All About Pocket Knives

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 12:20 am This knife arrived today. Pictures #1 & #2 - It's a 1993 Case, single drop point (etched) blade, zytel handles, lockback pocket knife. Case made a series of pocket knives featuring NASCAR drivers. This knife features Harry Gant, driver of the #33, SKOAL BANDIT race car. I didn't specifically buy this item, it was included in a group of items that I bought. It is in MINT condition in the original, plastic container.
Also arriving today (the remaining pictures), a 2012 Case XX, 6207 SS, 2 blade, MINI TRAPPER with Olive Green handles, pocket knife. It came with the original box. It needed absolutely no cleaning.

Nice Skip,

Two fine finds! That Mini Trapper is a Beauty my friend!

TPK wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:32 am

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 12:20 am This knife arrived today. Pictures #1 & #2 - It's a 1993 Case, single drop point (etched) blade, zytel handles, lockback pocket knife. Case made a series of pocket knives featuring NASCAR drivers. This knife features Harry Gant, driver of the #33, SKOAL BANDIT race car. I didn't specifically buy this item, it was included in a group of items that I bought. It is in MINT condition in the original, plastic container.
Also arriving today (the remaining pictures), a 2012 Case XX, 6207 SS, 2 blade, MINI TRAPPER with Olive Green handles, pocket knife. It came with the original box. It needed absolutely no cleaning.

Nice Skip,

Two fine finds! That Mini Trapper is a Beauty my friend!

Thank you Tom. YOU should look at my post from yesterday in "Mail Call." The very last item.

Another no willpower addition, a XX era 6265sab red bone, looks to be in very nice condition and has sheath.

JohnR wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:16 pm Another no willpower addition, a XX era 6265sab red bone, looks to be in very nice condition and has sheath.

Beautiful John! Nice find!

That is a pretty knife! Great bone to look at!
Treefarmer

Sweet one, John!
That one would break the willpower of even the strongest!
That's a beaut!!

Picked up this nice 5375 last week. I really like it.
Phil

Another view....
Phil

phil0175 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:35 pm Picked up this nice 5375 last week. I really like it.
Phil

Looks Awesome Phil! Nice find!

Thank you!!!! I'm on my lunch break and my phone doesn't want to let me add the other photo!!!!!
Phil

phil0175 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:38 pm Thank you!!!! I'm on my lunch break and my phone doesn't want to let me add the other photo!!!!!
Phil

No problem Phil, should still be able to add it at a latter point and time.

Stag!
Phil

Congratulations, that's a looker!
Treefarmer

Sweet score, Phil!!

That's a beauty Phil

This knife arrived today. It's a 1992 Case XX, single drop point (etched) blade, zytel handles, lockback pocket knife. Case made a series of pocket knives featuring NASCAR drivers. This knife features Bill Elliott, driver of the #11 race car. I didn't specifically buy this item, it was included in a group of items that I bought. Contrary to what it suggests on the packaging, I'm not going to collect them all. It is in MINT condition in the original, plastic container.

phil0175 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:35 pm Picked up this nice 5375 last week. I really like it.
Phil

Very knice handles on that one Phil

Thanks everyone!!!! I've been wanting a Case 5375 for a while. She's not a valuable one, compared to the older ones, but I was smitten so to speak!!! LOL!!! She's an 8 dot, from 2012. She'll be in rotation now!!!!
Phil

TripleF wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:17 pm
Quite possibly......it's very toothy...

I hoped quoting your reply would carry the picture of your 6318's master and sheep's foot blades forward. It did not.

It appears that a previous owner ground off so much metal that the choils are gone. Choils are the notches that separate the handle end of the edge from the tang. Choils are an added step taken to make sharpening easier. Choils are standard on Case, Queen, and GEC. Buck and Camillus knives seldom if ever have choils. Common electric kitchen sharpeners and hardware store grey bench stones are too coarse for the thin edges on Case pocket knives. I suspect that's the sort of sharpener that was used.

You Tube has videos of Case's manufacturing process. Standard pocket knives are given one pass on each side against a belt sander. The sanding belt is not fine enough to make them sharp enough for me but they do cut things. I'm happy with Case's sharpening, or lack of sharpening. Sooner or later I hone all the knives that I use on hard Arkansas stones. What's one more sharpening? I'd rather not pay for Case's employee to spend the time on it.

In the past Case stamped some tangs SSP. That stood for stainless steel springs and blades and polished edges. Contrary to popular rumor the P did not mean polished blades. It meant finely honed edges. 1970s Cases with satin finished stainless blades with tangs stamped SSP are common. Older Cases with blades etched razor edge are also common. I presume the hand work raised the price.

I picked up this Lansky1 Ratcliffe mod in a swap recently. Although I do not collect this particular pattern, I have seen enough Muskrat tang stamps to recognize that this one has an atypical pattern stamp. I assume this must be some kind of 9/11 commemorative?? Until this one, I had only ever seen the word "Muskrat" (no numbers) used as the pattern stamp on the Muskrat pattern.

BTW...I should note that this Ratcliffe was actually the "addy" that John threw in to sweeten the deal. Totally unnecessary since I was perfectly happy with the trade goods without this one; but, adding this to the swap really put it over the top (I'm not used to being the one who walks away feeling I got the better end of a trade deal, but this time I definitely came out ahead...thanks, John ).

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 5:25 am I picked up this Lansky1 Ratcliffe mod in a swap recently. Although I do not collect this particular pattern, I have seen enough Muskrat tang stamps to recognize that this one has an atypical pattern stamp. I assume this must be some kind of 9/11 commemorative?? Until this one, I had only ever seen the word "Muskrat" (no numbers) used as the pattern stamp on the Muskrat pattern.


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BTW...I should note that this Ratcliffe was actually the "addy" that John threw in to sweeten the deal. Totally unnecessary since I was perfectly happy with the trade goods without this one; but, adding this to the swap really put it over the top (I'm not used to being the one who walks away feeling I got the better end of a trade deal, but this time I definitely came out ahead...thanks, John ).

Awesome!!! I love it! What a Great looking knife! Congrats!

Thanks, Tom.

Here are a couple slightly older 6207s I recently added to my bottomless (or would it be topless? ) pile?

Like that green bone, ~Q~ !!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 3:24 pm Thanks, Tom.

Here are a couple slightly older 6207s I recently added to my bottomless (or would it be topless? ) pile?

Let's go with Topless Q! Topless sounds more posative! I associate good things with the word "Topless"!

Very nice pair a 07's Q! But wait till you see the one I've got! A friend gave this one to me. Great Guy from Hawaii!

I always enjoy your post Q and Tom, I suspect the source of that one.