Case Redux!

waynorth

waynorth

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I have owned and carried this knife on and off for a number of years. It is a Case XX, closer to the Tested period than the USA times. A reasonable guess would be WWII era.
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I am pretty sure it used to be a 6345 - a typical Cattle knife with three blades. For whatever reason, the two secondary blades and their spring were removed, leaving an equal-end one-blade Jack.
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I like to refer to it as a 6145:), not a model in the catalog at the time!
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The Nice Greenbone handles are worn down considerably with the jigging almost gone, but surprisingly they have no cracks that I can see! The blade takes a wicked edge, and looks to be a good 20% down - maybe more.
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The resulting Jack is very thin, compared to a minty, somewhat later Redbone model.
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Some would consider it Junk, but I think it's a brilliant rescue of Case's well made parts! It has a lot of useful miles left on it! Some say Case XX was a golden era for Case - I must agree!
 
Some people would pay well for a knife that has that great pocketworn look Charlie. All that, and a nice thin package to boot. Looks like a real winner to me!
 
glennbad said:
Some people would pay well for a knife that has that great pocketworn look Charlie. All that, and a nice thin package to boot. Looks like a real winner to me!
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I'd be one of them! That old Case is in GREAT shape!
 
Wonderful knife Charlie, it's unique like it's current owner, not saying your a couple of blades short or anything;):D

I have a rebladed #6292 with a #6392 blade from the early 70's and I love that it's somewhat of an oddity:)
 
Looks like a swell EDC if you ask me, single blades have a nice aura of simplicity and practicality:thumbup:
 
Charlie that old Case is pocket worn and pocket ready. A beautiful example of a well made knife with a lifetime of use still left. :cool:
 
Did Mr. Knife sell you that Case, Charlie? It would certainly explain this case of the missing blades. Lovely old knife, reminds me of a tootsie roll.
 
Can't imagine anyone calling the knife "junk". You know exactly what it is. Case didn't make it but someone made some Case parts useful.

There's no red velvet background in the photos. And no description of its use during the civil war. ;) :thumbup:
 
Dr-Mabuse said:
Did Mr. Knife sell you that Case, Charlie? It would certainly explain this case of the missing blades. Lovely old knife, reminds me of a tootsie roll.
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I bought it off of Ebay at least a dozen years ago, but I don't remember who sold it. I do remember it was very cheap!
(I think I am missing a joke here!)

supratentorial said:
Can't imagine anyone calling the knife "junk". You know exactly what it is. Case didn't make it but someone made some Case parts useful.

There's no red velvet background in the photos. And no description of its use during the civil war. ;) :thumbup:
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I couldn't find any red velvet!! Ha ha ha!!!:D

paulhilborn said:
Wonderful knife Charlie, it's unique like it's current owner, not saying your a couple of blades short or anything;):D

I have a rebladed #6292 with a #6392 blade from the early 70's and I love that it's somewhat of an oddity:)
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I have broken a couple of blades in my time!:rolleyes::)
How about a pic of your 6292??
 
Cool knife, Charlie!

When you say "20% down," do you mean that much of the blade has been sharpened away? I only ask because that doesn't look to be the case to me. That blade still has some of the sharpening choil left on it (as much as the minty Red, actually), which would make me think it hadn't been sharpened quite that much.
 
I probably err on the side of caution, Barrett, but when you consider that the useful part of the blade is less than 100% of it, I don't think I am too far off.
When I sharpen a knife, I sometimes touch up the choil also - although I can't remember for sure in this Case (Pun intended!:D)
 
Makes sense, Charlie. Thanks for clarifying!

I'm not gonna lie, I've never thought of touching up the sharpening choil on a knife, but I like the idea. I have a few with very small or no choil left (some that came to me used, one or two that I over-sharpened as I was learning), and I definitely prefer having one, so I may have to give that a try. Do you just use the edge of your sharpening stone at a 45° angle?

Edited to add: Ok, I just thought about the geometry a little more and using the edge of a sharpening stone (which would be 90°) doesn't really make sense, so now I'm even more curious how you touch up a sharpening choil. :D
 
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Gotta love old Case greenbone. I wonder how they lost the look over all these years.
 
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