Rewarding myself

sqoon

sqoon

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A little over a month ago, I took Jackknife's advice and "challenged" myself to carry nothing but a traditional slip joint knife as oppose to my regular modern tactical folders for one month and see how I like it. Well, the month is up and i am HOOKED!

I've decided to reward myself for making the switch. I want to pickup a Case stockman to replace my Buck 303. My eye is drawn to the Case Medium Stockman with the Bermuda Green bone, but my brain tells me to stick with the CV that I have grown to love on the Case Canoe I got for Christmas and go with the chestnut bone medium stockman. The green stockman is only available in SS.

Do those of you who use your Case knives as users ever go for aesthetics over functionality, or should I stop being such a girl and matching my accessories to my shoes and simply go with the chestnut?
 
Chestnut bone is the prettiest that they currently offer, IMO. I've had a CV trapper in Chestnut bone since 2000, and it's aged very nicely. :thumbup:

(psst... CV steel is worth the trade-off!!!)
 
sqoon said:
Do those of you who use your Case knives as users ever go for aesthetics over functionality, or should I stop being such a girl and matching my accessories to my shoes and simply go with the chestnut?
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Yes!

Both of the chestnut scaled knives I've got in the past year have been the best I've seen from Case. A chestnut bone peanut I bought last year, and a chestnut bone swayback jack gifted to me by a generous forum member. Both are drop dead beautiful knives in both fit and finish, and the CV blades get a nice gray-blue patina that goes well with the chestnut bone.

You need a chestnut bone CV knife.

Carl.
 
They're both good:thumbup: For instance, I've the Swayback in Chestnut/cv and the same in Bermuda/ss.

As for matching accesories, you have green shoes..:D

See if you can find a Medium Stockman in Bonestag/cv it's a fine choice!
 
I know you say you want a stockman, and owning several I hear you. But you really ought to look at the Case Swayback Jack in Chestnut Bone/CV. Just sayin'. For the price it is one of the finest production traditional folders out there.
 
The Swayback Jack is a beauty.

I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a synthetic yellow medium stockman in CV. The yellow appeals to me almost as much as green, and I get to have it in CV at about $10 cheaper. Win, win, win. I think I'll have to make the chestnut swayback in CV my NEXT purchase and simply hold out until Case can get on the ball and make a CV stockman (or swayback) in something green.
 
Yella and CV is an excellent choice. I really like the Delrin handles because of the durabilty but there is something about worn jigged bone and a dark patina that gives a knife soul.


Paul
 
Stag and CV makes a nice combination.

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Did you see that, jackknife? Mr. squoon picked up a yella cv Case stockman. The boy's done been hooked for good if you ask me! :-)

-- Mark
 
Glad to see you made it a month without any trouble. Not that I was worried though.;) Nice choice on the CV with yeller scales. It should serve you well and be hard to misplace. If you really want a green Stockman with carbon blades Boker makes one with Washboard Green Bone.
 
dannyp said:
Glad to see you made it a month without any trouble. Not that I was worried though.;) Nice choice on the CV with yeller scales. It should serve you well and be hard to misplace. If you really want a green Stockman with carbon blades Boker makes one with Washboard Green Bone.
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As a matter of fact, I can recommend this Green Washboard Bone from Böker, it's nice and 'ripply' and looks very good, not a bright green either. Have a Whittler and Canoe in this.
 
jackknife said:
Could be worse, he's not into the customs. Yet.

Carl.
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I think I'm a ways off from customs. I kind of have a thing for production knives. I love owning and using quintessential examples of knives. For example, I love my USMC KA-BAR just about more than my Beckers because of its timelessness. No collector should be without one, just like no collector can be without a good Buck 110. A yellow stockman by Case seemed to me to be about as quintessential as you can get.

Campbellclanman said:
Well done sqoon, next you will have to update us with some pics eh? :)
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Will do, although I get the feeling you all have seen 'em before.

GRIM 62 said:
I don't miss carrying tactical folders at all,good for you!:thumbup:
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Nor do I. There are some night when I'm walking to my car in less than savory parts of town where I wish I had a little more umph in my pocket, and when those times can be foreseen, I might dip into my tactical collection. But for now, traditionals are just so much more appealing. I was looking at my Benchmade Griptilian the other day and comparing it to my Case Canoe. And while it is a nice example of a tactical knife, I just couldn't find anything special about it. It's a big piece of metal screwed in between two piece of plastic. Meh. No warmth, no depth, no feeling behind it.
 
GRIM 62 said:
I don't miss carrying tactical folders at all,good for you!:thumbup:
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I think that scares me more than giving them up in the first place. Gonna have to get the chutzpah to give mine up. Gonna rotate through this traditional collection I've built up, and see what happens.

You guys are enablers ;).

Sqoon, all good choices man!

As far as "how far you go" in the world of traditional knives, there are lots of great production models out there. Case, Buck, Queen/Schatt and Morgan, GEC/Northfield/Tidioute are enough to keep you occupied for a while. Especially with the Case/Bose collaborations and designs, and the Queen/Burke collaborations. There are still a lot of USA made Schrades and Uncle Henry's floating around. Not to mention all of the great golden oldies from other manufacturers, sitting out there unclaimed in flea markets, waiting to be adopted.

It's very easy to be overwhelmed by all of the custom slipjoints available out there. I've been planning to buy a custom slipjoint for the past three years :D. Don't rush it man, enjoy it.
 
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