New Shephard Hills catalog...some dissapointment

"Oh...you want a knife that actually cuts? Okay we'll offer 4 or 5 patterns with some nice yellow plastic scales. There you go...now run along."

Well, either cuts well enough for my needs. But I agree with the second part of the sentence. It sure seems like Case gives the brush-off to carbon steel enthusiasts.
 
Case Tru-Sharp is 420, a lower end steal. It shouldn't hold up as well as a decent carbon steal with a good heat treat. Case tends to leave it on the soft side too. I've used both for whittling and in my experince, CV is definetly superior. I can put a thiner edge on it without the edge folding on wood. When sharpened to roughly the same angle, the CV definetly last longer. Especialy on harder woods. That said, I do like it for my Hobo. Tru-Sharp works fine for lite food prep.

Leo
 
i'll probably get shot for this but my experience with case SS and a sodbuster has been very good. I still prefer cv but i won't let SS keep me from picking up a knife i like. Actually i've got several knives with case ss and i've been very happy with all of them. just my .02
 
Okay...lets say opinions are split down the middle regarding SS vs CV. Why are the knives being offered by Case not split down the middle? It's more like 95:5.
 
sunnyd said:
Please tell me the last experience you had where Case's TS-SS didn't fulfill your cutting chores just as well as CV??..:rolleyes:
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Ahh, but it's not just about cutting chores (and I agree that SS does not pass muster with cardboard or harder woods). SS does not get that wonderful old-world patina that looks so good against stag, bone and wood.
 
Wow, Great responses by everyone here thus far guys!.

S&S & Morrow,

I agree with you of coarse that on the more rugged working chores that CV (and most carbon steels)will always out preform TS-SS. I asked the question of you all to see if there really was a chore you had done to compare the two steels side by side. And to your credit, I actually got some true life answers. I was referring to most cutting chores and said 99.%, but your points are very well taken, and perhaps I should stand corrected and revise my estimate a bit.

However, I would like to comment that if one only had a Case slippy in his pocket with TS-SS and had to complete a tough cutting chore, they should consider sharpening the edge with a much thinner profile than the typical standard, like I have done with several of my TS-SS Trappers and Mini-Trappers. If they did, I believe the results would be dramatically improved whatever the chore at hand.

Thanks everyone for all the fine comments.

Anthony
 
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