Good old Case knives... love to hate em.

[rwc53]

Carl, I totally agree with you! I am of your generation as well, and, I, too have the same outlook on pocketknives. It's interesting, I picked up a Case 3318PU (with a yellow handle) recently from my local T. S. in Bastrop, Texas (they were clearing them out at a very low price!), and it's found it's way into my pocket much more than any of my other knives. That's because it has thin, sharp blades and cuts everything I need to cut or slice quite easily.

Ron

 

[ConBon]

Case's SS is not bad at all either. I used to not even look at a Case if it was SS because of all the negativity I had heard. Then I was gifted one is SS last year. Using 2 blades for different things it has kept an edge fine (just a light strop on a coffee cup) and it was used for general edc cutting, cutting vegetables off the vine in the garden and cleaning trout. I don't have any fancy way of testing it, but in my opinion, the SS seems to perform about on par with victorinox SS in cutting, edge retention and sharpening.

I let my SS stockman sit for years due to the shine, one day i scratched it up and i carry it all the time now. Even today!

Connor

 

[TsarBomba]

I let my SS stockman sit for years due to the shine, one day i scratched it up and i carry it all the time now. Even today!

I noticed I had a few like-new Cases sitting around, not boxed or anything, just more or less untouched. I've resolved to do something about that.

Looking back, it's rare that I go a day without at least one Case in the pocket...

 

[ConBon]

Tsar, I love your big stockman, and watching it wear over time. I wanted to have a scratched up, worn in Case like yours so I started carrying mine.

Maybe I'll make my next knife purchase, on January 1st, 2017, a Case of some sort.

Connor

 

[garddogg56]

Just took delivery of a Case Tony Bose collaboration Smooth Chestnut Bone Teardrop, TB62028 SS. I own GEC, Northwoods and similar knives but the Teardrop is the best fit and finish production knife I have ever purchased. I usually sharpen most knives after I receive them but this one I left alone as it was great out of the box. Quite the little gentleman's slicer.

Pictures

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Case posted a beautiful picture of a tear drop jack on their FB page. Absolutely gorgeous.

I like ZT's, multiple models, but I'd rather have a Case in my pocket.

 

[TsarBomba]

Bone stag CV would threaten to clean me out if not for the upcoming GECs (I've got money stashed away already in hopes that I stumble across a #14 Barlow or three, though I'm not holding my breath).

 

[Spartan00]

Case is the original "hard use knife " I remember as a boy my granddaddy and my daddy carrying case knives . They'd have one blade out of a stockman that didn't have a tip broken off. My grandaddy to this day uses one blade on a stockman as a screw driver and a pry bar . He's old and set in his ways so I don't even bother .

Nothing really slices like a slip joint . My personal favorite is the wharncliffe blade on my sowbelly stockman.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

After owning some of most of the knives we talk about around here, I honestly think Case offers the best all around pocket knives. Best at everything? No. Best Quality? Not always..... I generally sell off the knives that don't get much use and keep the ones that make me smile. I tend to end up with Case knives in my drawer. Good steel that is easy to maintain, nice bone options, nice patterns, nice blade profiles (I do wish they'd add more swedged blades!)..... I can get those knives shaving hair sharp.... Just a good knife.

I noticed I had a few like-new Cases sitting around, not boxed or anything, just more or less untouched. I've resolved to do something about that.

Looking back, it's rare that I go a day without at least one Case in the pocket...

Totally agree with the above. If I'm picking out a Case knife for the day, it's usually an easy choice. If I decide to give another brand a go, the decision takes a little longer.

I thought I had more Case knives than any other, but I was mistaken... 10 Case (top right), 10 GEC (bottom right), 10 Northwoods (bottom left), and a few Queens, CSC and others (top left). If we separate the GEC made Northwoods, I'd have to give the title to GEC, but I enjoy carrying and using the Case ones more.

 

[JB in SC]

I have to admit a fondness for Case knives, the older ones in particular. They were what our fathers and grandfathers carried. It was a Case, that's all needed to be said. I always wonder how Case would have fared over the years had they emphasized higher quality over the multitude of variations...gone out of business I guess. The 048 was always one of my favorite patterns, perfect for a squirrel hunter or fisherman.

 

[b2edhmep]

My most carried and used knife is a yellow CV Case Trapper. For everyday cutting chores to cleaning small game, it's been my go-to knife for the past twenty years. It replaced another favorite traditional ,an Old Timer stockman. I carried that one for about 15 years.

 

[TsarBomba]

Can't find good lighting to photograph my latest Case (thanks to Ken, a.k.a. Itsasportsbar, for his legendary generosity and patience) so here are some I already took. Please don't mind the SAK (also a thoughtful gift from Ken).

 

[JB in SC]

The bartender is a unique pattern, very useful if one enjoys a bottle of fine wine.

 

[TsarBomba]

The bartender is a unique pattern, very useful if one enjoys a bottle of fine wine.

Looking forward to giving it its maiden voyage this Friday after what has already proven to be a pretty trying work week.

 

[willard0341]

Went and drank coffee with dad this morning... Asked him what knife he was carrying and he pulled out a 1970 case split back whittler. Fit and finish was superb! I love him to death but he sharpens on a flat stone and the blade looks like it has been skipped across a parking lot. I respectfully point this out to him and he just laughs at me

 

[TsarBomba]

Went and drank coffee with dad this morning... Asked him what knife he was carrying and he pulled out a 1970 case split back whittler. Fit and finish was superb! I love him to death but he sharpens on a flat stone and the blade looks like it has been skipped across a parking lot. I respectfully point this out to him and he just laughs at me

Reminds me of the first time I tried to sharpen a stockman on an Arkansas stone. I was horrified after about 30 strokes.

 

[JB in SC]

Went and drank coffee with dad this morning... Asked him what knife he was carrying and he pulled out a 1970 case split back whittler. Fit and finish was superb! I love him to death but he sharpens on a flat stone and the blade looks like it has been skipped across a parking lot. I respectfully point this out to him and he just laughs at me

When I started working in a textile mill in the early 70's I saw a lot of that, but they used their knives for cutting cloth and leather mostly. The blades were thin and like razors.