wingriderz
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Ok knife guys , found my next to add to my Case line up. The Case Cheetah in Chestnut Bone C V blade. One question whats the swing guard for ?? Those in the know. Thanks
Case Cheetah
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kwselke
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It keeps your hand from slipping forward on to the blade when you are in mortal combat with a knife wielding felon or bear. There would be blood everywhere and you might get cut if your hand slipped. 
The swing guard is to block your hand from slipping forward up the edge. In normal use hand guards seldom do any good. However, most of the way through cleaning a couple dozen salmon with a knife that had nothing to block my hand slipping forward I learned to appreciate hand guards. I required stitches across the width of my palm. To deflect the posts I expect will call my a dummy I have to point out that the workers processing salmon on fishing boats wear chain mail gloves. Butchers do not need chain mail gloves nor did I cleaning deer and trout. Salmon slime is in a class by itself. A Cheetah's long slender blade should be better than most pocket knives for filleting rock cod and its swing guard couldn't hurt.
The current batch of Case Cheetahs with CV blades are the first ones they've made with non-stainless blades in a long time. Based on that history I doubt that they'll keep them on the market very long.
My favorite Case made with the Cheetah handle is the slip joint Jack Knife with a long clip blade and a pen blade. In a handle that long the pen blade is about the same size as the spear master blades in common Swiss Army Knives. They sacrifice the swing guard and lock but a shorter blade can be handy. During the 1980s stainless ones were made as Case Collector Club knives in large enough quantities that they are not too hard to find.
The current batch of Case Cheetahs with CV blades are the first ones they've made with non-stainless blades in a long time. Based on that history I doubt that they'll keep them on the market very long.
My favorite Case made with the Cheetah handle is the slip joint Jack Knife with a long clip blade and a pen blade. In a handle that long the pen blade is about the same size as the spear master blades in common Swiss Army Knives. They sacrifice the swing guard and lock but a shorter blade can be handy. During the 1980s stainless ones were made as Case Collector Club knives in large enough quantities that they are not too hard to find.
kwselke
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I'll add a serious comment. The top and the bottom of the Cheetah are symmetrical. When open, it is hard to tell by feel which side is which. This comes into play when you set down the open knife and pick it up again. I have an Italian lockback which has the same type of symmetry. I carefully check which side is up before choking up on the blade, and I wish it had a blade guard.
wingriderz
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Thanks for heads up on that kwselke me on massive blood thiners for life a nick can get real ugly real quick. Ask me how I know lol
It keeps your hand from slipping forward on to the blade when you are in mortal combat with a knife wielding felon or bear. There would be blood everywhere and you might get cut if your hand slipped.
That and it looks cool.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
I had a Cheetah in chestnut bone and CV forty years ago. I have no recollection what happened to it, but I really liked it for dressing doves and small furry critters.
My favorite Case folder for hunting, camp chores and general use was a CV Sodbuster.
My favorite Case folder for hunting, camp chores and general use was a CV Sodbuster.
Picked this one not long ago.
A little flashy but I liked it.
A little flashy but I liked it.
That blue one looks like the smaller Cheetah Cub. It brings to mind kwselke's comment that Case knives are all about the bling. Its serrations are unusual. I've only seen Cheetah Cubs in ads and on the internet so the pattern is not the most common either.
kwselke
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There's nothing wrong with bling!
wingriderz
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Copy that lol
I have one from the 60's somewhere in my safe I think. I believe it has a red bone handle. My guess might be 67 to 68. I will have to dig it out
