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Wildcat

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Last night on the way home from work I stopped off at the Ace Hardware to see if they had any pocket knives. I was hoping to see a case on the counter loaded full of USA Schrades, but there wasn't. It was loaded with Case knives though. So I picked up a 3207 CV Mini Trapper. I like it. It is sharp too. Nearly cut the tip of my thumb off while slicing an apple.:eek: The blades have nice purple/blue swirls now. Now I got to stop and get another bag of apples.
 
LOL, I wonder how many apples are sold each year just because some knifenut bought a new toy. I know I do the same thing, many an apple met its end against the razor edge of new steel.
 
Wildcat said:
I picked up a 3207 CV Mini Trapper. I like it. It is sharp too. Nearly cut the tip of my thumb off while slicing an apple.:eek:
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Hats off to Case again. I really wonder if/hope the folks from Queen read this forum.
 
I've had one D2 Queen and never could get it shaving sharp. Got frustrated and sold it. I have two of their older stainless models and they take a good edge.

But yeah, every Case I ever bought new was shaving sharp out of the box. It's a jagged sharp edge, but it is sharp.
 
Finally snapped it portrait. After almost two weeks, a dozen or so apples and a couple packs of strawberries, it is developing a character all it's own. I love this knife. Small enough to hide in the pocket, big enough to tackle bigger jobs (like the peanut does).

I started to contour the front bolster. I don't like the square bolsters they put on the trappers.


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Excellent looking knife!. How did you contour that front bolster, pray tell?.
 
did the dirty work with the bastard file. sorta cleaned it up with a scotch brite belt. i'm not finished with it. still hafta smooth out the lines and make it more uniform.
 
here is a scan of it. shows the patina real good. what is the date shown on the tang stamp?


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