Case Canoe blade style question
- Meridian_Mike
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Case Canoe blade style question
Hello all.....
I just picked up this Canoe at the antique store. I am wondering if this is actually a Case blade style from the factory. The big dip in the blade near the bolster looks factory made. I took a QUICK look at blade style pics on the net and I didn't see this style.
SO.... factory made or previous owner modified?
Bolsters kinda beat up but a good cleaning will fix that.
Mike
I just picked up this Canoe at the antique store. I am wondering if this is actually a Case blade style from the factory. The big dip in the blade near the bolster looks factory made. I took a QUICK look at blade style pics on the net and I didn't see this style.
SO.... factory made or previous owner modified?
Bolsters kinda beat up but a good cleaning will fix that.
Mike
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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
Somebody misused the knife and put a big chip in the blade and then ground the sharp chip into a curve. It is not a factory blade shape.
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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
10-4.....
It was in the back of my mind that I had seen this blade style before..... Oh Well....

It was in the back of my mind that I had seen this blade style before..... Oh Well....

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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
Yep. I actually saw a friend do the same thing to his knife several years ago. He slid the blade under the edge of a tack and tried to pry it out. When I realized what he was doing I told him not to, but it was too late. He cussed the knife! I told him he was a dumb**s.Gunsil wrote:Somebody misused the knife and put a big chip in the blade and then ground the sharp chip into a curve. It is not a factory blade shape.

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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
LOL....Mumbleypeg wrote:
Yep. I actually saw a freind do the same thing to his knife several years ago. He slid the blade under the edge of a tack and tried to pry it out. When I realized what he was doing I told him not to, but it was too late. He cussed the knife! I told him he was a dumb**s.![]()
Ken

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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
Some electrician knives have a blade with a similar cut for wire stripping (but yours isn't an electricians knife - or wasn't until the "mod"). OH
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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
Yep, I was hoping that the blade was a factory blade but now I see the light. I am really thinking somebody performed the mod for a purpose they had in mind rather than trying to fix a chipped blade. Folks around here will carry a knife with a chipped blade and not worry about "fixing" it.....LOL. Just a war wound to them....LOL.Old Hunter wrote:Some electrician knives have a blade with a similar cut for wire stripping (but yours isn't an electricians knife - or wasn't until the "mod"). OH
Mike

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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
It looks like it was done by a Spyderco fan. Many of those have a finger groove (choil maybe?) for the index finger designed for choking up on the blade. Probably not but that's what it looks like.
Rick T.
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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
Here is a pic after I cleaned it up some. Not too bad I don't think.
Now it will take it's place with my other canoes.
Mike
Now it will take it's place with my other canoes.
Mike
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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
Spiffy.....





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Re: Case Canoe blade style question
I like that word......doglegg wrote:Spiffy.....![]()
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