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I purchased this pocketknife and it came in a pocketworn box. The box had all the info marked through, so I know it's not the orginal box. I don't even think it is the pocketworn collection. Tang stamp is 62130.

It was sold as "Case Gunstock Picked Green Bone Ruger Shield".

My question is what color and jigging do you think it is? It's not terribly old so some of you may even remember the collection it came from. Thank you for any help.

Also, the edge of the blades has what i'm going to call burrs (I know there is a proper term, just can't think of it). How do I get ride of that?

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I don't know what that bone color is called, but it's certainly a great looking knife. Case did a number of runs of Ruger co-branded knives in the early 2000s in different colors and handle materials.

As to the edge - many of my factory new Case knives (especially the stainless steel ones) have come with a burr or wire edge left over from their sharpening process. Depending on how pronounced it was, I could either strop it off using a leather strop leaving the factory grind more or less intact, or would just go ahead and sharpen it off and put a more refined edge on it.

If you bought this knife for collecting purposes and are concerned about it retaining value, then don't sharpen it or strop it at all. Collectors prefer factory new, in original box, uncarried and unsharpened.

If it's for use and carry, then personally I'd just sharpen it to put my own edge on it. That's your call.


* That bone might be from what Case was calling their "New Black" bone. I know it doesn't look black, but "New Black" was not black. They did make some Ruger knives in that bone material.
 
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jc57 said:
I don't know what that bone color is called, but it's certainly a great looking knife. Case did a number of runs of Ruger co-branded knives in the early 2000s in different colors and handle materials.

As to the edge - many of my factory new Case knives (especially the stainless steel ones) have come with a burr or wire edge left over from their sharpening process. Depending on how pronounced it was, I could either strop it off using a leather strop leaving the factory grind more or less intact, or would just go ahead and sharpen it off and put a more refined edge on it.

If you bought this knife for collecting purposes and are concerned about it retaining value, then don't sharpen it or strop it at all. Collectors prefer factory new, in original box, uncarried and unsharpened.

If it's for use and carry, then personally I'd just sharpen it to put my own edge on it. That's your call.
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It's for a display case I'm working on to show my collection. Kinda sucks I don't have the original box.
 
Also, those knives would have come in a silver tin with the Ruger logo and "Ruger" on the front in red print, not a cardboard box. While looking for other samples of that bone (I am now convinced it is, in fact, the New Black Bone), I found your completed auction. You got a good deal on that knife considering it is a discontinued pattern and a limited edition release.
 
I know - that was one of the oddities of Case's New Black - not only was it not black, but the variation from run to run and even scales on the same knife was rather significant. Do a Google image search and you'll see what I mean. Some are sort of gray, some are sort of light brown.

Go back to the big auction site where you got yours, and search on completed auctions. Look for "Case Ruger New Black" and you will see a number of knives that look very similar to yours. A Google search of for the same string will turn up others. It's definitely the same bone.
 
Here is the official Case description of that particular run of knives (assuming yours was made in 2004). They called it "Standard Jigged Black Bone."

Here is the information on the Case/Ruger Knives:

* 06500 - Nov. 2004 - Standard Jigged Black Bone Gunstock 6215 SS - Red Ruger Shield - Package in Rugger Tin w/pouch
* 06501 - Nov. 2004 - Standard Jigged Black Bone Gunstock 62130 SS - Red Ruger Shield - Package in Rugger Tin w/pouch
* 06502 - Nov. 2004 - Standard Jigged Black Bone Cheetah 6111 1/2L SS - Red Ruger Shield - Package in Rugger Tin w/pouch
* 06503 - Nov. 2004 - Standard Jigged Black Bone Trapper 6254 SS - Red Ruger Shield - Package in Rugger Tin w/pouch
* 06504 - Nov. 2004 - Standard Jigged Black Bone Stockman 6318 SS - Red Ruger Shield - Package in Rugger Tin w/pouch
* 06505 - Nov. 2004 - Standard Jigged Black Bone Peanut 6220 SS - Red Ruger Shield - Package in Rugger Tin w/pouch
* 06506 - Nov. 2004 - Standard Jigged Black Bone Mid-Folding Hunter 61265LC SS - Red Ruger Shield - Package in Rugger Tin w/pouch
* 06507 - Nov. 2004 - Standard Jigged Black Bone RussLock 61953L SS - Red Ruger Shield - Package in Rugger Tin w/pouch
* 06508 - Nov. 2004 - Ruger Founder Knife - Peach Seed Jigged Burnt Honey Bone Bone Large Gunstock 62130 SS - Silver Ruger Shield - Tech print in black on main blade w/Ruger signature - Tech print in black on secondary blade with Sturm signature - Scrolled cap bolster - Packaged in wooden box with Case/Ruger medallion
* 06509 - Nov. 2004 - Peach Seed Jigged Burnt Honey Bone Trapper 6254 SS - SSM polished blades - SR scrolled bolsters - Silver Ruger Shield - Tech print in black on ms clip blade w/Ruger signature - Tech print in black on ps spey blade w/Sturm signature - - Package in Original Ruger Factory tin with w/deck/Case/Ruger Medallion.

This is from a 2004 post on Knifeforums by Shirley Boser, the Case Historian at the time.

http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?post/488169/

You can contact Case and talk to or e-mail Katie Shonts-Saar. She is the current Case Historian and can probably help you definitively identify your knife.
 
jc57 said:
I know - that was one of the oddities of Case's New Black - not only was it not black, but the variation from run to run and even scales on the same knife was rather significant. Do a Google image search and you'll see what I mean. Some are sort of gray, some are sort of light brown.

Go back to the big auction site where you got yours, and search on completed auctions. Look for "Case Ruger New Black" and you will see a number of knives that look very similar to yours. A Google search of for the same string will turn up others. It's definitely the same bone.
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Do you think there was a reason for this? Bad dye or something like that? Or was it something Case just left alone?
 
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