Let's see your Traditional Case knives, old to new.

[Will Power]

Grand Stockman that Rick! Somebody's going to be delirious

 

[Peregrin]

Here's the new CASE Teardrop I was talking about earlier.

Might as well give a mini overview too Chestnut Bone, single blade in CV and an endcap. Haven't yet cleaned out the joint but pull is nicely firm about 7 and snap is excellent. So full marks for W&T No gaps at all in the backspring, no blade play, grind is good on the carbon blade. Pins are excellently finished (GEC can take note here sometimes...) 2 small flat pins and one large domed pin. On my other Teardrop, which is single blade it has 4 pins but it is Barehead so that might be why. Scales radiused on handles correctly and into bolsters, no sharp edges there Wraparound spring cut off cleanly & well finished.. Pile side slightly lighter colour but this is a very attractive knife to look at indeed. I much prefer the Wharncliffe to the other blade option, Tony Bose designed it like this but I frankly feel the other type of blade looks just too short for the frame, an aesthetics thing. So the Wharncliffe gets my approval. FULLY FLUSH ON ALL THREE POSITIONS! Fantastic for a prod knife. Joint is low too so very pocket friendly.

Negatives? No not really! The blade is not centred and favours the pile side liner but as mentioned before, the W&T is excellent so there's no hint of blade rub against the liner, no problem for me.It would be perfect if it were Barehead, I just prefer them but it's an aesthetic thing again.

Conclusion. Really pretty knife, very well made and finished. I felt like a kid opening up a knife box with great expectations, they were not disappointed either, quite a thrill for a veteran/jaded knife owner Incidentally, it cost me 50 Euro including delivery to the EU an excellent piece of kit at a very decent price to my mind.

Thanks, Will

That's a really nice looking Teardrop, Will. I picked one up at the Case Factory Store awhile back and my reaction is spot on with yours. A really nice little knife with no issues.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Will Power that "flush in all three positions" backspring is a real treat. My TB-designed SBJ [EDIT: I meant SBG] is the same and I was pleasantly surprised when I first saw it.

 

[joeradza]

Here's the new CASE Teardrop I was talking about earlier.

Might as well give a mini overview too Chestnut Bone, single blade in CV and an endcap. Haven't yet cleaned out the joint but pull is nicely firm about 7 and snap is excellent. So full marks for W&T No gaps at all in the backspring, no blade play, grind is good on the carbon blade. Pins are excellently finished (GEC can take note here sometimes...) 2 small flat pins and one large domed pin. On my other Teardrop, which is single blade it has 4 pins but it is Barehead so that might be why. Scales radiused on handles correctly and into bolsters, no sharp edges there Wraparound spring cut off cleanly & well finished.. Pile side slightly lighter colour but this is a very attractive knife to look at indeed. I much prefer the Wharncliffe to the other blade option, Tony Bose designed it like this but I frankly feel the other type of blade looks just too short for the frame, an aesthetics thing. So the Wharncliffe gets my approval. FULLY FLUSH ON ALL THREE POSITIONS! Fantastic for a prod knife. Joint is low too so very pocket friendly.

Negatives? No not really! The blade is not centred and favours the pile side liner but as mentioned before, the W&T is excellent so there's no hint of blade rub against the liner, no problem for me.It would be perfect if it were Barehead, I just prefer them but it's an aesthetic thing again.

Conclusion. Really pretty knife, very well made and finished. I felt like a kid opening up a knife box with great expectations, they were not disappointed either, quite a thrill for a veteran/jaded knife owner Incidentally, it cost me 50 Euro including delivery to the EU an excellent piece of kit at a very decent price to my mind.

Thanks, Will

Now you've gone and made me buy another one Will, lol. I like my Case teardrops with the one caveat being the appearance of the blade looking too small for the frame. The pic of your wharncliffe changes all that. Another fine Case knife.

I just received this Case whittler the other day. I believe it to be a 1979 red bone with pulls so stout that even I struggled to open them.

 

[The Fort]

Now you've gone and made me buy another one Will, lol. I like my Case teardrops with the one caveat being the appearance of the blade looking too small for the frame. The pic of your wharncliffe changes all that. Another fine Case knife.

I just received this Case whittler the other day. I believe it to be a 1979 red bone with pulls so stout that even I struggled to open them.
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Great looking Whittler! Which model is that?

 

[joeradza]

Great looking Whittler! Which model is that?

It's 6308.

 

[Planterz]

I much prefer the Wharncliffe to the other blade option, Tony Bose designed it like this but I frankly feel the other type of blade looks just too short for the frame, an aesthetics thing. So the Wharncliffe gets my approval. FULLY FLUSH ON ALL THREE POSITIONS! Fantastic for a prod knife. Joint is low too so very pocket friendly.

Now you've gone and made me buy another one Will, lol. I like my Case teardrops with the one caveat being the appearance of the blade looking too small for the frame. The pic of your wharncliffe changes all that. Another fine Case knife.

I get what you're saying about the blade length. For a 3 5/8" knife the blade is quite short. I have 3" knives with blades just as long or close enough as to not matter. It also looks like there's easily another 1/8" that could fit in the handle. For me the slim and thin profile of the pattern offsets the smallish blade - at least with my ebony example. If it were thicker or wider, I'd have passed on the pattern entirely.

I much prefer the Wharncliffe to the other blade option, Tony Bose designed it like this but I frankly feel the other type of blade looks just too short for the frame, an aesthetics thing. So the Wharncliffe gets my approval. FULLY FLUSH ON ALL THREE POSITIONS! Fantastic for a prod knife. Joint is low too so very pocket friendly.

Is the wharncliffe blade actually longer than the spear?

 

[Will Power]

Maybe not...but it looks a lot better in the frame I think. But, I could go and measure it.

 

[needler420]

Just got my first case knife a trapper. Only my 2nd traditional knife with a SAK.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I am not a collector. I am not a collector. I am not....

Although it's starting to look more like I am. Just got this one yesterday, a 1988 5220 SS Peanut. I love how slender the clip blade is. Kinda reminds me of what I like about some of the old Schrades.

 

[N.E.Tim]

Two Small Stockmans:
XX, 6333, Red Bone, 1940-1965, 2 5/8" closed
XX, 6333, Black Rough Bone, 1940's, 2 5/8" closed

 

[jwb01]

New to me cattle knife.... lots of blade play on the clip..... thing I’ll send her in see if they can tighten her up.
Other than that I’m really digging it for a carry knife. Good size, nice in the hand, and dig the blade profiles. Not really a fan of half stops on a stockman though. Or in general for that matter, not a deal breaker. I just prefer a nice smooth cam. W&T is nice, not excellent but... nice.

 

[ISKRA]

XX and 70s.

 

[redsparrow]

Stamped on the tang "19 USA 90" - I like that

 

[B.F.U]

I'm sorry if I shouldn't ask this here, and I'll delete it if so, but I searched and couldn't find a good answer. Where is a good place to get Case knives online, preferably that holds a good stock of at least the currently produced models? I really like the Ultra Violet Bone.

Just got my first case knife a trapper. Only my 2nd traditional knife with a SAK.

Wish my local store had that sale!!!


This 1960's jigged wood Hunter that my dad gave me is my only Case right now. Not super practical, and that's coming from someone who likes big knives. But it's a nice knife that's been well used.

 

[oldmanrunning]

 

[mitch4ging]

So many beautiful knives....

A 1976 5347 Stockman

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I think Case fans will like this story.

There is a very nice hardware store about 20 miles from my house. I don't get by there often, but I was there a few weeks ago to get a replacement doorknob/lock and happened to spot a very pretty muskrat in their Case display. (They have about the smallest Case display I've ever seen and it has more empty spots than knives. Most of what they do have are trappers and other larger slipjoints.)

I passed on the muskrat, but intended to go back and check it out sometime. I went there yesterday to get a motion sensor light and asked the clerk to open the knife display for me. I like muskrats although they are not my first choice, but this one had exceptionally pretty bone. I don't know what to call the color and I can't find it in the current catalog, but it was a yellow background with reddish-orangish-peachy highlights in the jigging. (Update: it's pocket worn harvest orange. Generally looks a muddy brown in the catalog and on the Case website. I've since purchased a peanut with those covers.) I was starting to look it over when I spotted two other knives.

One was a stag peanut. I've only ever seen one other stag peanut in person, and that one was in my pocket at the time. I pulled it out to show the clerk and compare the two. (Mine is a 1988.)

Then I noticed something in the upper left corner hiding in the shadows: a swayback jack. I put down the muskrat and took out the SBJ to inspect it.

The SBJ was kind of a reddish color and quite pretty. The tang stamp had only one "x" -- at first I thought "2019" then realized that couldn't be. 1999? Nah, 2009 probably. I located the box and looked at the label, which confirmed a 2009 date. What's this: "CHSNT"? Some kind of crazy code? Looking further at the box I saw something I had missed on the pen blade's tang stamp: CV.

Oh, my. I just found the much sought-after but no longer in production and generally unavailable chestnut bone CV swayback jack (TB62117). WooHoo!

Well, of course I took it home! (Not the best picture, but I was in a rush to get something to post this morning.) Typical of this model (per BF posts) the F&F is great and the blades are sharp. I made a few passes on an extra fine ceramic rod to remove any remaining burrs and shaved a little leg hair. Then I lubed it with mineral oil, worked the blades several times, wiped up the black gunk that was working out, scrubbed it with dish detergent, then dried and re-lubed.

And now it's in my pocket.

 

[jmh33]

NICE score on the Chestnut CV SBJ!! Looks GOOD!! John

 

[Ace Rimmer]

NICE score on the Chestnut CV SBJ!! Looks GOOD!! John

Thanks! That was just dumb luck. I think I probably saw it a few weeks ago but at the time I didn't realize what it was or that it is an out-of-production pattern.