Lightly Used Case 6292 "Texas Jack" in Hand

Modoc ED

Modoc ED

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This knife is a 3-Dot (1977 manufacture) Case XX 6292 "Texas Jack" with a Clip Blade and Pen Blade. The knife is 4" long with the Clip Blade being 3" long and the Pen Blade being 2 3/16" long. The bolsters and liners are nickle/silver. It is based on a large Stockman frame with squared bolsters. The scales of this knife are mismatched. The shield side scale is brown while the back side scale is black -- common on Case knives of this era. Both blades are a tad stiff (as I like it) when opening and the snap when closing is very sharp (no pun intended). The seller of this knife advertised it as "mint"; however, it is apparent (to me at least) that the knife has seen some very light use and pocket carry. That's ok. I'm very satisfied with this knife. This knife will carry nicely with no bulk or profile in a front pocket. It is sharp as are almost all Case knives out of the box but I will give it a touch-up before I drop it in my right front pocket today. One last, nice, feature of this particular knife is that the shield is pinned.

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I know that quite a few of you guys have knives with this pattern (6292) or knives by Case with mismatched scales. Please feel free to post them in this thread.
 
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Ed,

Wow, nice knife, right down my alley. Perfect size! After seeing your post I ran over to the case website to look for a new one in CV but alas no luck. BTW I love the scales, it kinda personalizes it in my mind.

Paul
 
Nice knife!:thumbup:

The two blade jack is ahandy pattern to have on hand. I wonder if bone, being a natural substance, has differing density is some parts, and sometimes just takes the dye different? To me, that's the good thing about natural handle scales, it's a little different than the man made stuff.

Carl.
 
Great knife Ed. I really like the Texas Jack as the obvious marriage of the jack and the stockman. I've got a custom TJ coming in a few days about that same size. Thanks for sharing.
 
This is what I believe to be from my favorite era of Case jacks and pocket knives..... nickel silver liners with just perfect blade contour and pointy-ness.... and snap like a good trap both on opening and closing but, not too much if you arecareful doing so. Ed I have a spittin' image tex jack that I got about 10 years ago and I couldn't bring myself to pocket it as it is minty along with a reddish bone 6375 7 dot and another mint 3347 with silver liners and 7 dots too. I found one of each that are a little newer that I carry frequently amongst many others to help confuse me when I roll out each day... choices, choices :->
 
I'm digging that Jack Ed, really nice!
I especially like the cutout on the pen blade side. Is this a pattern they only make from time to time? I found one from 2000 (but it didn't have the cutout) and I wonder if we will see it again.
 
FLymon said:
I'm digging that Jack Ed, really nice!
I especially like the cutout on the pen blade side. Is this a pattern they only make from time to time? I found one from 2000 (but it didn't have the cutout) and I wonder if we will see it again.
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Unfortunately, they (Case) have discontinued the 92 Pattern for now. According to Steve Pfeiffer's "Collecting Case Knives Identification and Price Guide", Case discontinued this 92 Pattern sometime after 2000. He further states that the 6392 (3-blade Stockman) was discontinued after 1990 and has never been reintroduced.

As to the nail nick cutout for the pen blade, I can't say for certain but perhaps Case discontinued that feature after 1999 due to monetary reasons.

This 92 Pattern is really a sweet knife to carry. I carried it today when I went to town to pick up our Baby Back Ribs for the wife to cook for dinner tonight and I didn't even feel the knife in my front pocket despite the 4" length of the knife.
 
jackknife said:
Nice knife!:thumbup:

The two blade jack is ahandy pattern to have on hand. I wonder if bone, being a natural substance, has differing density is some parts, and sometimes just takes the dye different? To me, that's the good thing about natural handle scales, it's a little different than the man made stuff.

Carl.
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That could be Carl. Bone density could be the key but then again, there was a video posted here the other day that showed Case dipping bulk bone scales in a bag into a vat of dye to color them. Perhaps some bone overlays other bone and the dye is not absorbed evenly into the bone because of it.
 
That's a nice knife, Ed. :thumbup:

Modoc ED said:
...Case dipping bulk bone scales in a bag into a vat of dye to color them. Perhaps some bone overlays other bone and the dye is not absorbed evenly into the bone because of it.
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That's my guess as well.

Modoc ED said:
...The seller of this knife advertised it as "mint"; however, it is apparent (to me at least) that the knife has seen some very light use and pocket carry. That's ok. I'm very satisfied with this knife.
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The seller apparently isn't aware of the definition of mint which means an old knife that has all of the original finish buffed off (possibly even a broken knife that was completely disassembled and fitted with the blades from other broken knives). ;) :p
 
runninmike said:
This is what I believe to be from my favorite era of Case jacks and pocket knives..... nickel silver liners with just perfect blade contour and pointy-ness.... and snap like a good trap both on opening and closing but, not too much if you arecareful doing so. Ed I have a spittin' image tex jack that I got about 10 years ago and I couldn't bring myself to pocket it as it is minty along with a reddish bone 6375 7 dot and another mint 3347 with silver liners and 7 dots too. I found one of each that are a little newer that I carry frequently amongst many others to help confuse me when I roll out each day... choices, choices :->
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You bring up a good point Mike. This knife manufactured in 1977 (3-Dot) has nickle/silver liners while my other 6292 manufactured in 1979 (1-Dot) has brass liners.
 
Thats a great lookin knife Ed, and a terrific pattern... I have some pics somewhere, but gotta figure out where the wife moved them to.
 
The Texas Jack is a great knife. I wish it had half-stops, though.
This is mine (sorry about the poor pic). It doesn't look so shiny now because of the nice patina it has.
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Cheers.
Louie.
 
I edited my original post to say that the scales of this knife are mismatched -- brown on the shield side and black on the back side and the shield is pinned.
 
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