First day with a swayback.

Aside from the other knives I carry, I have a SBJ in my watch pocket.
It gets a lot of mileage and use, because, as Carl says, it's easier to handle than a peanut, especially for older fingers.
Good choice, Carl - hard to beat!
 
Now hang on boys and girls, I didn't say I was going to totally abandon my peanuts, just that the swayback has turned my head to the point that maybe the 'nut is no longer the only pocket jewel in the cigar box. Maybe I'll still have a 'nut in the pocket now and then, it is a pretty little knife. But the swayback is just so d--m nice. It's like having a peanut with more to hang onto with 'older' hands. And I still have my trusty classic on my keyring, so the swayback is still not the only knife I carry.

But I forsee the peanut taking more time in the cigar box or in my grandson's collection. Maybe in the red dwarf stage of my life, the SW will be the knife I carry. Who knows. Things change. For now, I've become beguiled by the SW.

Carl.
 
Good on both of you! :)


We are very lucky to have both of you's round here ;) :D
 
A few months ago a swayback jack took over from the peanut as my most carried knife. However, bought my first yellow knife last week, a Case yellow peanut, and it has been in my pocket since.

Dan
 
I have only one peanut and that was made for me by Don Morrow. I have a case SBJ in chestnut bone and CV. I have to say that the SBJ is a pleasure to carry and has become one of my favorites!
 
danno50 said:
A few months ago a swayback jack took over from the peanut as my most carried knife. However, bought my first yellow knife last week, a Case yellow peanut, and it has been in my pocket since.

Dan
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That's an awfully tough call to make; peanut vs Sway Back. I'm in love with my SB, but my chestnut bone CV ' nut is sitting there on top of the dresser, calling to me. It too is a pretty little litle thing. Maybe to be fair I'll rotate, say SB in the pocket for two days, ' nut in the pocket for one.:D

Both are little pocket jewels, and for some reason, these smaller knives appeal to me. Who knows, I may even get curious about Eisenhowers some day. But I wonder if the cult of the Peanut can have room for other little jems. Like a distant relation with red hair coming to dinner.:D I mean, would it be sort of like the cult of the peanut having an alliance with SB's, and pen's, to convert the users of all those big fat knives to the faithful.

Or I could just carry both, since they are so small. A SB in one pocket, and my ' nut in the other. Yeah, that'l work!

Carl.
 
Jason is a very decent man, this act of his shows just how much:thumbup:
He's helped me out before now as well and it's appreciated.

The Swayback is a versatile, attractive and no nonsense user be it in stainless or cv, all Barehead knives draw me and I'm not surprised J-K has been bowled over, you have to be insensitive to knives not to be:D

A must-have in any collection/EDC.
 
Nice....I was pretty sure that you would like that knife, Carl. Good for you and Jason. Now that's folksy :D
 
I got a chestnut bone Swayback Jack last week. Fit and finish, walk and talk, are better than I’ve found on any Case knives I own. The back springs are flat when the knife is closed, at half stop, and open. It’s only a three finger knife for me unless I use a hammer grip—unlikely.

Then there are the looks. It’s my prettiest Case. Mostly because of the lines. The handle itself has a nice curve. But when you open the Wharncliffe blade that nice S curve is beautiful. Actually I think that curve is more like the curve of a cursive small f. It’s pretty either way. What I find remarkable is that the pen blade opens to show a similar curve. That was well designed.

This is just the knife to use around the knife phobic general public. To me it looks best as a barehead jack. I won’t be springing for stag scales on this knife. I’m grateful to Case that the best version is also the least expensive.
 
Raymond1000 said:
I got a chestnut bone Swayback Jack last week. Fit and finish, walk and talk, are better than I’ve found on any Case knives I own. The back springs are flat when the knife is closed, at half stop, and open. It’s only a three finger knife for me unless I use a hammer grip—unlikely.
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That is what I have found. I have other Case knives, but the swayback is the most impeccably finished production Case out of the box that I have had. This keeps the same question popping up in my mind about is it getting some 'special" attention while being made? :confused:

I'd call Shirley to ask, but I heard she retired a while back, and I don't know anyone there at this time.

Carl.
 
jackknife said:
That is what I have found. I have other Case knives, but the swayback is the most impeccably finished production Case out of the box that I have had. This keeps the same question popping up in my mind about is it getting some 'special" attention while being made? :confused:

I'd call Shirley to ask, but I heard she retired a while back, and I don't know anyone there at this time.

Carl.
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Something else that might come into play is the fact that this is a new pattern being produced with new dies replicated from a properly tuned and working prototype. Still, it seems better than other new patterns that I have seen from Case.

Whatever it is they are doing, they should keep doing it. ;)
 
All the positive comments about the SBJ and I have finally pulled the trigger. Should be here by Friday.
It didnt take much pushing from ya'll, but thank you for making it so much easier.
I hope I am half as excited as jackknife.
I know I am anxious.
 
i have slowly been converting over to slip-joints and have been wanting to replace my EDC benchmade of many years, with one of these Case Swayback Jack's...:) they look great...:)
 
I have two swaybacks, one a CV jack the other a stag gent. I love both equally, but the CV gets more use. Steven
 
I said using the Sway Back Jack with a hammer grip was unlikely. Thinking about it, I was wrong. If I need to sever a branch or a sapling by repeatedly bending it and slicing away at the stress point, the hammer grip is exactly what I’d use. That’s an application where power is more important than finesse.
 
I just got my Swayback jack in the mail today. I gotta say this is way nicer than my first Case, the mini copperhead. Fit and finish is better and the Carbon blades are nicer than the chrome looking SS blades IMHO.
This knife is going to look even better once the "new" wears off and everything patinas.
 
I had never had a swayback untill this year Carl. And like you, I was supprised at just how much I loved the little Case CV Swayback when it came in.
I did mess my thumb up a month after I got it and was having trouble opening it. I called Rick Menefee and changed my order to a 3 1/4" swayback with a VERY light spring. It turned out perfect, and I picked it up at Blade. Its now my favorite knife, and I don't know why I waited so long to try a Swayback.
 
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