Case 6347 Pattern Stockman in CV Steel (EDIT: I FOUND ONE!)

[Macchina]

That has been on their website for a while now... I wonder if it's a 2016 release?

 

[Woodrow F Call]

As stated by Trout Hound, Case is advertising a 6347CV in Dark Red Bone on their website. Don't see it on the major retailers yet though.

I would love to see Case get their Dark Red Bone right. It is often pink. It's kinda weird as the pocket worn red bone series is usually pretty good.

 

[knarfeng]

I agree with the comments on the cosmetics of Case's current offerings of "red bone". Most of them turn out to be pretty funky colors. Case does a lovely chestnut bone. It would be very nice to have them do a 6347 in that.

 

[Old Hunter]

I'm not so sure that the HP suffix stands for Sheepfoot and Pen. In the early days, Case used various suffixes for different blades. Two of the suffixes were SH for Sheepfoot and SP for Spay. In later years, Case dropped the first letter of the suffixes and SHSP simply became HP meaning Sheepfoot and Spay blade.

The picture posted just above by Macchina would verify that as the knife pictured has a Sheepfoot and Spay blade.

On many of their knives Case used Pen in their pattern suffix. So a 6347 with a pen blade and a sheepfoot blade would be 6347 SHPen or HPen.

I have a couple examples but don't have them handy for photos.

Edited to add: The knife I pictured in post #14 above is a 6347HP. I just went out and checked it.

You are right - don't know why I typed Sheepfoot and Pen - I meant to type Sheepfoot and Spey (I plead "Vapor Lock of the brain!")

Ps To further amplify the point, this is a 06247PEN

 

[Modoc ED]

"Potassium Permanganate" !!!!!!!!! Remember that!!!!

Back in the day, Case and other knife manufactures used it in their formulas to dye their red bone. It will actually turn black but when the bone is polished and rubbed out, the bone will take on a deep red hue. Potassium Permanganate was most likely used in the formula to dye the covers of the knife I posted a picture of in post #14 on page one of this thread.

Then the government, EPA, tree huggers and the like said that Potassium Permanganate was bad, bad, bad, when used commercially so it was banned/discontinued for large commercial use. Case and others have had a difficult time replicating the same red color of covers - say pre 1978/1979.

The good thing is that you can still buy Potassium Permanganate at the drug store. It's usually in the pharmacy and you have to ask the pharmacist for it. It mostly comes in a powder form but sometimes in a pill form. All you have to do is mix the powder with water or crush the pills and mix them with water. I haven't seen it in a liquid form for a few years now.

I keep a small bottle on my workbench and use it to touch up dark covers.,

 

[Macchina]

"Potassium Permanganate" !!!!!!!!! Remember that!!!!

Back in the day, Case and other knife manufactures used it in their formulas to dye their red bone. It will actually turn black but when the bone is polished and rubbed out, the bone will take on a deep red hue. Potassium Permanganate was most likely used in the formula to dye the covers of the knife I posted a picture of in post #14 on page one of this thread.

Then the government, EPA, tree huggers and the like said that Potassium Permanganate was bad, bad, bad, when used commercially so it was banned/discontinued for large commercial use. Case and others have had a difficult time replicating the same red color of covers - say pre 1978/1979.

The good thing is that you can still buy Potassium Permanganate at the drug store. It's usually in the pharmacy and you have to ask the pharmacist for it. It mostly comes in a powder form but sometimes in a pill form. All you have to do is mix the powder with water or crush the pills and mix them with water. I haven't seen it in a liquid form for a few years now.

I keep a small bottle on my workbench and use it to touch up dark covers.,

Do you soak the knife or just paint it on then wipe it off?

Also: are you telling me it's bad for the environment but you can eat it for some kind of a positive health benefit?

 

[Modoc ED]

Do you soak the knife or just paint it on then wipe it off?

Also: are you telling me it's bad for the environment but you can eat it for some kind of a positive health benefit?

I just use it to touch up a cover here and there and use a Q-tip dipped in the material to apply it. As to any health benefits, I don't have a clue.

The main purpose of my post was to say that potassium permanganate was one of the ingredients used by some knife makers in their formulas to dye bone red - jigged bone, saw-cut bone, etc.. Since, to my knowledge, they do not use it anymore it is difficult to replicate the dark, rich, deep, red, bone attained in years gone by.

 

[5K Qs]

Ah Ha! As soon as I started searching for a Case pattern with "6347 HP" instead of "6347 CV" a world of great older knives opened up. Does anyone know what "HP" stands for? It appears to mean the knife is carbon steel (Or "Special Cutlery Steel"), but I don't see any Case knives listed as having "CV steel" until the 90's...

Anyway, I found a very nice Case 6347HP made 30 years ago on the year I was born! I'm pretty excited for this one!

Congrats, Macchina! :thumbup::thumbup: That's a dazzling example of a very desirable pattern! I can see why you're excited!

- GT