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I have a case u.s.a slimline trapper I would love to have restored. The handles are in great shape but the main blade is shot and the back spring is corroded. If anyone is interested in fixing it please let me know. Thanks.

Robert

It's an easy repair if you have another blade available. Parts are always the hard part on any knife repair, but Case blades are especially tough. I'd keep an eye on ebay (flea markets, etc.) for one with busted (or no) handles to salvage a blade from.

Thanks bob. I've been looking for the right blade but haven't seen one yet. I'd still need someone to do the work as I have less than zero skills in that department. Will gladly pay of course. I would love to see this old knife get back in service.

I don't know what kind of sintamental value it has to you, but in my experience its easier and cheaper to buy another one. Hope you can find a blade, the guys who work on them are not cheap.

Salernoslim wrote:Thanks bob. I've been looking for the right blade but haven't seen one yet. I'd still need someone to do the work as I have less than zero skills in that department. Will gladly pay of course. I would love to see this old knife get back in service.

If you can find a blade, I could offer a very reasonable deal on some work. PM me if you wish.

Glenn

0078 wrote:the guys who work on them are not cheap.

Like Glenn said "reasonable" and if he's too busy I can be reasonable too. Don't know who's been doing your knife work 0078, but not all of us are out to stick it to the customer. I'm sure there are folks on here who will back Glenn and I up on that statement. Come to think of it, I just offered to re-pin a handle on for someone for just the cost of postage. Is that cheap enough?

Please define cheap or reasonable, also find a blade for the knife. I'm just saying in my experience it was cheaper to find a new one. I'm sure you do great work, I have a big congress queen with a broken blade if your interested on working on that please let me know.

0078 wrote:Please define cheap or reasonable, also find a blade for the knife. I'm just saying in my experience it was cheaper to find a new one. I'm sure you do great work, I have a big congress queen with a broken blade if your interested on working on that please let me know.

We still have the same problem as in the original post.....no blade. Once the right blade is in-hand, you've already incurred most of the expense. The blade replacement itself is a relatively easy repair compared to most. If you've got a specific knife you need repaired and one of us can locate the correct blade, we can define cheap and reasonable on PM's or by phone. Someone here might just have your blade if we ask around. I'd be glad to help. And return shipping is $5 for Priority with delivery confirmation. Can't help that part.

Elvis wrote:

0078 wrote:the guys who work on them are not cheap.

Like Glenn said "reasonable" and if he's too busy I can be reasonable too. Don't know who's been doing your knife work 0078, but not all of us are out to stick it to the customer. I'm sure there are folks on here who will back Glenn and I up on that statement. Come to think of it, I just offered to re-pin a handle on for someone for just the cost of postage. Is that cheap enough?

I would totally agree with you on this. Most of the mechanics on this site are quite generous. I have done knives for nothing before, even covered the postage.

The knife in question (except for finding the blade) is a fairly straight forward repair, as the knife should not have to be taken apart.



It doesn't matter to me who does the repair, Robert. I just wanted to make sure you got a response, and there are several fine mechanics who can do this work.

Glenn

Just to clear any possible confusion, I'm assuming that Glenn is doing the repair on the Slimline Trapper. I only mentioned it as an example.
You can't go wrong having Glenn work on your knife.

Thanks for the kind words, Bob. It really doesn't matter to me who does the work. If you're available when the blade shows up, I'd be happy for you to do it. Otherwise, Robert may have to wait a bit on my end...

glennbad wrote:Thanks for the kind words, Bob. It really doesn't matter to me who does the work. If you're available when the blade shows up, I'd be happy for you to do it. Otherwise, Robert may have to wait a bit on my end...

My dance card is pretty full at the moment too. Besides, you mentioned it first.

Thank you Glenn and Elvis for responding and for the optimism. I really appreciate this forum being here and for people like you all. Wish me luck on the blade search.

Salernoslim wrote:Thanks bob. I've been looking for the right blade but haven't seen one yet. I'd still need someone to do the work as I have less than zero skills in that department. Will gladly pay of course. I would love to see this old knife get back in service.

This might just fix your problem. Blade looks fair but in the photo it's hard to tell if it is full length.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Case-XX-USA-610 ... 3f26ebea41

Thanks for looking, but it looks to be on the short side. I've gotten a few new parts in since this thread started, and right now I'm not sure if there's an 048 blade in the bunch. If the original poster would get ahold of me IF he's still interested in fixing this one up, I'll see what I can do.