Case Knives...

Modoc ED said:
Case has what they call "The Vault". They will run a pattern for a few years and then put it in the vault. This is what happened to the Barlow. They ran the pattern for ten years and then put it in the vault and 8-years later brought it out of the vault, which was just a few months ago. The reason they do this is to keep up interest in a pattern so that when they reintroduce it it will sell well. Just look what happened when they reintroduced the Barlow this year at Blade. Sales took off like gang busters and many of their Barlows are on back order now.
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Yet Barlows have been absurdly popular with collectors for the last 5 years. Case could have sold a ton of them over this time. So like I said, out of touch with collectors.
 
Buzzbait said:
Yet Barlows have been absurdly popular with collectors for the last 5 years. Case could have sold a ton of them over this time. So like I said, out of touch with collectors.
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No, they're not. That's what keeps sales up and keeps collectors looking for their knives while the various patterns are in the vault. Looking for a Barlow yet it's in the vault? Look to others for it - various dealers, other collectors, etc. Although Case might not be currently making a pattern, that pattern is still available from various sources. Part of collecting is looking for those sources.
 
Modoc ED said:
No, they're not. That's what keeps sales up and keeps collectors looking for their knives while the various patterns are in the vault. Looking for a Barlow yet it's in the vault? Look to others for it - various dealers, other collectors, etc. Although Case might not be currently making a pattern, that pattern is still available from various sources. Part of collecting is looking for those sources.
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I agree that aftermarket sources are part of collecting, but sales of vintage knives don't benefit Case directly. If Case wants to stay in business, they need to offer patterns while they're actually popular. From my vantage point, they could have sold an awful lot of Barlows the last few years.
 
Buzzbait said:
I agree that aftermarket sources are part of collecting, but sales of vintage knives don't benefit Case directly. If Case wants to stay in business, they need to offer patterns while they're actually popular. From my vantage point, they could have sold an awful lot of Barlows the last few years.
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Wants to stay in business?
Case is over 130 years old, and isn't in any danger of going under.
The Case Collector club was founded in 1981 and has over 18,000 members.
Case is probably the most collected brand in the knife industry.
 
Modoc ED said:
Case calls that blade finish "Stone Wash". They've done it on several of their knives - Doctor's knife, single blade sowbelly, etc.. I too like it.
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Thanks hmm that’s a weird name for it if it’s that dark. Almost looks like patina
 
sXePhenomenal said:
Thanks hmm that’s a weird name for it if it’s that dark. Almost looks like patina
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I think that's why Case did it and of course only to CV blades. Darkened blades with a patina are quite popular and I think Case decided to get on the band wagon and produce some knives with the patina look. In my experience the degree of darkness varies even in the same line. I have two single blade Sowbelly knives both with yellow composite covers and the degree of darkness is different between the two - one lighter than the other but both with the patina look.

Here is one of them.

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Yeah I liked posts on both sides of the discussion, lol. Both have merits. Maybe with Case jumping on the barlow trend, maybe they'll drag the daddy outta mothballs. But that one for sure shouldn't have a shield lol. A new cv daddy barlow from Case? I'd buy that
 
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