My Knife Addiction

[k22fan]

If you want a Tribal Lock with those specific features I would not put off buying one. Neither its bald head nor its CV are the norm in Tribal Locks so Case might not make another production run for a long time if ever. For example Case made CV CopperLocks but they've only made the mini version in CV lately so full size ones are hard to find. I like that Tribal Lock's shield. I like shields that write the brand name and USA.

Wouldn't it be your first carbon steel Case? If so it could put your old Old Timer in perspective. I bought my two Old Timers in the early 1970s. At retail they were around 1/2 to 2/3s the the price of the same models made by Buck and Case. As you've written Old Timers were easy to get sharp but dulled quickly. Carbon steel Cases I bought within a year or two of my Old Timers held an edge much longer. Despite old pamphlets that advertised Old Timer steel as 1095 you usually do not get the best of anything at the lowest price.

Also I'm curious how Case's new CV's edge retention would compare to your Buck's 5060. The 5 means that not considering iron and carbon chromium is the element present as the largest percentage and it's over 1%. It is likely that Case's CV is a 50xx steel.

 

[dirty & hairy]

We're not helping him much with his addiction.

Haven't owned it long enough to comment on edge retention, still has factory the edge and probably will for a while yet. If it's like my sodbuster CV, I will not complain.

 

[k22fan]

We're not helping him much with his addiction. [...]

I'll correct that and provide serious help. Buying another knife is not a symptom of addiction provided the new knife is needed. For example, the Toothpick that I just bought is needed to clean my nieces and nephews fish, the pre-WW II Case Folding Hunter that I just bought from pawngal is needed to whittle their marshmallow roasting sticks, the Stockman is needed to collect their weenie roasting sticks, and the saddle horn lock Schatt & Morgan is needed to whittle shavings to start the fire. Group therapy here aslo helps. Sit down and introduce yourself with hello, my name is kwselke and I am not an addict.

 

[MCorps0311]

Great collection

 

[bigride]

Now I need a toothpick and a triballock.

Enablers.

 

[kwselke]

If you want a Tribal Lock with those specific features I would not put off buying one. Neither its bald head nor its CV are the norm in Tribal Locks so Case might not make another production run for a long time if ever. For example Case made CV CopperLocks but they've only made the mini version in CV lately so full size ones are hard to find. I like that Tribal Lock's shield. I like shields that write the brand name and USA.

Wouldn't it be your first carbon steel Case? If so it could put your old Old Timer in perspective. I bought my two Old Timers in the early 1970s. At retail they were around 1/2 to 2/3s the the price of the same models made by Buck and Case. As you've written Old Timers were easy to get sharp but dulled quickly. Carbon steel Cases I bought within a year or two of my Old Timers held an edge much longer. Despite old pamphlets that advertised Old Timer steel as 1095 you usually do not get the best of anything at the lowest price.

Also I'm curious how Case's new CV's edge retention would compare to your Buck's 5060. The 5 means that not considering iron and carbon chromium is the element present as the largest percentage and it's over 1%. It is likely that Case's CV is a 50xx steel.

I have three Case CV models. All dark red jigged bone. I have one Tony Bose design Case with True Sharp blades. The CV models are a Slim Trapper, Mini-CopperLock, and MiniTrapper. The Tony Bose Saddlehorn is carved orange bone, not the prettiest Saddlehorn possible, but it was a deal, it fits my hand and was the best quality controlled of the seven Case knives I have.

I have two Bucks in 5160 carbon. They were bought as collectibles, and honestly, I've never carried either. Buck 110s and 112s in 5160 are heavy weight brutes. Their edge retention test is not comparable to the test I'd give a Case.

Carbon steel in 5160, 1085CV, and 1095 are all different. Stainless steels in 420HC, 440A to C, 154CM, S30V... there are many and are all different.

In my subjective opinion Case CV blades have better edge retention than their True/Surgical 420HC stainless blades. The CV blades require more care to prevent corrosion. Buck's 420HC beats Case's 420HC in edged retention, and it's a toss up between Buck 420HC and Case 1085CV as long the the carbon blade is greased with anti-corrosives.

If I knife works for you it is perfect for your purpose.

 

[rbmac52]

I'm a Spyderco fan...

I used to have about twice this many...

 

[.38SuperMan]

I have a small collection of knives my dad gave me for different occasions. All through high school I carried a 4” Puma and later carried several different Tree brand and Hen & Rooster knives. I’ve used and carried them so none look new.

I’m a (90% retired) commercial photographer and did the catalog photography and ads for Case. I shot the prototypes that were one of a kind. Most were pretty rough but had to make them look perfect. A number of knives I shot never made it to market.

Here are a few samples.

The sepia image is a vintage case promoting the tradition of Case knives. I shot it on a hand coated collision wet late (ambrotype) with a lens from the 1860’s in character with Mathew Brady’s civil war photographs. Notice the name is backward. Original tintypes & ambrotypes are reverses.

The Carhart image is a special edition that Case did with Carhart. The shot with the TechX were imported knives that. Case was trying to introduce.

The most interesting is the reproduction of the WWII fighting knife shot with my personal M1. This is a one of a kind. The lawyers killed the project before it was introduced. I had another more modern fighting knife they made one of that was nixed by the lawyers before it got off the ground. I’ll try to find it and post. I shot it with my AR15 Colt.

Excuse the small images. I pulled them off of my photos on my phone.

I have to say that I do have a number of Case knives because I love the style and some of the materials the used. I have one that has rosewood panels I love. Also I was able to buy them at cost.

I was friends and did an extensive photo documentary and book on the late moonshiner Popcorn Sutton. He carried a vintage large Case folding hunter. I proposed a moonshine commemorative folding hunter exactly like the one popcorn carried but Case decided not to do it. But Case produced 5 hunters exactly like Popcorns with his signature engraved in the large blade. Case gave three to Popcorn, one to me and one to the writer I worked with.

 

[joe44va]

Knife issued to me at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1964. Yes, that is a marlinspike, but only useful for picking your nose and opening beer cans.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

OP, I like your taste in knives. I've been a sucker for the Buck "knife of the month" lately, have bought 4 or 5. Also have ordered 4 from the Buck custom shop over the past year, all S30-V steel. A 119, a 112, and 2 110s.

 

[CALREB]

I will admit, way more than handguns( and that's pretty bad) My name is Bob , and I have a knife addiction, it started the first time I saw "Iron Mistress" with Alan Ladd when I was about 10, got worse from there finally got it under control about 10 years ago. Mostly love large Bowies, but also stilettos, and of course as a cop an unlimited number of "Tactical " whatever that means, folders and autos. Also bayonets and several swords. This is a photo I posted here before that is a portion of the larger fixed blades. Yikes it seems worse when I write it down.

 

[kwselke]

OP, I like your taste in knives. I've been a sucker for the Buck "knife of the month" lately, have bought 4 or 5. Also have ordered 4 from the Buck custom shop over the past year, all S30-V steel. A 119, a 112, and 2 110s.

Thank you. I have no perfect knife, I just try to have the right knife available for the task at hand.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I will admit, way more than handguns( and that's pretty bad) My name is Bob , and I have a knife addiction, it started the first time I saw "Iron Mistress" with Alan Ladd when I was about 10, got worse from there finally got it under control about 10 years ago. Mostly love large Bowies, but also stilettos, and of course as a cop an unlimited number of "Tactical " whatever that means, folders and autos. Also bayonets and several swords. This is a photo I posted here before that is a portion of the larger fixed blades. Yikes it seems worse when I write it down.

What is the leaf-shaped blade At 2:00 o’clock? Is it a smatchet?

 

[dirty & hairy]

...The Tony Bose Saddlehorn is carved orange bone, not the prettiest Saddlehorn possible, but it was a deal, it fits my hand and was the best quality controlled of the seven Case knives I have.

The carved orange bone Tony Bose Saddlehorn is a stunner. I think she's pretty.

 

[BAM-BAM]

I will admit, way more than handguns( and that's pretty bad) My name is Bob , and I have a knife addiction, it started the first time I saw "Iron Mistress" with Alan Ladd when I was about 10, got worse from there finally got it under control about 10 years ago. Mostly love large Bowies, but also stilettos, and of course as a cop an unlimited number of "Tactical " whatever that means, folders and autos. Also bayonets and several swords. This is a photo I posted here before that is a portion of the larger fixed blades. Yikes it seems worse when I write it down.

Someone's been watching too much "The Walking Dead".

 

[white cloud]

I have way too many knives. I need to take a "family" picture. That said, I always carry a SAK in my pocket and either a Case trapper or some sort of Spyderco. In the summer the Spyderco will be a Tasman Salt because of beach trips and yard work.

 

[CALREB]

Marshwheeling, yes a Combat Smatchet, final edition, yada, yada, they were made by Boker, they came out with a real nice one with micarta scales,guess it was the Final, Final edition. Most of my nice knives are Al Mars, my wife started giving them to me for my birthday years ago in the 90's, there was a high end knife shop right next to here work, lucky me. Now the Al Mars go for a fortune. At the time I trained a bit and I have a bunch of knock offs that match them that have the blades dulled.
They are like little works of art to me, like a nice older handgun. There is something about knifes that bring out the primeval feelings, when I was younger I tried spearhunting hogs , same type feeling for me
Luckily, Another example of the Lord watching out for fools, I never encountered one. Now its a 6.8 with thermal, how my feelings have changed....

 

[Chubbo]

Knife addiction.

I would like to add my 2¢ worth to this interesting discussion.

I am well into my 88th year, and I can't remember, of not having a pocket knife in my pocket.

Knives of all kinds, have always served me, well, as Tools,- Self defence Weapons, - Competition accessories, such as Throwing knives,- Balance, I'd be totally off balance without one in my pocket, - A source of Enjoyment, something to collect, fondle, look at, and compare to other folks's knives, .

Wouldn't it be great, if all of our addictions, were as pleasing, and provided as much enjoyment, as this 'Knife addiction"?

Here is a picture of knifes, showing my latest, and current favorite Knife type to my addict list, a Case Cheetah, swing hilt, knife , with Root bear bone scales, and a Cheetah Cub knife with bone scales.http://smith-wessonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=389964&stc=1&d=1553790035

 

[Winch]

I’m a Buck/Spyderco guy too. I really like the Endura for EDC.

 

[k22fan]

Case has their line in the water again hoping to hook kwselke one more time. They are offering the first modern Cheetah I've seen with a CV blade and it has red jigged bone. I had to write "modern Cheetah" because Case used the handle pattern early in the twentieth century with and without a lock and sometimes with a second pen blade. Cheetahs are close enough to the dimensions of a Tribal Lock for them to carry the same. You NEED both, one for collecting hot dog roasting sticks and the other for marshmallow sticks.