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CASE XX is the KING of Slip Joint pocket knives in my opinion.👍👏❤️🇺🇸

I just received a beautiful smooth natural bone single blade razor...completely un-sharpened by the factory.

Beautiful knives! Great video brother!

@JohnKlahr

5 күн бұрын

Thank you

Ya know John, I’m just glad they still make these old classic back spring folders. With all the new technology and super-steels and the way knives have gone so wild, it’s just cool that Case is still making these old-school pocket knives. They aren’t anywhere near what they were in the 60’s of course, but they’re not even trying to compete with modern knives so in that way, it’s super cool. You’re an old collector like I am, and Case is filling that nitch very well. All those folders you showed are beautiful man. Thanks for the cool content.

Case makes great knifes in my opinion, it’s a production knife you’re gonna have issues nobody’s perfect, if you have issues case will make it right that’s all you can ask for! Long live CASE 😎

@JohnKlahr

7 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your opinion

Excellent video my fellow knife nerd!

@JohnKlahr

7 күн бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed!

I have never had any luck ordering anything from Walmart. Tractor Supply has acceptable user knives. I have ordered directly from case and have been very pleased with everything that I have purchased. Although there is some blade rub for the most part you got great looking knives. BigE used a mini torch to burn a knife a week or so ago. Fantastic video. Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Have a wonderful day today brother. The lighter color soddy Jr is closer to seadragon

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for heads up

Wow 39 for a bone Soddy jr? That’s cool! Beautiful knives! Thanks for the video John ! Keep it up! Hope all is well.

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

Yes, I lucked out there, thanks for checking them out

Just found your channel and subscribed. My feeling is that Case. like every company might not have the same QC that some people are expecting, especially when it comes to people who are new to traditional knives. I also feel some people don't quite understand the concept of Quality Control vs. Profit Margin. Yes, companies want to produce the best possible knife but they have to be able to sell it at a profit to stay in business. The higher the Quality control the higher the price. So many people say crap like they would pay $20 more for a better made knife but few people who say that, would actually do it. And if 97% of your customers are with the price and quality as it is, do you really spend a lot of money trying to make the other 3% happy. And what are the odds that if you spent that money to please the 3% only to lose 3% somewhere else. Trust me, when I say, you're still going to say the knives suck no matter what you say. Blade centering was never a big deal with collectors until the last couple years. I have also seen the old "you can see light between the liners when shine a light behind the knife. Some people will complain if you hang them with a new rope!

@JohnKlahr

6 күн бұрын

Yes sir, thank you

@jackhackney2886

4 күн бұрын

Very true Tobias, we should also remmember that Zippo is calling the shots on profit margins.

Another great video here. My first sky blue soddy blade was on the liner hard out of the box. Was a shame cause it was beautiful. But just sent pictures to Red Hill and they sent me another with a return label. Problem solved. Great customer service.

@JohnKlahr

4 күн бұрын

Glad they took care of you. One of mine was just slightly to the side and I was able to fix it myself and still not have any blade play. I’m going to doing some cool stuff to the 2nd one once the supplies show up. Make sure to check back in a week or so to see that video. Hope all is going good for you and I gave you a little shout out the other day….

@BaxtersBlades

4 күн бұрын

@@JohnKlahr i didnt think your blade centering was very bad at all but very cool you fixed it! I will have to look for the shout out. Thank you! Looking forward to the burn video!

@JohnKlahr

4 күн бұрын

Don’t spill the beans but I’m going to do a dye treatment

@BaxtersBlades

4 күн бұрын

@@JohnKlahr 😮mumms the word John. Looking forward to it!

Of close to 30 case knives only 1 had a bad flaw and 1 with a soft back spring. Most are well built with some great finishing. Most do need a quick honing

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

That has been similar to my experiences with Case, but some of our friends here have had some bad luck

Cool video John. A little blade rub on a Stockman is pretty common. You got some winners for sure. I've only gotten 1 stinker from Case. A delrin sod buster jr. with bad blade wobble. The rivet wasn't set all the way, easy fix though. But I was like 30 knives in before I got a bad one. It happens. Can't wait for the project knife.👍👍🇺🇲

@paulyoder865

10 күн бұрын

I’d like to know how to fix the wobble on my delrin sod buster…. It came that way also with cracks on both sides of the center spring pin. Super glue fixed that btw. But it was sitting in the display case for a few years so I got it at the original price and its CV…

Ty Today I got a case pocket Hunter white bone handles...

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

Great little knife, never new they existed before a week or so ago

With quality being in the toilet for the last few years their price should be sub $30.00. The last one I bought the shield was off and laying in the box.

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

Wow, that is unfortunate, and yes I would be pissed, but as you can see my experiences are good and I have to post what I see. But these comments sections are here for all you members to share your experiences with the group so thanks for doing so

Hey, John. I’ve had two Case knives in hand. Both jig bone sod buster jrs (likely the most simplistic models). Both in store, 2023 models. Both had significant blade alignment issues, with one rubbing the liner. Pretty knives but, for a $90 price tag, I expect better qc. Particularly when I can buy a similar knife, with equal or better quality, for less then half the price. I’m all for made local, and I appreciate that effort, but in supporting local, local has to support the customer with a quality product. I’m concerned enough that I won’t order Case online. I’ll need a physical inspection first, before I drop the bigger purse.

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

I understand , I just choose to buy American and when buying American , Case still has the best quality for the money in my experiences,

@Pocket_EDC

10 күн бұрын

@JohnKlahr appreciate your passion and wholeheartedly wish I could agree. I really do.

John, I just picked up 10 new Case knives. A black Sod Buster Jr I am very disappointed with. It feels like the pivot is too tight. I cleaned it out and oiled it, but it opens and closes very jerkily. Will this stop me from buying Case knives? No, but I will check them more carefully at the store.

@JohnKlahr

3 күн бұрын

Most sodbusters I’ve gotten are griity and stiff and it takes a couple drops of oil and a few episodes of my favorite tv show to work them smooth

@h4rry4x44

3 күн бұрын

@@JohnKlahr thank you for the tip.

Hey John, I am a fan of traditional knives and Case offers the most extensive line out there. But I don't find it acceptable to order a knife and find blade rubbing when I open the box. To me proper blade alignment is an indicator of a well made knife. Just one mans opinion.

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

Remember, these are very, very small knives and blade rub can be fixed easily so to me it was not a big issue

Did check for blade play?

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

Yes went through them all again as someone claimed they have experienced a high rate of blade play. Let me tell you, out of all the blades you see in the 2nd drawer plus a few more I had laying around, only 4 had any real wiggle to the blade, and it was ever so slight that I feel it’s still within tolerance, Honestly, the only issues I’ve experienced is poorly ground blades especially at the tips , and poor matched scales and bolsters, I had one copperlock that the spring didn’t sit flush when open and I gave it away. 90 % of the case knives I’ve purchased have all been as good as the ones in this video, only needing some oil, and sharpened

If the blades are rubbing on the first one you showed how is that not a flaw?

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

I did call it out as a flaw , but also stated it was minor and easy to fix . I even stated that All had minor flaws but all were beautiful and fully acceptable to add to my collection

@ofthedawn

10 күн бұрын

How do you fix it? ​@@JohnKlahr

I do worry about purchasing new case knives. Especially certain patterns for example I looked at a couple of medium toothpicks in a store and all of them were not centered properly. Some were even rubbing on one side. I haven’t had issues with sod busters yet but sadly you are taking a risk these days.

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

Yes you are, but if you take your time, weed through the bad ones and find a nice one, you get a great knife at a fair price

@BennyBraves

10 күн бұрын

@@JohnKlahr that’s right 👍

case sent me 2 turd capperlocks with the blue g10 handles that had gaps,returned it and second one was worse,gps in handle again and one bolster looked like someone hit it with a grinder,blade was same,grinder or file.said on the phone they will look at the return and make sure they send out a good one.instead they gave me a refund im calling them tommorow as they gave me a $75 gift card hopefully still honor it

@JohnKlahr

8 күн бұрын

Case or a Case dealer?

@JackCrager

7 күн бұрын

@@JohnKlahr directly from case,they said on the phone they will look at the 2nd one i sent back and make sure to look at the 3rd replacement,not email said i was refunded so am i to asume all they have are that bad?

Didn’t check for blade play on a single blade.

@JohnKlahr

10 күн бұрын

No , I didn’t put them in a vise and set up a dial indicator, but I could tell when I opened and closed the knife that all were tight. Actually it’s not normally a problem with these slip joints the way the back spring works so not sure why you would bring that up, can you show an example of a sod Buster with excessive blade play?

@Mdk-bm2zf

10 күн бұрын

@@JohnKlahr It’s incredibly common. I would say 10-15 of the last 20 case knives I’ve purchased have had side to side blade play. As in holding the blade by the blade tip and giving it a slight jiggle side to side (the way Case themselves test for play). The majority you can even hear it. None of which could you feel by opening the blade. I bet one of those sod busters has side to side play.