black mamba
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Nice one, Will, you should really be able to feel that jigging!
I discovered the same thing about a week ago, and bought one in Pocket Worn Red Bone. I too have always been fond of the 18 pattern but not impressed with the Turkish clip. This is a big improvement and I'd like to see it on more of them.Figured instead of wasting a fresh thread with this I'd just bump the existing stockman thread from page 8 eek: ).
One of the reasons I haven't carried the Case 6318 more often, or similarly-apportioned knives from other makers (I have quite a few), is because of the Turkish clip. To me, it's the kind of blade that looks cool but doesn't seem as useful as a master blade on a multi-blade knife. I've got a 6318PU in CV that ticks two of my stockman boxes (carbon steel and a punch) that gets some pretty regular carry but that seems to be the exception to the medium-sized stockman rule.
Today, while I was going through some of my newer acquisitions (and other neglected knives), I grabbed this 6318 in red and tossed it into the box to take some snapshots. Only when I got to the stockman and opened it up for its "close-up" did I notice something:
That's no Turkish clip! The profile is a lot more like my big 6375's master clip blade, and a slightly narrower version of the typical "broad" clip I have on so many of my Barlows. In other words, this is how I wish the 6318 line had been built. But where's the Turkish clip? Could this be a mistake (both my Turkish clip 6318s and this one have all the same stampings, no indication in the model number that I can see), or have I just been ignorant of this variation for all this time? Here are photos of one of my other non-punch 6318s along with the one I sent to SadSappySucker for winning a GAW -- both with the "typical" Turkish clip master:
Seems like no matter how long you are involved in this hobby there's always something new to discover.
I discovered the same thing about a week ago, and bought one in Pocket Worn Red Bone. I too have always been fond of the 18 pattern but not impressed with the Turkish clip. This is a big improvement and I'd like to see it on more of them.
I'm no expert in deciding stockman or not but the following has a main clip and then a long spey and a long pen... GEC calls this a whittler according to their numbering system.