custom slipjoints, I would say that they are perfect knives. That is why, when I read the following statement in a thread in the Customs Forum , that I had to laugh:

I fell in love with the Tony Bose Yukon Jack when it came out 9 years ago. I was not about to pay $350 for a Case.
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:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Don't nobody get riled here, one has to consider the source.

Now, I am all in favor of trying to find cheaper prices etc, but, in my opinion, if there are production knives worth more than $300, these Case/Bose are certainly the ones.

I am only sorry that I don't have more of them.
 
I look at almost all expensive modern production knives like I look at a pig in a silk dress and high heels: it's *still* a pig. But the Case/Bose collaborations are something special -- Tony doesn't just hand them a pattern and they go off and do whatever the heck they want with it. He's right there training, teaching, and refining their techniques and abilities, and has been for years now. It just doesn't get any better in modern production knives. Both Tony and Case have something they can be proud of. And dang do I ever want one of the new Norfolk knives! Hit me right in my weak spot -- one of my all time favorite patterns, and one that is just impossible to find in an original Rodgers example - in any condition. I asked Tony back in 2005 if he had ever made one of the Rodgers Norfolk pattern knives -- he said he'd wanted to but hadn't found the time to yet -- looks like he found the time. :D
 
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I handled one of the prototypes that Case sent back to Tony a few weeks ago, and WOWWWW!. Made me do the ole doubletake. It is very close to the one off of Tony's bench....'course, the makers mark tends to give it away. The problem people will always have is whether to carry it or not. I vote "carry". :)
 
I wonder if the Bose/Case collaborations have affected the Case line in general?

There has been some comments and posts of the overall quality of Case knives being better than in a long time. In other word, the craftsmen at Case learning to do the Bose levle work, it has bled over to the regular production line people. Just recently, when I heard Case was laying off people, I pulled the trigger on a few new peanuts. I got a chestnut bone CV from Shepard Hills, and the fit and finish of this knife was flawless. I do mean flawless! I kept looking at it, turning it over in my hands, and it was the finest example of a Case pocket knife I'd seen in modern times.

The Bose/Case collaborations are certainly some of the most beautiful knives made in a factory.
 
I think you have a good wonder going on there jackknife. ;)

I have been to the factory with Tony. They have a great company and the people there really love their jobs and the Case company. They appear to me to be some of the happiest and friendliest people I have ever met that work in a factory setting. I don't know if there has been a concerted effort with meetings/training/memos/etc. to get the folks on the floor to make the quality as close to the collab's in quality. I do believe, though, that this special line of knives(the Case/Bose collaborations), assembled by Case's most experienced cutlers, do have an influence(as you said) on the regular production people and the knives they put out. I would bet that their quality control is in engaged clear up to the persons that wrap the little brown paper
around the knives and sticks them in the box.

Tony placed in front of Case a challenge by providing them with a higher standard to shoot for in quality. Obviously it's not possible for them to treat every knife that comes off the line like a custom knife, but I think Case knives are better now than they were ten years ago because of Tony's influence.

I'm glad you like your new peanuts, Carl. I sure do like mine a lot:thumbup::cool:
 
KnifeHead said:
I think you have a good wonder going on there jackknife. ;)

I have been to the factory with Tony. They have a great company and the people there really love their jobs and the Case company. They appear to me to be some of the happiest and friendliest people I have ever met that work in a factory setting. I don't know if there has been a concerted effort with meetings/training/memos/etc. to get the folks on the floor to make the quality as close to the collab's in quality. I do believe, though, that this special line of knives(the Case/Bose collaborations), assembled by Case's most experienced cutlers, do have an influence(as you said) on the regular production people and the knives they put out. I would bet that their quality control is in engaged clear up to the persons that wrap the little brown paper
around the knives and sticks them in the box.

Tony placed in front of Case a challenge by providing them with a higher standard to shoot for in quality. Obviously it's not possible for them to treat every knife that comes off the line like a custom knife, but I think Case knives are better now than they were ten years ago because of Tony's influence.

I'm glad you like your new peanuts, Carl. I sure do like mine a lot:thumbup::cool:
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From my experience with Case Knives for 6 Decades, I believe they are indeed getting closer to knives in the XX And USA eras in some patterns.....

Thanks to all involved in this endeover.... :thumbup::thumbup:
 
I have all in bone except a swing guard. I bought an extre whittler to carry. They are a good go money aside.

F/O
 
KnifeHead said:
I handled one of the prototypes that Case sent back to Tony a few weeks ago, and WOWWWW!. Made me do the ole doubletake. It is very close to the one off of Tony's bench....'course, the makers mark tends to give it away. The problem people will always have is whether to carry it or not. I vote "carry". :)
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Shepherd Hills shows June delivery on the Antique Bone (the one I am eyeballing), and Chestnut Bone. I wonder if anyone knows weather Case might have a few ready in time for Blade? :rolleyes:
 
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