The anti-peanut.... Case 6375

Here's another anti-peanut, not exactly pocket friendly :p

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Woodrow F Call said:
Dang son!!!! Use that to cut strawberries and other small things? :p
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LOL yeah its pretty ridiculous, my dad has had it for years, not exactly sure what its purpose is other than to pull it out for laughs now and then, maybe it's supposed to be a store display or something?
 
I'm very wary of geting stockman patterns now since my Schrade 8OT has bad blade rub.
 
pistonsandgears said:
LOL yeah its pretty ridiculous, my dad has had it for years, not exactly sure what its purpose is other than to pull it out for laughs now and then, maybe it's supposed to be a store display or something?
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I used to see knives like those at Gun/Knife shows, and I do think they were usually referred to as 'display knives' (or 'novelty knives'). They are attention-getters when laid out at the front of a dealer's table, and I'm betting that's their main purpose. I think Frost Cutlery made a bunch of them (look like yours), and I'm pretty sure I've seen them in the catalogs of a certain high-volume cutlery dealer in Tennessee. ;)


David
 
I love that Case is figuring out that CV sells. What I mean is those scales (Amber bone Rancher) are a bit of a change up from yellow Delrin, and Red bone, or Amber bone. I really like that knife I think it'll be a treat to watch the patina develop. It's just had to beat the selection of blades on a stockman, especially on one that size.
 
CJZ said:
I'm very wary of geting stockman patterns now since my Schrade 8OT has bad blade rub.
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One way to minimize the chance of that is to buy a stockman utilizing a 3-spring design. The Buck 301 is a three spring design, yet is no thicker than a two spring design of equivalent length.

If you prefer non-stainless alloy, one of the larger Case dealers made a SFO of Case 3347 CV stockman knives with yeller covers. These are 3 7/8" and are also a three spring design and likewise are no thicker than 2-spring designs of equivalent length.

Here's mine
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Non of these are gigantic (though they are quite a bit larger than a peanut), but they are close to guaranteed not to have blade rub.
 
I'm with you Woodrow, give me a bigger pocketknife for bigger chores; when I'm hunting I like the Case 75 frame or the Buck 307.

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knarfeng said:
One way to minimize the chance of that is to buy a stockman utilizing a 3-spring design. The Buck 301 is a three spring design, yet is no thicker than a two spring design of equivalent length.

If you prefer non-stainless alloy, one of the larger Case dealers made a SFO of Case 3347 CV stockman knives with yeller covers. These are 3 7/8" and are also a three spring design and likewise are no thicker than 2-spring designs of equivalent length.

Here's mine
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Non of these are gigantic (though they are quite a bit larger than a peanut), but they are close to guaranteed not to have blade rub.
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Thanks, Frank :)
 
Woodrow F Call said:
(...) are all of the X347s a 3 spring design?
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Not all. Older versions from the 1970s and earlier used to be 2-spring. I don't think I've ever seen any of the 2-spring versions of the '47 pattern stockmen past the 1980s (maybe not past the '70s, for that matter). All of the 3-spring versions I've seen, came in the '90s or later. I think Case had discontinued the '47 pattern for a while (maybe '80s/'90s), and when it was reintroduced, it was in the newer 3-spring format. The newer verisons have correspondingly thinner blades and springs, which keeps the overall thickness of the knife about the same as older models.

Even the 3-spring models may still rub a little bit. The blades are still very close together, and the little bit of lateral deflection induced when opening a blade can still flex it enough to rub on adjacent blades. I bring this up, because I've seen some rub in the 3-springer that I have.


David
 
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