I wanted to hate Yeller Derlin, but....

Last year i had to sell most of my knife collection but one of the few i kept was my Case yellow sodbuster junior mostly because it was my first Case but also because it had developed blade play which i corrected with a ball pein hammer thus marking the cover but i did not care because it is a user and i like it.
I recently became able to start collecting again so far i have 2 med stockman one with punch,i am waitng for mini trapper, pen knife and a slimline trapper inbound.
I was also suprised to note that in the collection pictures i did not see a CaseXX 32024 1/2 like the one i was lucky enough to buy recently although i imagine they are not the most sought after model, i never expected to be able to buy a vintage Case here in the UK, anyhoo that together with a yellow CV "Nut" i am expecting tomorrow brings my "Custard" collection up to eight plus three bone peanuts. Aint life grand...
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Other than being easy to see on the ground, does anyone know why Case choose yellow instead of black for example?
 
I've seen a lot of pics of Case Sodbuster Jr.s on the forum lately. That's 'cause they are awesomesauce.

A couple years back I got some gift cards for my anniversary at work. About the only good knives they had at the place were Soddy Jr.s, so I got two to use up the card. Having one in pocket and one to put away and finding it to be such a great knife satiated my knife urges for quite a while. It's the only knife I can say that about. One has since been given to a friend who told me how surprised HE was about what a great work knife it was.

I had seen people comment on how the knife couldn't be as sturdy as some knives are being plastic with no bolsters. I found out different. They both did come with some blade play and I (incorrectly) tightened them up with a ball peen hammer. One ended up a little too tight. I put the blade in a vise and with the handle at 90 degrees I twisted it back and forth to loosen things up.

That delrin handle twisted and turned and distorted and snapped right back. The blade didn't loosen up much at all and I stopped before I broke the blade. The stuff is tough and the knife is tough.

I like yaller now too.
 
SAK Guy said:
LOL :thumbup:

Yeah, he's too yeller to show himself..... :D
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:D :thumbup:

black mamba said:
My only smooth yellow delrin knives are both Rough Riders. ...and a leaf shaped trapper jack.

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So whatta ya think about that TJ? I've seen em in listings a few times and it sorta catches my eye and sorta doesn't. But, I am curious as to how well that "eye" opener works? I have similar on my SAK Trekker and it works fine. Not fast. More like a Case Russlock speed of opening, but it can be handy at times. I wonder how well it would ride in a pocket. Mostly though. I'm just curious as to does it actually work well as intended?
 
Just laughing to myself:p
You just can't fight not having a yellow slabbed knife.
 
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black mamba said:
Amos, it definitely takes some practice. Because the handle is slim, it wants to twist in your hand when you try to open one-handed with the thumbhole, but yeah, it works.
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Thanks. I was curious. The Russlock took a little practice too and it ain't for fast, just one handed. May have to try one of those RRs out just to say I did. Or not. ;)
 
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