Case 75 blade bevel

[OLDE CUTLER]

One of my favorite Case folding knives is the 75, either in the stockman or moose pattern. I picked up another one recently and right away I noticed that something was different about it. All of my previous 75 Case have the grind square across the blade with a well defined shoulder. These include older Case XX, and newer Case 75s made in the last 10 years. But the one I recently acquired that was made in 1985 has a different shoulder ground into the bevel. It is more rounded or radiused. It got me to wondering why Case did this and for how many years. Anyone know?
From top, 3375CV stockman, 6375 SS "Workman" stockman, 6375 XX stockman, 6275 XX Moose, and 6375.

Bevel grind on 6375 CV from 2014

Bevel grind on 6375 from 1985.

[313 Mike]

I believe that was referred to as "new grind". Article about it at the link below

https://knifedb.com/148/

[OLDE CUTLER]

I believe that was referred to as "new grind". Article about it at the link below

https://knifedb.com/148/

Interesting. Thanks for the info. My knife has all 3 blades with the " new grind".

[BIGHEAD]

Yes called new grind. It went over like a fart in a diving helmet.

[Mumbleypeg]

Yes called new grind. It went over like a fart in a diving helmet.

Barry, I agree many collectors think that lack of popularity of the ”new grind” was its downfall. Maybe so but the referenced article has some compelling evidence that manufacturing problems were a major contributor.

Ken

[BIGHEAD]

Ken personally I kinda liked the look but something was amiss evidently.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I picked up this 2 and 5/8" pen for a couple of bucks at the gun show recently. It has a Sabre, Ireland tang stamp, first one I've seen. Interestingly it appears to have the "new grind" on both blades. Was this most likely a product of the Jowicka plant in Ireland that Imperial acquired?