I've recently starting carrying a Russlock with black bone handles. Age of the company aside, can anyone tell me anything about the steel Case uses? I like Case knives alot because they (depending on the pattern) seem a little more classic than newer folders. I'd still like to get my hands on a Slab Side Hunter, they look way cool. I also have a yellow handled trapper that I might carry instead of my SOG Twitch II. Any old timers out there that carries Case only?
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From the Case Forum and Lisa Boser:
"The steel used at Case is made from the following grades: Surgical Stainless Steel (SS) is 420 HC (high carbon) and CV is modified 1095."
CV is Chrome Vanadium. They also use different steels on certain knives like ATS-34 or BG-42.
I carry a single blade Trapper, handy little knife!
"The steel used at Case is made from the following grades: Surgical Stainless Steel (SS) is 420 HC (high carbon) and CV is modified 1095."
CV is Chrome Vanadium. They also use different steels on certain knives like ATS-34 or BG-42.
I carry a single blade Trapper, handy little knife!
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Well, I like it better than the CV. I will say it seems to hold up and in Buck's plant they have the best heat treat guy there is (IMHO), Paul Bos. I'd buy anything HT'd by him and expect it to be a good knife.
Yeah HSO and me were discussing in another thread I started about how "lower on the scale" steels can turn out better than "high end" steels with poor treatment. I justified that statement comparing a Buck Mentor to a CRKT M-16 with poor edge retention. I have a yellow handle Trapper with the CV blades and they seem to get sharper than the surgical. I kinda like the CV better but the CV is not stainless. For being modified 1050, I see CV as maybe being superior to the 420HC, depending on how its treated. It's all Apples N Oranges.
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just who are you callin' an "old timer" anyway. . . . .
OK - it's probably accurate, just unflattering. Yes, I have several Case pocket knives both stainless and carbon steel that I carry and use on a regular basis. They are among my favorite possessions and I can't honestly say that I own a better knife. My two favorites are a 1975 vintage serpentine stockman with a Turkish clip main blade in surgical stainless with jigged bone handles. The blades have become so worn that I had to grind down the kicks a bit to keep them from snagging the inside of my pocket. That's the only thing I've ever had to do other than sharpen it and keep the joints oiled. Still a great old knife! My other favorite is a large frame sleeveboard jack in carbon steel from about 1979 or 1980 as I recall. This is my favorite folder for any kind of heavy duty cutting as the jigged bone handle is very comfortable and the edge this thing will take is downright scary. I've never done anything to it but sharpen it and keep the joints oiled and aside from some staining and discoloration of the blades it is as good as new. Enjoy your Russlock - I doubt it will ever let you down - and find out why this old timer considers American pocket knives to be perhaps the best working knives ever made.
OK - it's probably accurate, just unflattering. Yes, I have several Case pocket knives both stainless and carbon steel that I carry and use on a regular basis. They are among my favorite possessions and I can't honestly say that I own a better knife. My two favorites are a 1975 vintage serpentine stockman with a Turkish clip main blade in surgical stainless with jigged bone handles. The blades have become so worn that I had to grind down the kicks a bit to keep them from snagging the inside of my pocket. That's the only thing I've ever had to do other than sharpen it and keep the joints oiled. Still a great old knife! My other favorite is a large frame sleeveboard jack in carbon steel from about 1979 or 1980 as I recall. This is my favorite folder for any kind of heavy duty cutting as the jigged bone handle is very comfortable and the edge this thing will take is downright scary. I've never done anything to it but sharpen it and keep the joints oiled and aside from some staining and discoloration of the blades it is as good as new. Enjoy your Russlock - I doubt it will ever let you down - and find out why this old timer considers American pocket knives to be perhaps the best working knives ever made.- Status
