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

[Primble]

Humpback Stockman Pocket-Worn Harvest Bone, sunk-joints.

Nice knife pattern and nice photo concept.:thumbup:

 

[Will Power]

Thank you Primble. The Humpback Stockman is an interesting alternative having a Spear as the master, a nice cut-out to access the Spey due to the sunk-joints. Here's its cousin using the same frame the Humpback Half Whittler: Clip/Pen. Thanks, Will

 

[Will Power]

Mini-Copperlock in Pocket Worn Redbone 1998

 

[Primble]

Mini-Copperlock in Pocket Worn Redbone 1998

You found an awful nice sample of redbone Will - I like the long pull clips on that model as well.:thumbup:

 

[Will Power]

Thanks, it's my cherished Mini-Copperlock, a useful and unobtrusive lockback that deserves more attention. The bone is a good rich tint which shows that CASE can make tolerable modern Redbone. I thought the old Equal End Redbone CASE you showed in the Jack thread was one of the best I've seen in a long while!

Regards, Will

 

[Primble]

Sweet land of Liberty . . . . . Those has beens at Bradford still amaze me with the rich color they got on those ole bone handled folders.

This is a red bone model 6318HP medium serpentine stockman from the year of 1975. Both sides match nicely and it has the satin finished stainless razor edge blades.

 

[Dr. Scott]

Ever have one that you carry when you need a bit of luck, help, or divine intervention?

Grandaddy Joe's old Case Congress from the 1920s. Have no idea about the handle. It is "unstabilized" whatever it is, natural stag I think? Or second cut stag? Or untreated bone made to look like stag? No idea about the original color. He carried it in his pockets for 50 or 60 years.

One of the main blades is broken after being used as a pry bar. (I'm lookin' at you Cousin Charles!)

Other than being well-loved, it is in better shape than a lot of new and unused Case knives I've seen.

Maybe it brought me a little luck today, or a little divine intervention. Or maybe it just helped to center me, focus me on what is important in life. Grandaddy Joe had a better handle on these things than anyone else I ever knew. Love for family and friends, service to your community, and the United Methodist Church carried him through the Great Depression and a lot of other ordeals that would have broken lesser men. And through it all, he carried a Case knife, probably bought from a friend who owned the hardware store. Grandaddy Joe always did his part for the economy. He never forgot the Great Depression.

 

[Primble]

Ever have one that you carry when you need a bit of luck, help, or divine intervention?

Grandaddy Joe's old Case Congress from the 1920s. Have no idea about the handle. It is "unstabilized" whatever it is, natural stag I think? Or second cut stag? Or untreated bone made to look like stag? No idea about the original color. He carried it in his pockets for 50 or 60 years.

Other than being well-loved, it is in better shape than a lot of new and unused Case knives I've seen.

Maybe it brought me a little luck today, or a little divine intervention. Or maybe it just helped to center me, focus me on what is important in life. Grandaddy Joe had a better handle on these things than anyone else I ever knew. Love for family and friends, service to your community, and the United Methodist Church carried him through the Great Depression and a lot of other ordeals that would have broken lesser men. And through it all, he carried a Case knife, probably bought from a friend who owned the hardware store. Grandaddy Joe always did his part for the economy. He never forgot the Great Depression.

Yes - this is a great story you just told. Thank you and you are very lucky to have the knife that helps you remember him and his ways.

It also reminds me of all the great great people that I have known and have passed on. I would love to have the old Barlow my grandfather used to whittle with and I recall those khaki long sleeved work shirts and matching khaki pants he wore each day. I recall those brown lace up boots he wore each day. He was a lineman for the phone company when all we had was rotary phones. I recall those leather belts and spikes that was in his truck, which assisted him up the telephone poles. I recall his smile, his way, even the sound of his voice, and he died 35 years ago. I recall how much I respected him.

I remember my uncle, who I had the greatest respect for. He was an everyday farmer with leathery skin, faded out jean bibbed overalls, and a Dekalb ball cap. He was a hard working and honest man. His past times were fox hunting, whittling, and hunting. I remember his soft voice and for such a tall man. I recall his sons and myself sitting around a fire at night talking about those fancy John Primble knives down at the community's only country store. I remember the ole Barlow he used to fetch from his pocket. He was lucky to have it because he raised nine children off of a farmer's wages.

I think an ole knife that was carried every day by someone who we might have had great admiration for is the one thing that person owned that has something special about it - when we hold it in latter days.

 

[arizonaranchman]

Primble and Dr Scott,

WOW these are exactly the kind of stories I love the most here on the Forum. These folks you describe are the salt of the earth, those folks who built this country and kept it going. The blue-collar workers who make it all happen day in and day out.

Thanks for sharing! Great pics Dr Scott

 

[Bob Warfield]

Primble and Dr Scott,

WOW these are exactly the kind of stories I love the most here on the Forum. These folks you describe are the salt of the earth, those folks who built this country and kept it going. The blue-collar workers who make it all happen day in and day out.

Thanks for sharing! Great pics Dr Scott

Exactly, great stories. I don't think anyone could have said it better Arizona.

Bob

 

[Primble]

Grandpappy"s ole Case XX

Not really, but, I am sure he would have been proud to carry this one.

1970 ten dot Case XX USA red bone mini-copperhead - with blades gone south to patina land.

 

[67nick]

This whittler is probably one of the nicest examples I have come across in this pattern and the covers are textbook true blood red bone. Thankfully, I had some really nice natural light to snap a pic or two in today, so the color in those covers really shines through!!!

Case XX Era - 6380 - True Red Bone

Lots of mid-morning light shining through those bones in this one!

 

[Primble]

^^^^ Sweet knife and nice bone color too!!:thumbup:

 

[67nick]

Thanks Primble!!!

 

[kenrunchen]

Some mooses.

 

[tongueriver]

Here are some '75s.

 

[Alnamvet68]

 

[black mamba]

The newest.

 

[Primble]

Looks like the new teardrops have arrived. I like both of these examples.:thumbup:

 

[Dr. Scott]

I love the Case canoe because it is so thin that it disappears in the pocket. This was my EDC for a couple of years. My wife calls it my California sex knife.