What's Your Case Slip Joint of Choice?

[hornetguy]

Just a little bit over the 3 inch mark, the Case barlow has quickly become a favorite with me. The new 2019 release has a wonderful brown sawcut bone in CV. Mine is an 2008, and is a great knife. I tend to like bigger knives so haven't tried many small Case offerings. But I do have and carry a baby copperhead, but mostly as a secondary to a bigger knife. I tend to use smaller knives while eating, to be unobtrusive.

Yes... I was going to mention the Barlow, since I finally received my brown sawcut CV that I got to wait 2 months for. Actually, it's in my pocket as I type this. Barlows are difficult to beat for a do everything kind of knife.
Yours is really nice looking... the jigging is great! Sort of a "wavy winterbottom". Did it just come that way, or is that a specific type of jigging that Case does?

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

hornetguy
Thanks
Barlows are great,much like sodbuster types elegant in their simplicity. Mine is whats known as corncob jigged,specifically pocket worn corncob. I thought it was called that but I asked around here and got a confirmation. Pocket worn corncob definitely has grown on me! Gotta say though those new sawcut ones are the bees knees as well

 

[stevekolt]

Mini Copperlock - 3 ⅝" closed
Mini Trapper - 3.5" closed
Sodbuster Jr. - 3 ⅝" closed
Peanut - 2 ⅞" closed

My personal favorite is the Mini Copperlock

 

[stevekolt]

SuperHowl, what are the sides on that Barlow? Would love to get one of those...

 

[WHT]

My favorite Case must be the medium stockman as I own three of them. Next would be the out of production whittlers with the drop point main blade. Most of my life I have liked a combination of drop point main blade, a pen blade and a coping blade. That combination covers all of my daily cutting needs (including recreational wood carving.)

 

[Lansky1]

I am noticing a lot of slip joints include a spey, but I don't see myself using a spey much. spear point and sheepsfoot, yes. Spey no.

THIS is exactly why I like the 63032 - no spey, it has a pen blade instead.

 

[Ripcord 82]

Just received this Case Barlow in CV yesterday. Not to shabby. Though it's not THE favorite Case slipjoint, it is certainly one of my favorites.

 

[jmh33]

Well.. Being I have probably close to 200 in various patterns.. I would say its the one I have in the rfp at the time I need it..
John

 

[hornetguy]

Well.. Being I have probably close to 200 in various patterns.. I would say its the one I have in the rfp at the time I need it..
John

Oh, my... that is a serious collection... I've been on a buying binge lately, and have decided I need to slow down. I have close to 20 various slipjoints sitting on top of my dresser now.... but close to 200 of one pattern? Wow... impressive!

 

[redsquid2]

Too many to choose from.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Think I've just crossed over 100 traditional knives,various makers and patterns. But I've only been collecting for a year

 

[Prester John]

Think I've just crossed over 100 traditional knives,various makers and patterns. But I've only been collecting for a year

Pretty good pace, David.

 

[Old Hunter]

I like the Case 18 pattern and the 32 pattern Medium Stockman - 3-9/16" OAL, weigh the same in the pocket - my EDC size for many years - big enough to be effective but small enough to be unnoticeable during LFP carry. I also like the Case 6279 Senator for a dress slacks pocketknife, useful enough for dressy tasks while being unobtrusive in pocket carry. OH

 

[Henry Beige]

63018 Cv P - medium stockman with a punch in place of the spey.

 

[Buzzbait]

That's a tough call. Case makes a number of knives that I absolutely love. My longest running favorite is the medium punch stockman. You get two thinly ground CV blades and a stainless punch, sandwiched with their glorious yellow Delrin and wrapped with stainless springs. Every single aspect of this knife is purely about function. I respect that a ton.

But the punch stockman is recently discontinued, I believe. So we'll move on to more current offerings. The best of the best for me seems to be the mini-trapper. The size and weight is crazy perfect, and the blade options and cover materials abound. Nice thinly ground blades too. My faves are the two-blade wharncliffe in bone stag and the yellow two-blade with cap lifter in yellow Delrin.

As an aside, the Tribal lock is a sensational knife. A very, very well executed design. Totally underrated, IMHO. It's on the large side for EDC, but pocket carries much easier than I thought it would. Ergonomics are sensational. Blade shape is soooooooo good. Thinly ground too.

 

[kamagong]

I want a Case that isn't made. I wish they made a knife identical to the Case/Bose wharncliffe trapper, minus the wharncliffe blade. A single spring knife with just the clip would be nigh perfect.

 

[FLHTK]

Today my favourite is the Case Mini Stockman. Tomorrow that might change,

 

[cjtamu]

My favorite Case slip joint still has to be the Trapper. But if you're going to pocket carry, the handle material matters. My smooth bone Trapper is close to 1/8" thinner than Kim's jigged bone one, and the camo Zytel one we have is thicker still. I can carry the smooth bone comfortably in my pocket, the other 2 are pouch carries. Buzzbait , +1 on the Tribal lock. Was in the feed store last year before Christmas looking at knives for presents for others. I picked up a CV Tribal lock and knew immediately who was getting that one!

 

[J0LLY71M3]

Sowbelly in CV so far am wanting a tribal lock and barlow in CV as well.

 

[black mamba]

I finally succumbed to the Tribal Lock. I rarely carry single blades (other than my lambfoot), but the Zulu spear makes a lot of sense if I do, a very utilitarian design. I ordered the dark blue barehead with the red shield, a real looker!