Ohh no.

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mlaier

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Hey folks,
New here obviously, but I have a quick question... I have a Case XX Select 6207W in green camel bone (so I was told) that I bought around 1998 or so. I recently dropped it and broke one of the scales. The knife has a great deal of emotional value and I would appreciate your thoughts on the best way to go about getting it fixed. i.e. Sending it to Case for repair of someone independent?? Any and all of your recommendations would be greatly valued! Thank you.

Michael
 
Not nice to hear. I'm surprised they used Camel Bone back then, I thought it was mainly a recent thing?

Most people speak well of CASE's repairs dept. but there is a risk they may replace it with something rather different. However, if you e-mail them I'm sure they can give you a clearer idea.
Hope you get it sorted.
 
According to the Case production lists, the only 6207W in the Case XX Select line with green scales was the 2001 Case XX Select® Peach Seed Jigged Bermuda Green Bone Wharncliffe Mini Trapper (6207W SS), Case item #02430. See here: http://www.wrcase.com/special_programs/checklists/Case XX Select.pdf

It's just regular Zebu cattle bone like most of their knives, and the Bermuda green is still a currently used handle material. Case should be able to fix it for you.

Though upon further checking, the particular type of bone used on that knife was just regular peachseed jigged bone, and the current version is "pocket worn" which is not quite the same appearance. They would probably have to replace both scales to make it match.
 
You really should contact CASE. They often keep older things around for repair, I think.

I sent a knife back, once, and they not only fixed mine, but the guy called me and found out what my favorite pattern was and sent me a free knife, also!

I will say, as far as their record keeping goes, the people are not always up to snuff. One of their folks told me that CASE has never, ever, made kitchen knives from carbon steel. Yes he did. I still have that email somewhere. I know that is not true as we had CASE kitchen knives passed down since my great grandfather, to my grandfather, to my parents, to me.
 
Case is pretty good about fixing stuff. They might require payment since it wasn't their fault. As an alternative, you can get one of the local folks here to put some really cool bone on it. Glennbad is pretty good. He has a lot on his plate, but he did a great job with my peanut butter canoe.
 
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