Who still carries a Case Knife?

My other recent case acquisition. I liked everything about this one out of the box other than the scale color match. I went at it with some abrasives, dyes, and buffed it all out again. It turned out ok. You can tell the scales aren’t quite the same anymore in regards to the jigging, but at least at a glance it looks alright. Like many others feel I’m sure, the color matching of scales on some of the case knives I’ve seen is truly a bummer. Especially when every other aspect of the knife is so nice. Not a huge deal though, still an excellent value.
The sodbuster is definitely a favorite pattern for ease of carry.F33A9160-9B16-45D6-8CAB-0BBDA8554C88.jpegA41D6A14-BFE4-46C5-828E-4B99FB1EC02F.jpeg1356C218-5DC2-4A65-A639-7261BBDADF0F.jpeg
 
Question for those in the know: has the CASE 18 Stockman been offered with a Pen blade replacing the Spey and if so, approx.when?

I know it's been made with a Punch as Charlie waynorth waynorth showed an amazing, enviable example in true Redbone on a recent thread about smaller knives.

Thanks, Will
 
Seeleybc1 said:
My other recent case acquisition. I liked everything about this one out of the box other than the scale color match. I went at it with some abrasives, dyes, and buffed it all out again. It turned out ok. You can tell the scales aren’t quite the same anymore in regards to the jigging, but at least at a glance it looks alright. Like many others feel I’m sure, the color matching of scales on some of the case knives I’ve seen is truly a bummer. Especially when every other aspect of the knife is so nice. Not a huge deal though, still an excellent value.
The sodbuster is definitely a favorite pattern for ease of carry.View attachment 2603663View attachment 2603664View attachment 2603665
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I had the same issue with my sodbuster back scale was poorly dyed so I heated the scale up with a lighter and dabbed RIT dye on it. It came out OK.
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waynorth said:
According to Steve Pfeiffer's book, Case Knives, the 18 was offered with a pen and sheepfoot secondaries in the XX period, 1940 - 1964!! Also in other variations!!
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I know they made them later too! Not sure when they stopped. But, in delrin, at least as late as 76 per my example below.

Will Power said:
Question for those in the know: has the CASE 18 Stockman been offered with a Pen blade replacing the Spey and if so, approx.when?

I know it's been made with a Punch as Charlie waynorth waynorth showed an amazing, enviable example in true Redbone on a recent thread about smaller knives.

Thanks, Will
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My understanding is that U stands for pUnch, H stands for sHeepsfoot, E stands for pEn, and P stands for sPay. It's always the second letter.

A combination I've never seen on Case to the best of my knowledge is punch and sheepsfoot. It seems like it was much more common for the punch to be paired with a spay on the stockman's.

Here is a 1976 6318HE in delrin.



 
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Will Power Will Power , the punch variation was made pretty recently; I bought this one (2318) off the exchange here at Blade Forum last year. The variation with a Clip main, Spey and Awl (Punch) secondaries is pretty easy in both yellow Delrin and some jigged bone. The variation I wanted (Clip main, Sheepfoot and Punch secondaries) is much less common, but they are out there and not super valuable antique models. I think the Clip main, Sheepfoot and Pen secondary must have been the second most popular variation, not everyday common but not rare either. OH
 
Leslie Tomville said:
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Here is a Redbone 47 and a current production CV 18. Both with punches. One has the spey, the other the sheep. The punch styles are quite different. They both have their pros and cons. As always with knives, when presented with a tough choice, you must buy both!
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What year was the latest stockman with a punch,I have not seen one go for sale in my limited circle of contacts(bladeforums exchange)but would surely get one in bone.
 
Old Hunter said:
The two most prevalent 18 pattern variations, #1 on top with the Spey, and #2 on bottom with the pen, all else identical, both early 1980’s. OH

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Once again, many thanks to all who have responded :thumbsup: On this thread the main emphasis is still firmly on KNIVES which I appreciate rather than the chatroom stuff that can be found elsewhere...:rolleyes: thank you gents!

It's the 18 at the bottom I really aspire to, fine long Pen on that one, just the ticket :cool:
 
Leslie Tomville said:
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Here is a Redbone 47 and a current production CV 18. Both with punches. One has the spey, the other the sheep. The punch styles are quite different. They both have their pros and cons. As always with knives, when presented with a tough choice, you must buy both!
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That is a mighty fine redbone stockman. I'm a huge fan of the full clip blade over the muskrat style that seems to be predominantly used these days. Very nice!
 


Two bushes down, eleven more to go!

All the 18 frame talk recently made me think to capture a photo this morning. My dad bought this 1095 burlap micarta medium stockman for me as a gift a few years back. He came up from out of state over this past Father's Day weekend and I've been carrying it ever since. I wanted it because it was 1095 which Case had never officially done before to the best of my knowledge. But, I didn't realize how short lived the 1095 stamp would be. Now, it usually just says CS for carbon steel. I really like the oval carbon xx shield. But, I do believe it is nickel silver. Feel like they missed an opportunity to use a 1095 shield, which I think would've been cool. A very nice knife to carry in the pocket nevertheless! One I will hold onto forever.


 
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