Why isn't there a Case Knives subforum here?

[Bartleby]

Thanks, the word is particularly apt for today's world besotted with and driven by social-media

Well put, the word is especially useful for describing the ubiquitous practitioners of anti-social media!

 

[zzyzzogeton]

Back in the early '90s, I got an invitation in the mail to join the Case Collectors Club. I was a subscriber to a couple knife magazines then, and likely ended up on Case's mailing lists out of that connection. On a whim, I signed up as a Life Member, as it wasn't too expensive at that time. If given the same invitation today, I'd probably not sign up. This isn't to say they don't have something good going on there, both for Case and for their membership (Case Collectors Club claims 19,000+ members, according to their site). But, as mentioned earlier in this thread, most of the discussion on their site will lean pretty heavily in the 'fans of Case' direction. I get the sense sometimes, in browsing there, much of the truly 'honest' input we might see here on BF, about Case, wouldn't likely be tolerated as well over there. I don't blame them for that. But, in terms of really learning all one can about Case's knives and the pros & cons of owning or collecting them, I feel sites like BF will present a more complete & balanced spectrum of knowledge & experience with Case's knives and many, many others.

I've occasionally been able to mine some nice tidbits of knowledge about Case knives from their own forum or from their CCC mailings, such as input from the company's own staff about history of the company or details about steel they use. But, even in saying that, I haven't spent a lot of time perusing their forum site, as I always feel I can learn much more over here, most of the time. There are some people, here and anywhere else, whom will be strongly biased one way or another about Case's products. But I still feel one can't really get a clear & accurate picture of what Case is selling, unless both the good and bad are seen and viewed with an open mind. The more complete 'truth' will always be somewhere in the middle, between those extremes.

As a member, maybe you could ask them about the CASE XX knife posted in this thread

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/case-xx-trench-sword.1703452/

over in the Sword subforum. It is definitely an old Case blade that I have never seen in over 50 years of collecting and studying sharp/pointy objects.