Case Satin Finished As-Ground Knife Blades

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Alnamvet68

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This thread for all of you to showcase your as-ground, satin finished, Case knife blades. I've not seen one in person, so do your best Ansel Adams or Eddie Adams.:) If you have another brand traditional with a satin finish, post it up as well.
 
1989 #0200W SS Wharncliffe Copperhead Trapper, 4", in green jigged burnt bone. Notable vertical striations on both blades.

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I love the as-ground finish. My sole example, a Peanut in mediterranean blue:

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~ P.
 
Ooooohh, Sarah, I love that swedge! One of the prettiest clip blades I've ever seen! :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
It's amazing if one looks close enough, certain details begin to appear, such as the elongated nail nick on the Med Blue Peanut. The swedge is also not a common feature as I am finding out.
 
Thanks, all. :o

Not that this will help, but I lucked into finding this one. Or rather, I went on a hunt for Case's "mediterranean blue" soon after re-entering the world of traditional knives and seeing a knife like it in someone's picture here, and this one turned up in a side stream (a store with a website but no real "presence" via Search, etc.). I haven't seen another one available since.

Alnamvet68 said:
It's amazing if one looks close enough, certain details begin to appear, such as the elongated nail nick on the Med Blue Peanut. The swedge is also not a common feature as I am finding out.
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Right, this long-pull, swedged edition is "limited," or some such. The long pull's rearwards placement is less conducive to actually opening the blade than a centered or (especially) forward crescent nick would be, but what it lacks in function it more than makes up for in beauty. I oh-so-slightly sanded the vertical edges of the swedge right where it's cut into the blade (just forward of the long pull)-- they were so crisp in this as-ground iteration that I kept hurting my hand/fingers on the top of the blade.

~ P.
 
I love that swedge! I wish Case would utilize this on more of their knives. It adds such a great touch to the blade. Swedge and long pulls are the reasons I love so many of GEC's designs.
 
Is that Copperlock the brown delrin, 2002? I have the same knife in my pocket right now.

I like satin finishes generally, but there is something pretty cool about the "as ground" version. I first re-experienced it on a humpback whittler and my wife bought me the aforementioned and pictured Copperlock. The Copperlock has a polished spine, the humpback does not.

In contrast to the rounding that occurs on Case's mirror finished blades, the as-ground leaves everything crisp, possibly too crisp around the swedges.
 
MarkPinTx said:
Is that Copperlock the brown delrin, 2002? I have the same knife in my pocket right now.

I like satin finishes generally, but there is something pretty cool about the "as ground" version. I first re-experienced it on a humpback whittler and my wife bought me the aforementioned and pictured Copperlock. The Copperlock has a polished spine, the humpback does not.

In contrast to the rounding that occurs on Case's mirror finished blades, the as-ground leaves everything crisp, possibly too crisp around the swedges.
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Yessir, we have the same model knives. I stoned and buffed the crisp edges by the swedges for a better backpocket carry. One of my favorite Copperlocks.

I have the G-10 Humpback Whittler, too. One of Case's better efforts.

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Yessir same here. About the only thing that would have improved the humpback to me would be a long pull on the spear and coping/sheepsfoot instead of spey. Then it would be about perfection.
 
deskil said:
Yessir, we have the same model knives. I stoned and buffed the crisp edges by the swedges for a better backpocket carry. One of my favorite Copperlocks.

I have the G-10 Humpback Whittler, too. One of Case's better efforts.

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Is that an as-ground blade?
 
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