Who still carries a Case Knife?

The Fort said:
Not very good looking bone, in my opinion.
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Old Hunter said:
That seems to have been the prevailing Case bone color from about the mid 1980’s to the mid 1990’s. I have a number of Case Knives from that period and it seems pretty common. Some are deeper than others, while often you see nearly complete coverage on one side and partial coverage on the other.
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"Amber Peach Seed" jigged bone?
I only have two.
A "slightly" pocket warn 6375cv stockman,
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and, a not quite as warn 62131cv Canoe.
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Old Hunter said:
That seems to have been the prevailing Case bone color from about the mid 1980’s to the mid 1990’s. I have a number of Case Knives from that period and it seems pretty common. Some are deeper than others, while often you see nearly complete coverage on one side and partial coverage on the other.
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I guess that at least mine is pretty similar on the pile side, Bruce. 🤷🏻
 
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I found a Case medium stockman with yellow Delton handles and CV blades in a dusty old hardware store a few years ago. It had been made about 5 years previously and had spent half a decade just sitting on a shelf. Got a deal on it and never looked back. I carry other knives too, but I always have the Case in a pocket slip. Even though it’s a “utilitarian” working man’s knife, the fit and finish was excellent. That’s what got me into Case. I have much fancier knives that rarely or never get carried, due to collectibility and how fragile some of them are. (Mother of Pearl, Abalone, etc.,) but the yellow Delrin is a constant companion.
 
afishhunter said:
"Amber Peach Seed" jigged bone?
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No Steve, they look a bit similar but the mid 80’s to roughly mid 90’s Case bone that Fort posted don’t have a color name, they pre-date Case giving every bone color a name. Your knives are from the 2010 decade. Here are a few of mine from the same period as Forts, you can see the color isn’t even and it isn’t like any colors of today (or the last 25 years).
 
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In the top photo below is the Case 6392 (1987) and the 6347 (1995) with their boxes (both shown above). Picture taken the day I bought them from a hardware store display case 16 years ago. They still had their original packaging. You can peer at the end labels and see there is no color given, as became the case once each bone color was marketed under its own name. I carry the 6392 when I want a Premium Stockman in my pocket. In the bottom photo is a Muskrat from 1990 on its box. I gave the Muskrat as a gift to a fellow Guardsman, who was one of my staff officers during OIF in 2003. I gifted it to him on his retirement not long after I bought it, he had begun his career in 1990 and I thought it an appropriate gift.
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