Case Red Bone

This decline in Redbone is odd, very odd:grumpy:

It COULD be to do with environmental restrictions, but I'm not so sure,modern technology can produce safer less toxic products without radical changes in colour. Must be a cost thing....

After all, their Chestnut Bone continues to look exceptional:thumbup:

I have a Mini Copperlock from 98 and this has some nice dark Burgundy colored pocket worn bone, not seen anything similar since. Even maroon or Red linen micarta can look very good on a knife handle. But, nobody else seems to put out a decent dark red scale either, although the current Böker offerings are not gaudy or 'tarty':D
 
1975. It's pretty dark compared to the new Chestnut but not quite as dark as this picture depicts. I think the red background skews it some.
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jazub said:
wow, night and day. thanks for that comparison, Seals. surprising.

mqqn, the "pocket worn" and standard red look to be quite different as well. thanks for showing that difference. i think i prefer the "pocket worn."
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Hi jazub -

You are most welcome!

best regards

mqqn
 
338375 said:
If they do Charlie, there are a few of us that are doomed :D

There are a lot of great pictures in this thread...

You bring up a good point. The XX era knives are more subdues that the 70's and 80's era knives.
It seems the change has been a gradual process over time, through each generation.

The big problem with the "Dot Era" knives is that the bigger percentage of them, have a really dark, almost black scale on the pile side.

It really limited the knives that I bought, because I always tried to find specimens that had good color on both sides.
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I suspect that being in display cases has something to do with the darker pile side scale. Perhaps more polishing/hafting on the mark side. I've often wondered if storing a knife Case dark side up near a window for a year or two would even them up; or (shudder) "polishing" the pile side dark bone!?
 
waynorth said:
I suspect that being in display cases has something to do with the darker pile side scale. Perhaps more polishing/hafting on the mark side. I've often wondered if storing a knife Case dark side up near a window for a year or two would even them up; or (shudder) "polishing" the pile side dark bone!?
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I've never thought of that before. If I had a beater specimen, it would be interesting to see how it would change.

I always thought that the darker scales, were just sections that took the die differently, and they didn't want to waste the bone, so they put them on the pile side. But then again, I have to much time to over think things :D

This raises another thought. If the variation in color was the way they left the factory, did people complain about this issue at the time they were new ?
I can just see someone getting a new knife from Case now, and having a big difference in the coloring from side to side.
No doubt it would be posted here in the forums very quickly. I know I would be guilty of it.

My mind continues to wander :confused::D
 
Yes it is a very worthy knife, somewhat like the CASE/Bose Swayback only bigger and with Lamb's foot.

It also has fours pins, hot:D
 
338375 said:
I've never thought of that before. If I had a beater specimen, it would be interesting to see how it would change.

I always thought that the darker scales, were just sections that took the die differently, and they didn't want to waste the bone, so they put them on the pile side. But then again, I have to much time to over think things :D

This raises another thought. If the variation in color was the way they left the factory, did people complain about this issue at the time they were new ?
I can just see someone getting a new knife from Case now, and having a big difference in the coloring from side to side.
No doubt it would be posted here in the forums very quickly. I know I would be guilty of it.

My mind continues to wander :confused::D
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I have had a lot of 70's bone handle knives with gorgeous,but different color scales.Seems like it just wasnt a issue to them.Sometimes density in the material makes it finish out differently in color also.More or less dye soaks in.Im thinking both sides were chocolate brown until they were hafted and polished.Collecting became big in the 70's,but Case was still building user knives and wasnt so concerned with color matching.AND no internet harrassment!.Just a couple of theories,no facts.:)
 
Here's a few I have, I love the red bone on the older Case's.
 

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Planterz, that is a 6317, and it is 4" long.
It has been called a "Loomfixer", apparently because it was handy in the weaving industry.
 
waynorth said:
Planterz, that is a 6317, and it is 4" long.
It has been called a "Loomfixer", apparently because it was handy in the weaving industry.
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Looks like an extremely rare, hard to find, and thus expensive model. The only one I could find was marked sold at $400.:eek:
 
Here is my only old "redbone" Case. The handles are gorgeous, but otherwise, the knife is a disaster. The iron liners make the thing so flimsy you can flex it in your hand by squeezing, like a noodle. And look at those pins! :eek: They look like they were peened by a drunken monkey, using a chunk of concrete as a hammer. I've been told that Case used potassium permangante to achieve the "old school" red, but I'm not sure if that's accurate or not.


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texasflyfisher said:
Yep, the older red bone was much richer. Here are a couple more examples of pre-1970 vintage Case red bone

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LOL I have this blade too XD mine happens to have an awsome petina on it, it's a 9 dot so it's got a special place for me ;)

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Hi guys!

This Case Trapper is a little bit more pink than red. But it´s called Red Bone

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The Swayback Gent is really nice great looking red bone

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Kind regards
Andi
 
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