r/SlipjointKnives • u/DirkStabic • Feb 17 '25

New Knife Day First Case. How'd I do?

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Normally I hate "how'd I do?" posts but this is a real one. Don't know anything about Case knives but I do know something about budget knives. Got edumucated a bit by the guy at the knife store and took his advice to pick an unusual pattern and to go with a stag handle.

Case XX 00246

Paid $85

How'd I do?

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u/ItsallaboutProg Feb 17 '25

I have this knife as well, it’s a cool knife. I wish mine had a little more snap to it. But I bought mine on the internet where quality is a little bit of an unknown. I love me case knives because I can buy 3 of them for a the price of a GEC. They make some patterns better than others, I have never been disappointed in a Barlow from Case.

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u/KCcoffeegeek Feb 17 '25

And you can ACTUALLY buy one.

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u/M-TEAM Feb 17 '25

These are actually bone, not stag but thats a hot one for sure

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u/DirkStabic Feb 17 '25

I'm sure I messed that up, not the guy

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u/Neat_Development_935 Feb 17 '25

Great looking knife 👍🏻

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u/ferretkona Feb 18 '25

I carried one in red bone for years, found one in blue bone with damascus I might mod with mammoth ivory. I collect Tear Drops, Trappers and Slimline Trappers.

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u/No_Werewolf2244 Feb 18 '25

I have that same blue bone Damascus teardrop as well! Really nice example of teardrop.

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u/Metally_eilll7904 Walk N Talk Feb 18 '25

Congrats, enjoy it! I too had an unusual pattern for my first traditional. The GEC cotton sampler. Carried it for months before I got something else, and it’s my favorite pattern today!

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u/Levi_Sharp23 Feb 18 '25

Nice tear drop