All About Pocket Knives

Picked up this mini copperlock, relatively cheap. It's a pretty nice, little knife.

Zp4ja, you said it, bad hafting, finishing, assembly maybe? Looks to me like someone went wild on a belt grinder or something and ground it out of square. Don't know how it could have been that far off in normal assemnbly and finishing. The pile side liner and spring termination is noticeably smaller like it was ground off or ground in on a serious angle to meet the other larger spring and liner. And the bolsters are off too. Pile side smaller, thinner, different tapir. And in this pic you can see the mark side bolster is significantly shorter too. Never seen that in any of the dozens of Case knives I've seen. I really wondered if it was a defective some Case employee took home and sold out the back door as they say later. No other Case I've had was this far off except one 2014 Sway Back Gent that I sent back it was so lame. Every other Case from the '65-69 era that I have here to compare it too are nothing like this. And the spine where it meets the spring when open is nowhere near square. I guess they wanted to stay with the same slanted theme throughout the knife. I was so fixated on the bare head I didn't notice how far off the bolsters are until today. Unbelievable.

Here's a pretty nice little XX 6207 that I picked up today at the Blade Show.

Fine looking 07 Greg! Will you carry that some or put it up?

steve99f wrote:Fine looking 07 Greg! Will you carry that some or put it up?

Steve I don't believe it's been used so I'll probably Keep that one in the case.

You're plucking my strings and singing my tune, Greg. That's a sweet 07, yes indeed.

~Q~

QTCut5 wrote:You're plucking my strings and singing my tune, Greg. That's a sweet 07, yes indeed.

~Q~

Thanks Q! The same guy had tested era 07 with a long pull master. I probably should have brought that home too.

gs, much of my interest in knives is driven by the aesthetics of a knife. And the rich color of your new Case is a turn on.

Quick Steel wrote:gs, much of my interest in knives is driven by the aesthetics of a knife. And the rich color of your new Case is a turn on.

Thanks QS! That one really did stand out in the case. It really drew me in.

Quick Steel wrote:gs, much of my interest in knives is driven by the aesthetics of a knife. And the rich color of your new Case is a turn on.

I totally agree QS. And i know what else gets you, and it's not knives!


Baseball!


You are a baaaaaaaad boy!

Greg, great looking knife, a keeper for sure

jlw257 wrote:Greg, great looking knife, a keeper for sure

Thanks Larry! I got that from Robert W.

My newest pickup!

Nice knife Greg, great one to collect!!! Sorry I missed seeing you at the show this year.

Tom

Marcus, Very nice set Welcome to AAPK

Marcus010709 wrote:My newest pickup!

What an intro! Niiiiiiiiiiice!!
Welcome!!!

olderdogs1 wrote:Nice knife Greg, great one to collect!!! Sorry I missed seeing you at the show this year.

Tom

Thanks Tom! I hate that I missed you but I just couldn't get there till Sunday.

Marcus, Welcome aboard and congratulations on your excellent display.

Marcus010709 wrote:My newest pickup!

Dang. That's nice. Welcome to AAPK.

Nice Knives being posted, I enjoy seeing them. Here is a pickup from the Blade Show that I Really like, a Tested 1920-40 Winterbottom Congress 6488. I have only seen a few of these and this one is by far the best one I have encountered.

Thanks for looking

Tom

Not a fan of the Congress, Tom, but, MAN, dems is some purty bones!!!

Tom, I’m glad you got the GrandDaddy of all Case pocket knives ( to me ). The Winterbottom is awesome

Greg & Tom, looks like the Blade show was really good for old Case knives this year.

Not sure if this belongs in the Case forum or the Boker forum. Either way it’s a sweet knife. Got it from Ray (Paladin).

Another dandy Tom. You will have the red winterbottom market cornered before long.