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Hello forum. I am a long time watcher but I seldom post. I have particular tastes in knives and blades like everyone else. I carry many traditional folder from the last century. My personal favorite edc is the Case mini copperlock. Nice size and weight for me. What I detest is the clip blade, a blade I find next to worthless for my type of work. I know, other like it but I just cant get used to that style. For me a slender spear blade with double cut swedges, a long pull, and made of carbon steel makes me weak in the knees, and is about the most useful for my work around garage and field. Since I could wait forever for a manufacturer to make a similar sized lockback and Case I feel would not produce such a knife, I was mulling around the idea of having someone far more skilled than myself, make several desired blades and install them in a half dozen mini copperlocks. Does anyone in the forum know of a blade maker that could handle this small assignment? I have ordered one of Case's new Tribal lock knife but it is larger than I like and I don't care for the steel Case uses in this model. I have about another 20 years of hard living in me before I am reduced to sitting in my Lazy Boy relating tales of my youth to my grandsons, and I would like to have a knife I like in the last years.
 
knarfeng said:
Aside from browsing the knife maker Exchange as suggested above, you might browse at the online store owned by VCM3 He is a long time BF Dealer Member who specializes in selling custom traditional knives.
https://www.vcmcustomknives.com/
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Thank You Frank To the OP ,I'm having a sale right now & it'll be going through next week every piece in stock marked down from my already low prices . Thank You
 
There are some models of the Case Tribal Lock made with carbon steel blades, their CV steel.
 
Thank for the suggestions. I visited VCM3'S website and my first thought was WOW. Stunning knives. If I simply carried a knife for light gentlemanly endeavors one of those would be like showing off a trophy wife, though they are too thick for me. I like the mini copperlock because it is thin and can barely be felt in the pocket. And my life is different. I use my pocket knives heavily. This year alone one copperlock is residing at the bottom of a 200' well and another is in a lake. Somewhere an old Case XX 6214 has taken a walk and has not returned this year as well. Been a bad year. My life leads to working a knife HARD. I have sent a message to glenbad. Being bored today, I took a 3 line Camillus TL 29 and made a new work knife. I took it apart, removed the locking screwdriver blade, transferred the knife blade to the screwdrivers blades position, reassembled it, and cut in an easy opener slot. I now have a locking spear bladed easy opener with a carbon steel blade. It is too large and bulky for town use but should fit well in my bib overalls I use when roofing, and mechanic work. Since it is half the knife it was I call it a TL 14 1/2.
 
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If you’re that hard on em and often lose them , perhaps one of those single spear blade SAK’s fir 21 bucks maybe the wtg . Because hiring a fella to swap out blades that might be too costly too
 
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