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Chuck Sisung

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I am relatively new to the forums, but I looked under manufacturers and see nothing for Case. Am I missing something? I have a question for Case if they are viewing. I have always like their yellow handled CV knives. I like the yellow handles because it is easy to find if you drop it, especially in the woods or in low light situations. I also like carbon steel blades. But, my question/request is: Why doesn't Case make a yellow handled Seahorse whittler and a yellow handled mid folding hunter? I think these two models would be slick in yellow and CV. I use a Seahorse as a working pocket carry knife and like the heavy duty wharncliff main blade. A mid folding hunter in yellow would make perfect sense in the fact that if lost in the woods, it would be easier to find. Well, that's my 2 cents. Anyone else use Case yellow CV knives that would like to chime in? Thanks for you attention.

Chuck
 
I'd be up for one. I have a Seahorse whittler and yellow delrin CV Wharncliff Copperlock. I really like both, and a combination of the Seahorse pattern and CV steel would be a winner in my book!
 
darklight943 said:
...but I'm starting to look at Case and Buck (traditional). Any suggestions on a "working" Case?
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I've been buying a few traditional patterns lately too. I got a Case Ruger Stockman recently that's very well made.

But two weeks ago at a knife show I saw a Case large hunter in red picked bone that was really nice. It's a nice pattern and a full sized knife, especially if you're used to tacticals. Case has a few patterns with g10 scales too that I've seen on sale recently.
 
For just an all around working "Case" knife, I would go with a medium or large stockman, depending on how hard you are going to work the knife. My preference would be a yellow handled stockman with CV (carbon) blades.
These are reasonably priced, well built, easy to resharpen and because of their yellow handles, they are easy to spot in case they are dropped in the grass, woods or work area. Another plus for a stockman model is that you have use of 3 blades. If one gets dull, you switch to another blade. Another plus is each blade can be used for different chores. For instance, the sheepsfoot blade can be used for scoring different materials or for marking a cut line on a wood board that is to be sawed (when you can't find a pencil).

Another pretty versatile pocket knife is a scout knife. They have a main blade, plus a punch blade, bottle opener w/screw driver tip and can opener. I carried a military version of this by Camillus in all stainless steel in Vietnam for 2 years and can swear by it. If you choose this type of knife, look at Victorinox swiss army models. They has various models with a multiple of functional blades and tools. Myself, I prefer to buy good old U.S. made knives. Gotta keep U.S. workers employed! Just my opinion. Hope this helps.

Chuck
 
The CV Sodbuster or Jr are hard to beat for a "working" Case. The stockman or trapper patterns are also good choices.
 
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