Just got a new Case knife in the mail today (swayback jack= beautiful knife) and it looks and smells like it was lubed with the black, oil-ridden gunk you can scrape off disassembled auto parts. I mean, it was terrible; the worst, dirty, used oil you could imagine; more paste than liquid. I immediately cleaned it off with degreaser, toothpicks and paper towels and hit it with some 3 in 1 and it's far better now. Another complaint is that the nail nick on the wharncliffe blade is cut much too far away from the swedge, and too close to the scale in the closed position, making it difficult to get with shorter finger nails. What's going on over there at the factory?
This knife, despite the appalling factory lube job, is a little beauty, in Chestnut Brown. The only other aside is that the edge, while nice and sharp, was toothy as hell until I honed it up myself.
Overall, still an 8.5 out of 10, and one that feels great, I mean really great, in the hand, and is a fantastic little knife that'll take the smaller duties that my small classic sebenza isn't needed for.
This knife, despite the appalling factory lube job, is a little beauty, in Chestnut Brown. The only other aside is that the edge, while nice and sharp, was toothy as hell until I honed it up myself.
Overall, still an 8.5 out of 10, and one that feels great, I mean really great, in the hand, and is a fantastic little knife that'll take the smaller duties that my small classic sebenza isn't needed for.
