Come laugh at this Case knife review...

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On ToolMonger:
http://toolmonger.com/2006/11/18/hands-on-wr-case-cos-red-cv-pocket-knives/

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Then the package arrived, and we opened it up to find two shiny-new W.R. Case Red CVs. How do you get the attention of a couple of tool writers? Send ‘em two knives with chrome vanadium blades and red bone covers.
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The Professional Opinion

To get an idea of how the blades’ll hold up, we took the knives to our favorite professional sharpener — who really knows his way around a blade. When we arrived, he was bouncing off the walls because a client had just hired him to sharpen three essentially priceless Hanzo Katanas — the traditional Samurai weapon and very difficult to obtain here in the U.S. As you can imagine, one doesn’t trust such a blade to just anyone.

He was interested in the CV blades in particular, and after sharpening the large blade on each, he pronounced them quality. He said they felt a little softer than what he suggests is the “perfect pocket knife blade,” but admits that this is purely an opinion, not necessarily held by all. He also indicated that softer blades will be easier to sharpen by home users with stones.

In short: He liked them, and generally had positive things to say. Remember, this is a man in search of the perfect blade. Such an endeavor takes a lifetime. He’s always got something to say about any knife, which is why we love bringing them to him.
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Somebody's been taking 'Kill Bill' a little too seriously.
 
I really wouldn't know if there is a real "Hanzo" legendary swordmaker. But if there isn't then the guy's full of it- and that's kinda funny.
 
Case CV steel --

From Joe Talmadge Steel FAQ
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=368828

0170-6 - 50100-B

These are different designations for the same steel: 0170-6 is the
steel makers classification, 50100-B is the AISI designation. A good
chrome-vanadium steel that is somewhat similar to O-1, but much less
expensive. The now-defunct Blackjack made several knives from O170-6,
and Carbon V may be 0170-6. 50100 is basically 52100 with about 1/3
the chromium of 52100, and the B in 50100-B indicates that the steel
has been modified with vanadium, making this a chrome-vanadium steel.
 
Hattori Hanzo was an actual samurai. There are NO Hattori Hanzo swords (except for fictionalized replicas sold on late night TV and in Bud K catalogs).
-Mark
 
That's some good reading right there. I like their enthusiasm and how the sharpener "pronounced them quality", like he were a gemologist and the knives were rare gemstones. Poetry, pure poetry.
 
they were quality knives
with high carbon steel
after grinding away at cheap stainless
those CV blades felt real
 
It seems like a rather decent review. They are obviously not knife experts and there's no technical stuff in there, which makes sense since it's not a review written for knife knuts.

I wouldn't know about those katanas.
 
The review doesn't mention anything about the specific Case models they received, but a red-bone CV stockman or trapper will set you back somewhere between $40 and $50.

Don't get me wrong, I really like Case knives, I actually collect them (3 more coming in the mail today- *fingers crossed*). But I wouldn't go so far as to liken them to the fictional "Hattori Hanzo" swords. "If somewhere on your travels you should encounter God, God will be cut" That sort of talk is usually reserved for Strider or (gasp) Busse description. Not for very common, workman's fare like Case's standard offerings. The review strikes me as having been written in the UK, where poor lads don't have much access to decent cutlery. Imagine their reaction if they were to visit the living room of the average forumite! Their heads would explode!

Hattori Hanzo is the name Sonny Chiba (Hanzo from "Kill Bill) used in a lot of his old movies. That's where the name in the movie comes from- it's another homage from Tarantino for old-school schlock kung fu movies- like the "Street Fighter" series. I think Hattori Hanzo is sort of a Japanese equivalent to China's Wong Fei Hong- a historical figure who has become legendary and has become a character in countless films, played by lots of different actors and interpreted by multiple directors. Hanzo in "Kill Bill" is simply an extension of that tradition.
 
It seems like a rather decent review. They are obviously not knife experts and there's no technical stuff in there, which makes sense since it's not a review written for knife knuts.

I wouldn't know about those katanas.
 
I don't think the threadstarter is saying laugh at their review of the actual knife but instead laugh that they say that their sharpener was getting some Hanzo swords
 
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