Vintage CASE Folding Knives

[C-WADE7]

Thanks! There was another smaller one I think I’ll use. It’s a #44 pattern. I think it’s from around the 1950s to 60s. Wish me luck!

Without getting too far down the rabbit hole, a stockman is a decent whittling pattern as well as a Congress(the first 2 you showed). I’ve used a pocket carver a lot as well and it all comes down to what project you are doing, how detailed it is and most importantly, how sharp is the knife!. Your knife won’t be whittling sharp and it really helps to change the angle it’s sharpened at to be good for whittling. I personally don’t recommend reprofiling a vintage knife in that good of shape, it takes a lot of life and every day use edge retention out of them to do so.

[geekstrada]

Thanks! There was another smaller one I think I’ll use. It’s a #44 pattern. I think it’s from around the 1950s to 60s. Wish me luck!

Without getting too far down the rabbit hole, a stockman of a decent whittling pattern as well as a Congress(the first 2 you showed). I’ve used a pocket carver a lot as well and it all comes down to what project you are doing, how detailed it is and most importantly, how sharp is the knife!. Your knife won’t be whittling sharp and it really helps to change the angle it’s sharpened at to be good for whittling. I personally don’t recommend reprofiling a vintage knife in that good of shape, it takes a lot of life and every day use edge retention out of them to do so.

The #44 looks like it had already been reprofiled a bit by my G'pa. That said, it could definitely use some sharpening. My thumb is sore from pushing on the back of the blade last night. I'm gonna send you a message with some questions about the pocket carver if that's alright. I don't wanna hijack the thread and get it off topic.