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jfn

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Hey all,

I'm looking to pick up a case knife (or 3) and am really liking the blue jigged bone series. Does anyone know how the "trusharp surgical steel" performs?

Also, what are your favorite patterns? I'm liking the peanut myself, but am interested in hearing opinions.
 
Just yesterday I picked up a case stockman with yellow derlin handles and cv blades. I love the way the handles look and the shape of the califorina clip blade. I really want to get both the slimline trapper and a peanut. Idk whether to get the peanut in cv or truesharp. I also really love the blue bone as well, i have a canoe in it that was given to me a while back.
 
jfn said:
Hey all,

I'm looking to pick up a case knife (or 3) and am really liking the blue jigged bone series. Does anyone know how the "trusharp surgical steel" performs?

Also, what are your favorite patterns? I'm liking the peanut myself, but am interested in hearing opinions.
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The Case true sharp is fine for edc, about the same as the sak steel. If you're going to dress out an elephant, you're going to have to resharpen durring the job. But for a small pocket knife thats going to open mail, a bag of dog food, a plastic bag of mulch or the occasional UPS box, it's fine. I have a bone stag peanut in true sharp, and it hasn't let me down yet.

It also sharpens up fine on the bottom of coffee mugs, and strops well on the back of a belt or legal pad.

Since you like a peanut, you're obviously a person of good taste!:thumbup:

Carl.
 
Hi,

I don't what kind of knife steels you're used to, but I think it's generally accepted that Tru-Sharp is something like 420HC. Case hasn't ever really said.

I find Tru-Sharp to be perfectly good for the uses that slippies get. I have a Butterbean and a Gunboat in Tru-Sharp and they are pretty good cutters.

I like the Case Canoe patterns myself. I have been thinking I need a Case Soddie though.

Dale
 
Tru-Sharp is fine as Jackknife says. Is it a super steel that will hold and edge forever?..no.

One thing about traditionals that attracts me is the ritual and process. You have to sharpen them a lot more often. You learn the rhythm and sound of the steel on stone when it is just right. You will scratch the blade on the stone and sometimes don't hit the bevel right. Each scratch and scuff will be a visual reminder of how to do it right the next time. The knife will these bear scars, bumps and bruises, just like those you accumulate in life. As you and the knife age, you will both get worn, wobbly and lose a little snap. If you do it right though, you'll both remain keen and sharp :)
 
Slimline Trapper is a very useful food prep/snack knife. Easy in the pocket.

CASE make them in yellow delrin, G-10(looks very good in this)various jigged bone,brown delrin-very old school. Comes with one or two bolsters, yellow and red in carbon, the others in stainless. CV is very good stuff for more prolonged outdoor tasks but I like their stainless for food work more.

Queen Cutlery do a Utility knife which is similar in size shape but has D2 steel. Better finished than the CASE-usually...Comes in Amber jigged bone, Bird's Eye Maple and Zebra wood at the moment.
 
I love Case knives. I've been collecting them for a few years now. After trying out most of the patterns, I've yet to pick a solid "favorite". Most are pretty nice. The only pattern I'd advise anyone to steer clear of entirely is the Russlock- it's atrocious. The Peanut is a wonderful little pattern, and would be a great place to start. As Willgoy mentioned, the slimline trapper is another great pattern.

I like the tru-sharp steel just fine. I've never had any problems with it, and folks have been using it for a long, long time. If it wasn't a good steel, Case would change it. Actually, I'm starting to prefer Tru-sharp over CV. Once you get a lot of carbon knives, it becomes a bit of a chore to keep them all maintained if you live in a place with high humidity.
 
I really like the small saddlehorn, TB62110 pattern. Stylish, useful, and very pocketable.
 
I like many of the patterns already mentioned but don't forget the mini trapper.
Great little knife.
 
Case Tru-Sharp stainless is fine. It's not real hard (mid 50s on the RC scale), but it definitely will take a scalpel-sharp edge that's EASY to maintain. It reminds me quite a bit of 420HC in it's ability to take an extremely sharp edge. That's what I like the most about it. Many of the recent Case knives I've bought come from the factory with some pretty significant burrs on the edge, but that can be cleaned up pretty easily with a ceramic fine/UF stone. After that, these blades are easy to maintain with stropping or on a stone.
 
The 2010 Forum knife is a Queen. Though this one was spec'd out at 1095 and not D2, I'm still curious to see if they the send out this knife sharp or dull, or if it will be consistent. Has there been a D2 forum knife, and was it dull?
 
thawk said:
The 2010 Forum knife is a Queen. Though this one was spec'd out at 1095 and not D2, I'm still curious to see if they the send out this knife sharp or dull, or if it will be consistent. Has there been a D2 forum knife, and was it dull?
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Did you mean to post your question in this thread?
('Not sharpening a new and VERY Queen #9 Stockman')
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=763233
 
I recently got my first Case Tru-Sharp. It seems to be very good for EDC as others have said but I would certainly prefer CV.
As for styles, the Swayback Jack is always the first to draw my eye. It looks great in blue too.
 
I've become quite fond of Case's jack knife pattern. I own a Small Texas Jack in Amber Bone, and have found it to be big enough for most chores, but still small enough not to intimidate or get in the way in my pocket. I'm not sure if they make it in the blue jigged bone, but it might be worth considering in another handle material.

As far as Tru-Sharp goes, I owned a Trapper and a Peanut in that steel, and found it to take a very sharp edge and hold it for a reasonable amount of time. It won't hold an edge as long as the super steels, but then again, that's not what most of us are looking for in these designs.
 
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