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Thanks guys

Larry

Wow! I think I've FINALLY posted a photo!!!
If so, their 3318CV's The one will be for my son's birthday next month.
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Couple of Trappers.

A not too old Utica Kutmaster Muskrat & a Camillus Muskrat skinner. Have an early production Utica that is currently at the cabin...

Schrade 127UH & 227UH

Nice groupings, Thaddeus! I just so happen to have taken delivery on a yeller Case 3254 trapper in CV this week. A fine hunk of steel!

Thaddaeus wrote:Wow! I think I've FINALLY posted a photo!!!
If so, their 3318CV's The one will be for my son's birthday next month.
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Hey Thaddeus,

Nice pairs. It might be the lighting but are the bottom stockmen and the middle trapper outgassing? The yellow 18 and 54 patterns.
Is that lighting or corrosion. An outgassing knife will destroy itself and others around it. Not fun.

Just trying to help.

Jerry

zp4ja wrote:

Thaddaeus wrote:Wow! I think I've FINALLY posted a photo!!!
If so, their 3318CV's The one will be for my son's birthday next month.
attachment=0]1483988452274.jpg[/attachment]

Hey Thaddeus,

Nice pairs. It might be the lighting but are the bottom stockmen and the middle trapper outgassing? The yellow 18 and 54 patterns.
Is that lighting or corrosion. An outgassing knife will destroy itself and others around it. Not fun.

Just trying to help.

Jerry

Jerry,
I appreciate your concern.
I'd much prefer someone to see something & mention it rather than ignoring it!
I checked them over, look okay.
As an aside, noticed your Avitar. I have a Taurus .410. keep it loaded with rubber buck for moose.

A Schatt & Morgan and a Queen in Winterbottom Bone

zp4ja wrote:

Thaddaeus wrote:Wow! I think I've FINALLY posted a photo!!!
If so, their 3318CV's The one will be for my son's birthday next month.
attachment=0]1483988452274.jpg[/attachment]

Hey Thaddeus,

Nice pairs. It might be the lighting but are the bottom stockmen and the middle trapper outgassing? The yellow 18 and 54 patterns.
Is that lighting or corrosion. An outgassing knife will destroy itself and others around it. Not fun.

Just trying to help.

Jerry

NVJerry, the handles are Delrin®.

Thaddaeus ---> Rubber buck? Never heard of it. Tell us about that. (I'll bet that would smart. ) I have a buddy who has a Taurus Judge who might be interested in that "rubber buck".

Took a drink out of Bear Lake. Tasted so good had to do it again.

Nice looking Northwoods, Ivoryman. Now all you need is a mammoth ivory to complete the trifecta.

I loved the Beretta you sent me so much, I seem to have started yet another sub-collection within my wharncliffe collection. Great knives...high quality materials & construction.
~Q~

Here is my trusted Case Sod Buster together with an unbranded Sod Buster I believe is made by Henckels.

Jim

Really like the unbranded Sod Buster. One of the best I've ever seen. Beauty.
Q, good looking pair. Very cool blades for sure.

Finally got some pics taken of a few of my favorite pairs

Schrade PH1 and PH2 in Sambar Stag Schrade PH1 and PH2 in Ram's Horn Schrade 147 and 148 in Ram's Horn Schrade 152's in Sambar Stag Schrade D'holders GEc #63 and #65 in Smooth Yellow Rose

dwebb:
WOW man, they are some super nice pairs you are displaying there. I particularly like the PH1-2 in Stag

Thank you Tony. Knowing some of the knives your collection holds, that is high praise indeed.

Wild Turkeys in Ebony & Ivory (actually it's smooth white bone...but it looks a lot like ivory).
~Q~

QTCut5 wrote:Wild Turkeys in Ebony & Ivory (actually it's smooth white bone...but it looks a lot like ivory).

This is only increasing the AGR vibe I get from those knives. Classy lockbacks for sure. Great pair!

Tsar Bomba wrote:This is only increasing the AGR vibe I get from those knives. Classy lockbacks for sure. Great pair!

Thanks Tsar. You certainly have sharp instincts (pun fully intended ), I purchased the Damascus Ebony Wood Wild Turkey from the AG Russell catalog some years ago. I don't know if AG had a hand in the design or production, but it wouldn't surprise me since they both have classic, top notch AGR fit & finish and silky smooth walk & talk. Good eye.

~Q~

How about four matching pairs?

QTCut5 wrote:

Tsar Bomba wrote:This is only increasing the AGR vibe I get from those knives.

I purchased the Damascus Ebony Wood Wild Turkey from the AG Russell catalog some years ago.
~Q~

Correction: According to the original receipt I found in my files, I purchased the Ebony Damascus Wild Turkey from The Kershaw Store in 2011.

~Q~

So I was just comparing my two Case 6202 1/2s and found the 1975 is much bigger. Not as clear in pics as in your hand but the bolster is much wider and longer, the main blade a little bigger, the scale is different sized, and the whole knife thicker and heavier than the '65-69. The '65-69 is shorter over all too. Anyone ever seen this phenomenon before? Didn't know Case changed up their pattern specs between these two years but they obviously did, unless this is a fake. Any insight from anyone is welcome. Shocked me since I thought these two were identical but they are not.

They might not be identical but they sure are a handsome pair.

Ivoryman, Case does change the tooling from time to time on a pattern and there are sometimes subtle changes in the design the accompany the change. Here's a pair of 3318 stockman's that are a good example although the age spread is more significant than your example. In both pictures the top knife is from 2012 and the bottom from 1971. You can see the basic pattern shape is unchanged. However looking from top down into the blade wells you can see the differences in construction. I have no idea how many changes Case made to this pattern during that 41 year span. The 2012 knife is actually a sturdier knife.

Ken