Case has made perfection pocket sized!

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I've waited a long time for this in CV:

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It really is a beauty! There's nothing bad to say. I'll let the pic speak for me.
 
I'm enjoying mine too! Put a 15 degree p/s bevel on it and it's a real performer. Now I REALLY want the chestnut stockman but can't justify it quite yet because I already have the amber jigged bone one.
 
That does look real tempting, I do wish they'd put the thumbnails on the same side though!
Small nit pic I suppose but it sure is handier than flipping the knife over..
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I'm really impressed with mine too. F&F is excellent, great walk and talk, nice half stops & CV! It's as nice as you're going to get in a reasonably priced production slip joint. Go Case!
 
I never thought about that, nail nicks that is. ? Has any one ever put nicks on both sides or made a lefty.
 
Sorry, but blades have perfectly matched overlap, so nicks on the "same side" impossible here. Keeps the profile low and sexy.
 
I love mine too. I don't even feel it in my pants. I don't mind the nail nicks at all.
 
The F&F on mine is excellent. The construction is really improved at Case and many of us have noticed. One nice surprise about the knife is that it is darker than the web photos--and that's a good thing. :thumbup:
 
My Swayback came yesterday. I really like it and am even more happy with the jigged bone than I thought I would be. A keeper for sure.
 
Gary W. Graley said:
I do wish they'd put the thumbnails on the same side though!
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Yup. Not a biggie for me, except for those jobs where you have to switch from one blade to another. Then it's an irritation.

Won't stop me from gettin' one though. :)

thx - cpr
 
RLR said:
Sorry, but blades have perfectly matched overlap, so nicks on the "same side" impossible here. Keeps the profile low and sexy.
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I don't see how they could be on the same side either, maybe if the pen blade were on the obverse side?
 
You guys pushed me off the fence...been wanting one since they came out...but now that they're in CV...mo betta!!
Found a good buy on the bay for a chestnut bare head.....picture in a few days.:thumbup:
 
Tha placement of the small pen blade and the nail pulls on two bladed jacks is actually an interseting thing if one studies older slipjoints.

Case is one of a very few companies that traditionally put the small pen blade in the BACK on their two bladed jack patterns...though they never did it 100% they did it on most knives. Other companies that did it this way at least on their older knives include Queen and KABAR.

MOST companies (Schrade, Camillus, Utica, Ulster, Reminton, and most others) would put the pen blade in front of the master blade.

Oddly enough, the only Case pattern that I know of that was 100% opposite the norm (pen blade in front) was the 6217, which was the forerunner in effect to the new swayback jack.

You will see some examples of 60's era Case barlows and 35 pattern jacks with the pen blades in the front as well, though they did these both ways.

I agree with other posters, the new swayback blade design would preclude the pen going in front.
 
Suh-Weet!!!! In the photo the bone looks to have some transluscence near the bolster. If the bone really looks like that, it's even more amazing. A must have!
 
Yeah, it fades to a certain translucence. Really nice, and pic ain't anywhere near what it looks like.
 
Yeah, it's pretty hard to capture that color on camera.

Also, the pen blade doesn't bother me at all being on the back side. The springs on that one are very gentle so I just pull it out with my forefinger.
 
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