All About Pocket Knives

I was invited to dinner at my aunt’s house last night and when I got there she told me she’d found a pocketknife while moving some things in the house. She figured it must have belonged to my uncle who passed away several years ago. Turned out to be a Case 62009 1/2 barlow.



It was in solid shape. The only real blemish is a decent sized chip on the main blade but I could get someone to sharpen that out if desired. Getting ahead of myself on that front though. Blades are still tight and after a good cleaning/oiling they walk and talk nicely. Tang stamp dates it to ’65-’69, making it the oldest Case I’ve got by at least a year.

It’s a nice old knife in its own right, and I love a classic barlow, but the link to my uncle is what really means a lot. Being presented with it gave me a feeling similar to when I unexpectedly found my dad’s barlow a few years back. In a way it’s something of a reunion between my dad and uncle. Even though the men are gone the memories are still here and come together in interesting ways.

I hit that Shepardhill sale the begining of the month a gut a 6220CV.first new knife I ever bought without touching her first ::nod::First pic is the ol'nut opening the new nut

Sweet red bone!

Dogg, the red color is rich on those two - quite eye-catching! OH

Thanks gentleman someone delivered to my mailbox another of Ol'Bens knives a 6265SAB in SS.she rivals my Buck 317 but in jigged wood scales.Gut to get a sheath before hunting season.

Sweet hunter, gard, hope you get to do some skinning with it!

thanx Redrider should get to gut Bear this weekend my sports come in from Jersey friday for two day hunt,my new sheath arrives tomorrow

Today I got my sheaths in from Shepherd Hill,man are these well made.What's the best way to mold them to the knife??

Gard, you might want to try putting them inside your pocket while doing a little work outside. Your own perspiration might loosen them up and seat the knives. I'm sure others have their own tricks. Nice looking setups you have there. Good luck!

Thanx Redrider I decided to try wet-molding pretty neat and simple results to come

jujigatame, nice old barlow you inherited there! I have that same model, and I really like how the pen blade is out in front of the main blade on that one...and of course the connection to your uncle makes it priceless..great find.

Garddog nice set of red ones there! Please post up the results of your wet molding of the sheaths...I was just researching that a bit myself. There's a couple of youtube vids that go through it. I've just acquired a pouch style sheath for a large Case trapper and the knife is a tad loose in there, so I was thinking on giving it a try. I'd be interested to see how it works out for ya.

Mike

Pics in the A.M.Mike there coming out nice got them air drying as we speak Case makes some beautiful sheaths.One is for my folding hunter the other is my first cross draw I'm a little nervice about that one

Sorry Mike had to dry'em on the car dash then use lanoline to treat,on 3rd coat I'll put one coat inside.

Thanks for sharing the pics dogg...how do they feel? knives pretty snug in there now?

My pleasure Mike they feel great snug as a bug in a rug.I suggest if ya do this use a spoon to form the leather,on the hunter I used my finger tips where it falls off the handle to the flat of the blade and it shows, on the base I used the spoon BIG differance I still don't trust the cross draw sheath

Looks great, gard!

Thanx RedRider

Nice batch of 70's dots. One of the 88's had seen some light use, others look fresh.....just need some TLC.

76' 31 SAB & 78' 6308


72', 73'-74' Transition, & 74' 6488's.

I picked up my first "new grind" Case a couple of weeks ago - finally got a chance to take a decent picture of this 1984 John Wayne Commemorative Trapper. OH

Just got this new Case with real Stag.

Great looking knives, keep them coming!

Got these two yesterday a 1992 gold stone coke bottle and a nice blue bone cheetah.

ricky, I had a goldstone 3 bld stockman once, from 1989, they are pretty sweet knives imo

They are thanks tim

Is that goldstone acrylic or celluloid? Regardless it's a fine looking knife!