Case Tony Bose Dog Leg Jack - Peach Seed Dark Molasses - Damascus

I took a few minutes to hone the edges with my translucent arkansas stone.

Here are a few in hand cell pics that do a decent job of showing down to earth views.

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ITS SHARP

But I am still going to have some work to do getting tips properly formed. For now, its good enough.

I will add more angles and pics as time goes by :)
 
I just received a call from a very nice gentleman at Case in reference to the steel and heat treat. It is Rob Thomas 1075/Nickel Raindrop Damascus tempered to the mid 50's on the RC scale. I was told that with the 1075 damascus its not that they don't want to treat it like the high temp bearing steel 154cm around 60rc, but that they can't. The gentleman was very helpful and I asked if he wanted the info kept private. He said no, by all means share it and if anyone else has questions to give him a call.

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Great info Kevin, and I like the shots of the knife!!.... thats a very cool lookin' knife you have there, of course I am saying this through clenched teeth and spitting out the words so that you can feel the jealousy

:D
 
Yeah, I'm around, I just don't post quite as much. I'm with you on those particular pattern shapes. They just work, and look good too. I'd still have one of the older CB doglegs but sold it for knife making supplies. I'll just have to make due with the dogleg pattern sitting on my bench right now. :fingers crossed:

richstag said:
Long time no see Jared! Loving the knives your making :)

I think in this case I could not be happier to hear you say that.

It is a great knife. It is my first real dog leg and I like it. The handle is very comfortable and I think it looks good too. I really like knives like sowbellies that angle the handle and blade in a combination that enhances the natural cutting motion. This one is no exception and seems to have a very perfect feel. One thing about this one is how tight and strong the construction feels. The first thing I do when I get a slipjoint to use is drop a good amount of mineral oil into the joints and drench the backsrpings. I let it sit and seep through to flush out any buffing compound/grit. This one is one of the very few that not a drop of oil seeped through the backsprings.

I would say thats even better then passing the "light through the gaps" test!

Thanks though Jared for always pushing me towards these. You were right on and some :)
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Thanks Duncan :)

The info is what it is and I am somewhat impressed that Case was upfront with me.

I am still keeping it in my pocket and using it for what it is. A beautiful knife that I just got wickedly sharp in about 5 minutes :)

ETA, Jared, I think the dog leg is all you need on that bench :)
 
richstag said:
[...] It is Rob Thomas 1075/Nickel Raindrop Damascus tempered to the mid 50's on the RC scale. [...]
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Well, that explains the ease of sharpening! On the plus side, the steel's aggressive toothy edge seems to cut so effortlessly that ultimate edge holding might be less of an issue than it would be with more homogeneous steels.
 
I think that makes a lot of sense Rick. Considering I sharpen my 1095 finished with micro serrations I think this will be okay.

I just took this tang stamp shot with my cell hoping one of the case experts on here can help me.

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The dots are for the year right? What about the three 'X's above the case logo?

Thanks for the info :)
 
I'm a bit disappointed to hear that RC hardness is only in the mid-50s, but what are you gonna do? Still, that one's a beauty, a nice piece of pocket jewelry as Carl would say.

- Christian
 
Thanks for the in hand pics Kevin!! Also, thanks for the info on the damascus.

Edit: The x's also stand for years. In different decades Case would use different markings (dots and x's) and put them in different orders so you know exactly which year it was made.
 
Thanks Trand for the info and your welcome for passing along the info on the damascus.
 
A few cell pics this morning to show a few features for people that may have never held one of these.

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I find this to be very nice. The way the liners are relieved it keeps the tangs from being scratched.

A small detail that impressed me is that the milled relief contours in a fashion the leaves the liners at full thickness to secure the blades when open. This next shot shows what I mean.

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The next two pics show the difference in the swedges side to side on the pen blade. I suppose this is because of the nail nick.

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They also show the blunted/unsharpend tip I received the knife with.

This next one shows another angle of the spear blade along with the blunted tip and the side with the uneven sharpening. I could have taken the pic at a different angle that would have really accentuated this but what's the point.

I guess my thing with the sharpening is I kind of envisioned a little extra care going into this. It seems they took the time and care with everything but sharpening.

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The knife is still gritty feeling in the action. I picked up my GEC 85 single blade in ebony and it feels like a greased bearing.

So that is different. I have to wonder if its because of the acid etch leaving a textures pattern that scrapes along the pivot.

Either way, I always give the good with the bad and this will be no exception.

I like that I can pinch open the spear blade and the pen blade is easy to open with the nail nick.

Overall its a nice knife.
 
Beautiful knife! I have gone through my share of Case/Bose collabs too and notice the only thing that seems to fall short is the sharpening. My user tribal spear had a really wicked burr. Not one that I could just knock off. It actually required a reprofile on my Edge Pro to correct the grind. Great knife though once that was corrected.
 
tomsch said:
Beautiful knife! I have gone through my share of Case/Bose collabs too and notice the only thing that seems to fall short is the sharpening. My user tribal spear had a really wicked burr. Not one that I could just knock off. It actually required a reprofile on my Edge Pro to correct the grind. Great knife though once that was corrected.
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Yeah, Im not trying to trash the knife by any means. It will be fine Im just giving feedback and I think this is an area that could really be improved.

If I didn't like it I would have sent it back and it wouldn't be in my pocket :)
 
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