Question about Case slimline trappers

[thebanquetbeer]

Ive been thinking about picking up one of these with the yellow and cv, it looks like a great knife. But I noticed in a lot of the pictures online that it looks like the blade is canted forward a little bit in the open position. Is there a reason for this? Is that just the way they are made? I will still probably get one at any rate, just wondering if any of you had any insight into this.

Thanks
Zach

 

[mhawg]

I've seen them straight and canted, just the way this one is made.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Both of mine are canted. I keep one in my hunting bag. Without fail my exspensive hunting knives get to make a few swipes and then get tossed aside for being too wide, and heavy and simply cumbersome. The nimbleness is what makes this pattern shine IMHO

 

[Perfessr]

I have a regular trapper that I had they Spey blade removed by Muskratman and it opens as a nice straight blade and I really like it.

 

[neeman]

Mine was canted
It bothers me

So I played and files down the tang to get it back some
It is better.

 

[Zuchus]

I recently got the same one you're looking at - yellow delrin/CV. I hadn't noticed until I read your post, but yes, there is a bit of a cant to the blade. It seems to work well in the hand that way, though. The blade leans into the work just a bit, in a good way, and my hand hold is very natural. When I visualize it perfectly straight I don't like it as much. So, in the hand, the cant works well for me, but if I just look at it open sitting on the table it does look a little funny. My advice is try it - I think you'll appreciate the cant in practice.
And it is so thin and light in the pocket. This is my second yellow/CV Case knife. I have fallen totally in love with my Peanut. I have four Peanuts, and the other three are "nicer", but as others on this forum have said, there is something about "yeller" handles and CV that is so "right".

 

[artmichalek]

Mine (also yellow cv) has a slight forward cant, but it's not really noticeable in use. It's a great knife though, and very easy to pocket for the amount of edge length it has.