Say it ain’t so, Case!

Wait until they add assisted opening to these this summer.
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Nic S. said:
I hate the traditional subforum. I ended up there because I searched trapper lock because my dad wanted one. I commented on a post someone else made on said trapper lock and was berated by a bunch of butt hurt old timers because, a trapper with a thumb stud apparently isn't a trapper and I was in the wrong forum. I will never go back there lol.
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And you call others butt hurt?
 
From the angle in that picture, it looks like the clip runs about 3/4 of the way down the handle. Not aware of any company with a clip that takes up that much real estate.

I've got a Case with a pocket clip, and while I'm not opposed to the idea, somehow it just seems out of place on a traditional knife, and I don't carry this one at all.
 
I am all for Case doing what they need to do to sell more knives and maybe attract the Millennials who think the only knives worth having are "Tactical" knives made of super steels, titanium and clips. The same millennials also don't understand why some of us old guys carry a revolver. Because everyone knows it's outdated and useless. That said, I personally hate clips on knives. I carry a large Case Stockman that's is actually a touch larger than the Trapper. In jeans it sits by itself at the bottom of my RF pocket, in Dockers it's in a slip that hangs suspended by paracord in my pocket. I will also on occasion carry a Trapper or the Stockman in a belt pouch.

The knife is question, while it does have a clip, is still a traditional knife, just like the Copperlock is a traditional.
 
NMpops said:
I am all for Case doing what they need to do to sell more knives and maybe attract the Millennials who think the only knives worth having are "Tactical" knives made of super steels, titanium and clips. The same millennials also don't understand why some of us old guys carry a revolver.
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Well, I ain't a Millennial.
I prefer revolvers to semi-autos.

I prefer knives with clips, and titanium is great.
And super steel is, well, super.

But the clip on that Case knife looks like crap. :thumbsdown:
 
NMpops said:
I am all for Case doing what they need to do to sell more knives and maybe attract the Millennials who think the only knives worth having are "Tactical" knives made of super steels, titanium and clips. The same millennials also don't understand why some of us old guys carry a revolver. Because everyone knows it's outdated and useless. That said, I personally hate clips on knives. I carry a large Case Stockman that's is actually a touch larger than the Trapper. In jeans it sits by itself at the bottom of my RF pocket, in Dockers it's in a slip that hangs suspended by paracord in my pocket. I will also on occasion carry a Trapper or the Stockman in a belt pouch.

The knife is question, while it does have a clip, is still a traditional knife, just like the Copperlock is a traditional.
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Lets stop pretending CLIPS are tacticoooooooool alright. A clip is probably the single most convenient thing to ever be added to a pocket knife.


Keep the weird traditional elitism out of here please. And quit generalizing generations. Millennial is '85 to '97 or so. I'd guarantee at least half of the forum is older than that. I'm 23 and have zero issues with traditional knives or revolvers.
 
DrRollinstein said:
Lets stop pretending CLIPS are tacticoooooooool alright. A clip is probably the single most convenient thing to ever be added to a pocket knife.

Keep the weird traditional elitism out of here please.
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The virtues of a traditional knife are purely aesthetic -- nostalgia, looks, and SOME immunity to the cultural stigma surrounding knives. None of their virtues are related to the actual utility of knives themselves. Which is ironic considering how much time "traditional only" guys and gals will spend trying to convince you (themselves?) of how utilitarian traditional knives are.

Explaining the obvious and simple value of a pocket clip to them is useless.
 
some seem to forget or are ignoring that case aint putting a clip on every knife they make so its a zero issue if ya dont like them. also clips can be removed so also a zero issue to complain about if ya dont like them.

also not a millenial also own many revolvers also like pocket clips. stereotyping usually isnt very accurate.:)
 
SpySmasher said:
The virtues of a traditional knife are purely aesthetic -- nostalgia, looks, and SOME immunity to the cultural stigma surrounding knives. None of their virtues are related to the actual utility of knives themselves. Which is ironic considering how much time "traditional only" guys and gals will spend trying to convince you (themselves?) of how utilitarian traditional knives are.

Explaining the obvious and simple value of a pocket clip to them is useless.
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I would argue one big advantage traditionals have is cutting geometry. The majority of traditionals use grinds better suited to slicing than the majority of modern folders. Speaking only for myself, I find the convenience of modern materials, construction methods, pocket clips and one handed opening outweighs the aesthetics and cutting geometry that comes with traditional knives, but I do wish there were more blades that combined those aspects.
 
Insipid Moniker said:
I would argue one big advantage traditionals have is cutting geometry. The majority of traditionals use grinds better suited to slicing than the majority of modern folders. Speaking only for myself, I find the convenience of modern materials, construction methods, pocket clips and one handed opening outweighs the aesthetics and cutting geometry that comes with traditional knives, but I do wish there were more blades that combined those aspects.
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I didn't mention that because while I agree that the majority of traditionals use more slicy grinds than the majority of modern knives that is not absolutely the case. There are many modern knives just as slicy as traditionals and if utility is what "traditional only" enthusiasts really cared about, they'd buy those slicy modern knives with all their other utilitarian virtues.

Slicy geometry is not a virtue of all traditionals nor missing from moderns as subsets of knives.

I'm speaking as someone who likes the aesthetics of traditionals and owns several but I don't fool myself about their qualities or think that any deviation from the old ways is somehow "worse."
 
I think it is called a one hand sentinel or something like that. The new Vic Soldiers sure do.
I like all knives and don't really think of them as traditional vs. modern and I have and carry both kinds. I like the traditional knives because it is what I grew up with and it is what I remember the men in my family and at deer camp using so it has nostaligia. That being said, I can remember men in my family also buying a new truck and getting it with Air conditioning when it came available due to comfort. And a few of these of these same men that are older now and they carry a one handed opening knife do to arthritis and strokes.

I was on the cutting edge of tactical in 1984 (i'm 48 now) with my green Bucklite and mullet! It was unlike anything I had ever seen before and reminded me of the Rambo movies. So I get it when a kid has a flipper, I have several of those too..
 
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When Case added the USA stamp in 1965, it was out of necessity. It was all downhill for me when they added the dots in 1970. How dare they!
 
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