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Hello to all in the Traditional Folders and Fixed Blades Community. My name is Ron Presley. Please forgive my manners, I have posted on this forum several times since I joined and I have never properly introduced myself. I have been a lover and collector of Pocket Knives since 1972. So as a young 18 year old I started collecting at a time when some mighty fine Pocket Cutlery was commonly available,
I started out collecting Case and Tree Brand mostly, although I did throw in the occasional German Eye, Buck Creek and Henckels, when I could find them. I started out reading everything I could find about knives. I read and still own the original Romance of Collecting Case Knives by Dewey P, Ferguson, copyright 1972. I would consider my collection modest by some standards, but I always bought what I could afford and when I could afford it.
I have truly enjoyed browsing this community and briefly participating in some of the conversations. I am looking forward to pulling up a rocker on the porch and becoming acquainted with all of you. Thank you for letting me join in.
Now below I will show you the 1972 Case that started my journey. I purchased this knife and its twin brother in August of 1973. I bought both knives brand new and took the box they were in also. The reason I chose to carry this knife and keep the other one mint, which it still is, was because of the color difference between the Shield and the Pile side as is evident in the photos. It is as most all of you Case collectors will recognize a pattern 6347 SH SP SSP. The cost written on the box was $17.95, a bargain by anyones standards. This Red Bone is truly pocket worn. I carried this knife every day for over 25 years. I gifted it to my father for helping me do some work on my house. After he passed in 2009, I got it back with a broken sheepsfoot blade. I sent it to the fine people at Case and they replaced the blade. It is still in my rotation today.
~ Ron
I started out collecting Case and Tree Brand mostly, although I did throw in the occasional German Eye, Buck Creek and Henckels, when I could find them. I started out reading everything I could find about knives. I read and still own the original Romance of Collecting Case Knives by Dewey P, Ferguson, copyright 1972. I would consider my collection modest by some standards, but I always bought what I could afford and when I could afford it.
I have truly enjoyed browsing this community and briefly participating in some of the conversations. I am looking forward to pulling up a rocker on the porch and becoming acquainted with all of you. Thank you for letting me join in.
Now below I will show you the 1972 Case that started my journey. I purchased this knife and its twin brother in August of 1973. I bought both knives brand new and took the box they were in also. The reason I chose to carry this knife and keep the other one mint, which it still is, was because of the color difference between the Shield and the Pile side as is evident in the photos. It is as most all of you Case collectors will recognize a pattern 6347 SH SP SSP. The cost written on the box was $17.95, a bargain by anyones standards. This Red Bone is truly pocket worn. I carried this knife every day for over 25 years. I gifted it to my father for helping me do some work on my house. After he passed in 2009, I got it back with a broken sheepsfoot blade. I sent it to the fine people at Case and they replaced the blade. It is still in my rotation today.
~ Ron
pull up your rocking chair and sit on the porch with us 
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