Wow...what an awesome knife! I love the bone scales on it...they have a certain translucence about it that really gives it some great depth. The whole knife is executed perfectly and it's polished up all nice and pretty....awesome. this brings me full-circle in my knife collecting.
When I worked on the farm as a kid, my dad always took us to the local hardware store and I would stare at all the pretty work knives in their display. On the bottom were the Schrades, just above that were the Bucks, and at the top were the Case knives. My dad always carried a Buck stockman and Grandpa still carries a 30+ year old Old-Timer. I remember asking my dad why he didn't get the Case knives and he would either say that they were too pretty to use on the farm or that they were too expensive for his taste....but even as a kid, I had always wanted one. Some years later, I got trapped in the whole 'tactical' knife trends and only recently fell back in love with Case.
I really enjoyed reading their 'literature' that came with the knife...."This knife is NOT a weapon". I got a chuckle at their tongue-in-cheek jab at the tactical knife phenomenon over the last decade. Classic.
