Who still carries a Case Knife?

Case 047P 1940 - 1964

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nmcbride said:
I had a Russ several years ago and loved everything but the tang it tended to dig in my leg. Do you have he same issue with it?
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Not at all. I'm surprised you say that.

I was concerned when I looked at them, but still LOVED the idea of a one handed opening Case bone pocket knife.

So when I got to the store, and was shown the knife I expressed my concern with the clerk. I told her I was going to walk around a bit with it and shop for other things, sit down, stand up, etc. They know me there and it was no problem.

My thought was it would be noticeable, perhaps uncomfortable, and my second concern was that it would be hard on my pants pocket.

None of those things happen. It lays in the pocket with my Fisher Space Pen and just floats around like any other pocket knife it's size. Zero issues.

It's a brilliant design in my opinion.
 
OldHercDude said:
Nice. How's the F&F, W&T, centering etc... on this one?
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It’s pretty nice, it has great action and the micarta is absolutely beautiful. The blade is centered perfectly and it’s sharp and pointy. But it’s not perfect, there are a few small gaps and there is considerable blade play. Neither of those things bother me too much but others might take issue with them. I like it a lot.
 
pat9198 said:
It’s pretty nice, it has great action and the micarta is absolutely beautiful. The blade is centered perfectly and it’s sharp and pointy. But it’s not perfect, there are a few small gaps and there is considerable blade play. Neither of those things bother me too much but others might take issue with them. I like it a lot.
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Thanks. I already have one on order, I'll see how my lottery is later this week (maybe). I have one of the older green micarta ones, it's not quite perfect either, but a nice knife overall. (Blade not perfectly centered, slight gapping, barely noticeable blade play, smooth action, snappy, sharp, nice micarta.)
 
OldHercDude said:
Thanks. I already have one on order, I'll see how my lottery is later this week (maybe). I have one of the older green micarta ones, it's not quite perfect either, but a nice knife overall. (Blade not perfectly centered, slight gapping, barely noticeable blade play, smooth action, snappy, sharp, nice micarta.)
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I missed the clip point green one so I was very happy to see this one come out. I hope you get a good one. 👍
 
Snagged the new SFO Trapper in Natural Micarta. Matches well with the previous. It does make my OCD twitch a little, I'd have preferred both being the same steel either stainless or carbon.
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Overall F&F, feel in the hand is almost identical between my two. Springs are flush enough I can't feel any proudness running my finger over them. Both have a nice smooth walk and snap into open about the same. Pull is very similar between my two. Both have about the same level of very minor gapping. Both blades aren't quite centered in the blade well. Neither have noticeable blade play when open (I don't get aggressive checking this). Blade grinds very slightly favor one side on both.

On the new one - the XX is embossed a bit deeper in the new one. As you can see in the photo, the new one is not quite as rounded at the heel/ butt/ cap end. There is a small amount of blade play when closed. There is a very minor amount of toothiness on the edge, can't remember if the green one had the same.

I like single-blade versions of a few knives like Trappers and Stockmans. Happy with this pair.
 
OldHercDude said:
Snagged the new SFO Trapper in Natural Micarta. Matches well with the previous. It does make my OCD twitch a little, I'd have preferred both being the same steel either stainless or carbon.
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Overall F&F, feel in the hand is almost identical between my two. Springs are flush enough I can't feel any proudness running my finger over them. Both have a nice smooth walk and snap into open about the same. Pull is very similar between my two. Both have about the same level of very minor gapping. Both blades aren't quite centered in the blade well. Neither have noticeable blade play when open (I don't get aggressive checking this). Blade grinds very slightly favor one side on both.

On the new one - the XX is embossed a bit deeper in the new one. As you can see in the photo, the new one is not quite as rounded at the heel/ butt/ cap end. There is a small amount of blade play when closed. There is a very minor amount of toothiness on the edge, can't remember if the green one had the same.

I like single-blade versions of a few knives like Trappers and Stockmans. Happy with this pair.
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I thought the older green one was CS just like the new ones, is it CV? Regardless, that's a great looking pair. 👍
 
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