I seem to be down to three

Hello Andrew. your grandfather is a man after my own heart. That beautiful Case 22031-1/2 is the knife I carry every day. I have a slew of knives. new and old but the thought of carrying anything but that Case just sends a shiver up my spine. A man couldn't ask for anything finer! If I were you I'd slip the Case in my pocket tomorrow morning and never look back.
 
bill2000 said:
Hello Andrew. your grandfather is a man after my own heart. That beautiful Case 22031-1/2 is the knife I carry every day. I have a slew of knives. new and old but the thought of carrying anything but that Case just sends a shiver up my spine. A man couldn't ask for anything finer! If I were you I'd slip the Case in my pocket tomorrow morning and never look back.
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I carry it on holidays and on his birthday, but I'm too afraid of losing it for it to be my EDC. I've been keeping my eye out for a 1970's example (for affordability purposes) but so far they've all gone beyond my price range...

It is a hell of a knife and even after 70 plus years it has better walk and talk than any of my current Case offerings. Victorinox level. And for me, that's saying a lot!
 
SubSpace said:
As a quick update to this thread--

Reading how so many people love their White Owl, I decided to give it another go at getting sharp.

I found that by changing the angle to the 30 degree mark on my sharpmaker, I've made much better progress.

I usually only sharpen at 40 degree, but for some reason, the GEC is responding better to the 30 (I know I sound like a complete noob to those of you with expert sharpening skills. This is because I am...)

So...I may be back up to 4.

I need to stop spending time on this forum. :eek:
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I've tried both 30 (60) and 25 (50) degree angles on the clip of the 66 moose and 25 (50) on the 68 owl using the Lansky arkansas stones. They seemed to respond very well to it. I have been pleasantly surprised at both the ease of sharpening them and the degree to which they hold the edge. It is very hard to tell by words what may be (or was) the problem with your knife. I know it must be frustrating though and am glad you are making progress.

One thing in my favor that limits the knives I am tempted by is the things I like in a knife. I will only carry two blades. I ~prefer~ a single backspring design. I won't put up with shallow nail nicks any longer. And if given my drutthers I'll take carbon steel. When trying to find a replacement EDC I was down to the owl and the Northwoods mimi moose. The owl won out because of the steel but I am positive I could have bought the Northwoods and been just as happy.

Maybe you boys just ain't choosy enough! :p

Just kidding. :)

Will
 
For folks that like knives, three favorites is not many. Of the three, I would choose the middle one if I had to. But you don't have to choose. I doubt I will reduce my owned knife numbers to three, but the reality is that I carry about three to five knives in rotation or for specific tasks. My Vic Adventurer stays in my pocket and the other ones rotate depending on what I am doing. I keep several new spares of the Adventurer in the cabinet.
 
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