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anyone who knows case.
Got this 63032 today, Measures close to 3 5/8" closed. Looks like a gunstock to me but I have never had one before and case research in my books and on AAPK does not list the 032 pattern. Does anyone know for sure, the only blemish is on the sheepsfoot as shown in pic. It is a surface blem only not into the metal. The blades appear unsharpened. Have not attempted cleaning as I know some of you are reasonably finicky. Did oil with mineral oil. All blades walk and talk. Its a 1979 one dot. Okay I am posting a pretty good array of pics. Please tell me what I have and maybe even approximate worth. The fit is really good. All in all a well made knjfe.
Thanks
W.B.

hey mossdancer,

thats referred to as a dog leg pattern stockman. the gunstock is a little different. as for value, parkers knife traders price guide quotes 75.00 for mint to give you an idea. anyway, hope ive helped.

steve

Steve is correct 32 stockman pattern, something special about it with the 0 in pattern number, value depends on the buyer really these days, but I think you got a great knife there ::tu::If you want to clean it might try using Metal Glo or Never Dull will not harm the metal but I leave that up to the owner of the knife

W. B.

I'm not a Case collector, just passing on some information.

Houston Price and Bernard Levine both list the 63032 as a 3 5/8" Gunstock Stockman. So maybe Parker saw the pattern differently? Maybe the square bolsters on the 32 pattern make it look more like a Gunstock than it's cousin the 18 with round bolsters? It looks like a reverse Gunstock to me, with the main blade on the stock end, (especially when the 32 is a 2 blade Jack pattern with blades only at the gunstock stock end ) rather than the business end.
But, what the heck...it's a good looking knife.

Just a guess on the 0...the knife is over 3 1/2" but has a pen blade, rather than a spey blade. Seems like most medium or larger versions have a spey blade, while mostly the smaller Stock patterns have a pen blade, as it could be kind of small to operate with... ...but this is not the CASE in every CASE (pun intended ).

Whew!!

Bill

heres a picture of the gunstock pattern by case. this is a two bladed one by case brothers but the pattern is the same as the regular case xx usa brand. the shape of the handle is different. some may refer to the stockman as a gunstock, but ive mostly heard of it referred to as the dog leg because of the shape of the handle which resembles a dogs hind leg. i know it may sound funny, but then again, think of the canoe which resembles the form of a canoe. just passing on my opinion and what ive heard and know, but el lobo is right, its a great looking knife...gunstock or dog leg.

steve

Nice knife Steve,

W. B. mentioned elsewhere that maybe it is all about how pronounced the "bump" is in the handle. Might be so...certainly not saying that all Stock knives are GUNstocks. Besides, leave it to Case to use the same pattern number for two different types of knives.
I know, I know...it's about the frame and others have done it as well...just kidding!!
I guess there is a lot of gray area, er, Kentucky windage, er, ah, creativity, in naming pocket knives.

Here is a modern take on the Gunstock Jack pattern...

Bill

I like your Chris Bostwick Custom Gunstock Bill. That just looks like it has to be comfortable to use, something I look for in knives I need for dressing larger game. Makes the job so much easier if the knife fits your hand well. Although some are too expensive to be users, I'd rather sacrifice one and be comfortable with it. I'm on the prowl for another at this time, my son has the knives I used. So, I get to buy a new one.

The Case 6332 and 63032 patterns have both been referred to as a "Gunstock Stockman" although completely different than the gunstock jack, there is a slight resemblance to a gunstock. Mainly the naming is a gimmick since its easier to remember a pattern if it has a name.

Now for the history....the 6332 pattern at 3-5/8" long was in the Case line from the 1920's or earlier until 1978.....in 1978 the pattern was modified to 3-1/2" clsed length, the blades were made with rounded tangs, and the pattern number was changed to 63032 with the "0" indicating a modification from the earlier 6332 pattern. A similar change was made to the 6232 which became the 62032. Both of these patterns are still in the Case line today.

Why did they make this change? I don't know, but a guess would be that by changing the tooling the '032 patterns shared some common parts with the '18 pattern. Case was on a "kick" of standardizing back then....they had already changed the 6233 and 6333 to the 62033 and 63033 to share common parts with the 27 pattern which was also changed from 6227 and 6327 to 62027 and 63027.

Also when they made the change some of the new tooled 032 patterns made in 78 will have the old pattern numbers 6232 and 62032.

A hearty thanks to all.
W.B.