Tony Bose Lockback Whittler

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Do any of you have this model? What do you say about this particular piece?
It's craftsmanship and design seem excellent. I want to hear about its general performance and quality as a knife. Thanks. :)
 
Are you referring to the "Case" Tony Bose or a "Tony Bose" Tony Bose. The difference in price is almost an order of magnitude. From what I understand, both knives are relatively expensive (Case about $200+ and a real Tony Bose for $1000 plus), but fine for whittling. If you just want a relatively inexpensive whittling knife, check out Queen's line of D2 whittlers. I think Cumberland Knife Works has a good selection.

If you are referring to a hand made Tony Bose, they don't get any better.
 
I was refering to the "case Tony Bose Lockback Whittler" that is also not cheap at all. It is around $400.00. I just got interested in its unique overall design as a lockcack whittler. There is something special about this piece I think. but I have seen this only through pics. Anyone who handled and used it? :confused:
 
I have never handled one, but from what I have heard the case bose knives are well made. $400.00 worth it? Well only you can decide that. It is nice looking. It reminds me of the old lockback whittlers.

me, I personally use a boker red bone classic whittler in carbon steel I got for under 25.00.
 
I think that several folks from BladeForums went in on a group order for this model, so I'm sure they will have some comments.
 
I have only handled one at Blade and have not seen these in the distribution channels yet.

I was very impressed with what I saw and think this is the best collaboration pattern yet.
 
Although they are not listed on his website, I could have sworn that I got a Knife Collectors Club e-mail from AG Russell and he either a limited number or will have some for sale.
 
Picked it up at Plaza Cutlery last week. They had about 5 to choose from. REALLY cool design, very hard knife to make but Case did a nice job. Clip blade is almost 1/4" stock, but ground thin and would be a good cutter. There were some variations between the knives, but all had great action, no blades were rubbing, nice grinds. On one knife, Case did a lousy job soldering the bolsters, another had shrunken stag scales. Those were the only serious flaws I found. I bought one with bone scales, better color than the stag knives and probably more stable considering the quality of the stag looked very low. It was definitely one of those knives that made me pull out the wallet. Really, really cool and very classy.

Pete
 
This is probably the only Case/Bose release that I have really been interested in. What a nice pattern!
Greg
 
I handled one of the bone scale versions at the Case booth at the Blade West show. It is a very nice knife with good grinds on all three blades. The Stag scale I handled and have seen photos of on the Net are all horrible. The bone scales appear to be consistently good. If you want a stout main blade with a low height profile, this one is for you.
 
Before these knives came out, there was a lot more excitement flowing than there is now. Is it due to quality control at Case? I've seen huge variation in quality from knife to knife.

Pete
 
The Case/Bose series is a whole different line of knives. Pretty close to custom knives as far as I am concerned. There is only 1 pattern released each year. They are not to be confused with Case's normal line of knives.
I am sure that once more of the new pattern reaches our hands the more you will hear of them.
Greg
 
I went ahead and placed an order for those who responded.

Hopefully I will have the knives in a couple of weeks and we can get some more thoghts on them. (our opinions might be a little jaded, since we are very well below 400.)
 
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