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My latest Case pick up is this 2007 TBT Red 6207W Wharncliffe Mini Trapper.
Does anyone know what "TBT" stands for?
~Q~

Q, that's a pretty one!
Treefarmer

'TBT' totally beautiful trapper.

I recently started collecting Case 1970/10 Dots

10 Dot 5254 Trapper

10 Dot Muskrat with Delrin handles

jlw257 wrote:I recently started collecting Case 1970/10 Dots

10 Dot 5254 Trapper

10 Dot Muskrat with Delrin handles

Larry that's not allowed. You just can't go from green bone to ten dots.

Greg, I’m still getting some nice Greenbones

Tested 6299 SHR with can opener

I figured as much.

Stumbled upon this 1973 6202 1/2 last week....

More 10 dots!

Just got these yesterday. Two pearl 079’s an 8233, and a 92033

I like that one!!

TripleF wrote:Stumbled upon this 1973 6202 1/2 last week....

Nice find! I have a USA era (65-69) that I carry to work every day. For office work she gets the job done. I keep it in a Frost Family velvet bag so as not to scare the natives.

Today I received this pretty much minty 53087 from 1971. Nice little stockman, worth the $50 I think.

The stag is not spectacular and is fat (which I'm not really a fan of) but the width makes the knife quite comfortable to hold in a sideways grip.

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:Today I received this pretty much minty 53087 from 1971. Nice little stockman, worth the $50 I think.

The stag is not spectacular and is fat (which I'm not really a fan of) but the width makes the knife quite comfortable to hold in a sideways grip.

Great pickup Paul. Sweet knife!

1967redrider wrote:

TripleF wrote:Stumbled upon this 1973 6202 1/2 last week....

Nice find! I have a USA era (65-69) that I carry to work every day. For office work she gets the job done. I keep it in a Frost Family velvet bag so as not to scare the natives.

That's a beauty, with character all over it.

zp4ja wrote:Great pickup Paul. Sweet knife!

Thanks Jerry. I need more vintage case knives in my life, they are quite good.

Ivoryman wrote:

1967redrider wrote:

TripleF wrote:Stumbled upon this 1973 6202 1/2 last week....

Nice find! I have a USA era (65-69) that I carry to work every day. For office work she gets the job done. I keep it in a Frost Family velvet bag so as not to scare the natives.

That's a beauty, with character all over it.

Thanks, she's a keeper!

Checking out this '65-65 Case 62024 1/2 bare head that just came. What immediately jumped out was how off square the bare head end is. When sitting on a flat surface on the springs with blades up it leans hard to one side. Not even close. Mark side bone scale is significantly wider/larger/taller than the pile because it's so far out of square that it slopes down on one side, you can see in the pics. I've never seen a knife off this far, not even toy knives, they're usually much more symmetrical side to side. Don't know what to make of it. Couldn't see any of this in the listing, the views that were shown appear to have been posed to conceal this issue. There was no word of it in the description. Nothing mentioned or shown. Obviously. Had this been mentioned or shown in the pics I would have passed on by. Deal breaker. You win some you lose some.

I-Man, I have a Catt that's off like that but not as bad, seller should have disclosed that.

Picked up 2 more of the latest Case Barlows, really great jigging.

Ivoryman,
I'd love to hear some comments from some of our Case authorities concerning the knife you posted. I wouldn't bat an eye at that as an EDC but I certainly understand your disappointment as you weren't probably looking for one to use everyday.
Treefarmer

Amen Treefarmer, thanks for the support.
JohnR, beautiful specimens, great bones and pretty all around. Nice.

Ivoryman wrote:Checking out this '65-65 Case 62024 1/2 bare head that just came. What immediately jumped out was how off square the bare head end is. When sitting on a flat surface on the springs with blades up it leans hard to one side. Not even close. Mark side bone scale is significantly wider/larger/taller than the pile because it's so far out of square that it slopes down on one side, you can see in the pics. I've never seen a knife off this far, not even toy knives, they're usually much more symmetrical side to side. Don't know what to make of it. Couldn't see any of this in the listing, the views that were shown appear to have been posed to conceal this issue. There was no word of it in the description. Nothing mentioned or shown. Obviously. Had this been mentioned or shown in the pics I would have passed on by. Deal breaker. You win some you lose some.

Wow iman. Very stunned at that one given the knife era. Never seen that before, ever.
Besides some significant junk seen in 80s' and 90s' (bad attention to detail and QA in that timeframe IMO) just have not seen that on an older knife like that.
Looks to me like a very bad hafting job and based on your comment regarding mismatch of handle slab dimensions. Possibly a handle slab meant for a different barehead pattern? Could be wrong without knife in hand but that is what it looks like.

Jerry