For Christmas I got money to buy a few Case knives!! I'm going knife shopping!

Okay, now the hard part. Decisions, decisions.

Made my decisions. Placed my orders. I'm broke again. LOL!

The Case "Select" Brick Red knives are hitting the dealers. I think I might get the.....well.......uh.......you know.

The Select wharnie Mini Trapper is especially nice.

@craig.. you have CASE FEVA..not good.. only cure...buy more!...LOL!

@paul..i like that knife to..then again- i really like any knife with a wharnie blade.

Anybody know what blade steel Case uses on their "Case Select" series? Is it the same "Tru-Sharp" stainless they use on their standard knives, or something a bit more exotic? Thanks - Jon Salmon

I think the "upgrade" is only nickel silver liners and pins; maybe better matched scale color.  Same blade steel as regular Case knives.

Wikipedia: 

Nickel silver, German silver,^[1] Argentan,^[1] new silver,^[1] nickel brass,^[2] albata,^[3] alpacca,^[4] or electrum^[5] is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.^[6] Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no elemental silver unless plated. The name "German silver" refers to its development by 19th-century German metalworkers in imitation of the Chinese alloy known as paktong (cupronickel)^[7][8] All modern, commercially important nickel silvers (such as those standardized under ASTM B122) contain significant amounts of zinc, and are sometimes considered a subset of brass.^[9]

That's my New Year's resolution Peter; try to buy more Case knives than I did last year! LOL!!

I'm eyeing this one in the Brick Red........

Here's the whole set......

http://www.wrcase.com/special_programs/case_xx_select/current_produ...

Does anyone know who these were made for....or is it just a Case production?

Sooner State Knives picture

I don't know where I've been, but I just noticed that SHC has the Folding Hunter in yellow.

Case 381-6 SS

Ahhhhhhh, a beautiful fixed-blade.  Thanks Ken, it's been a long dry spell on these pages since a sweet fixed-blade showed up.

Uh, Craig?  I'm thinkin they were made for you, the Earl of Trapper!

Thanks Howard - I have wanted that Buffalo Horn fixed and now this stacked leather fixed - I love them both.

I really like the brick red. Here are the 2 that I own.

There' goes Ken again making me want a new Case fixed blade! LOL!! I like it Ken! I do like the traditional leather handle.

I remember those Lee. They look super the second time around! I'm going to have to think seriously about getting the Trapper in it!

I THINK, the Trappers with Osage Orange handles and the "XX" on the bolster were made for Deadwood Knives. I think. And it hurts to think.

No sure about the "XX "on the bolster version but this one of mine is a Case- #B'D254SS- Bois D' Arc (Osage Orange) trapper with 1991 year dated tang stamp-SFO for Crawford & Wilson Enterprises in Plano,Texas- 1 of 250

Interesting John.

The old Knife Mule Train came in today!

http://www.iknifecollector.com/group/casefans/forum/topics/case-tin...

http://www.iknifecollector.com/group/casefans/forum/topics/54-patte...

A couple of Case Butterbeans I received as presents this Christmas:

Blue Lagoon, below

Very nice Howard

I like those Howard! What's the handles on the bottom one? Blue Lagoon?  

All of my Trappers.......so far! See, I don't have that many....yet! LOL!

Very nice Trapper collection.  Agreed, you don't have too many - you need more.  The jigged bone on the bottom Butterbean is "Blue Lagoon".  Happy New Year, Craig and all the Case Fans!

Happy New Year Howard......and to all!

Happy New Year to you also Craig!

Whatever you wash your Trappers with is shrinking some!

LOL! The shrunk ones are going to go in their own cabinet! 

Is a shrunken knife anything like a shrunken head???

Happy New Year!

It's 2014. It feels different. It looks different too.

http://www.casexx.com/

My Case Mini Blackhorn collection.

Top row

Ducks Unlimited 2007

Kneeling Cowboy Undated

Carhartt Undated

Middle Row

Mint 1990

My EDC Undated

Merry Christmas 1993

Bottom Row

Making A Case For America 2008

Boy Scouts Of America Undated

Very cool Charles!

Thanks Max.  One thing nice about collecting Mini Blackhorns is that they are not expensive.

Because of comments here about the Mini Blackhorn, I picked one up a month or so ago at Lowes. It is my new letter opener.  You have a nice collection, Charles.  It is a shame that Case doesn't date these.

Forgot to mention, Charles, I saw an NWTF Mini Blackhorn at casexxknives.net #8906 $15.99.

Howard, I wish they did date all of them.  Of the eight that I have, four are dated and four aren't.

Nice Mini Blackhorn collection Charles!

http://www.southerntackle.com/proddetail.asp?prod=CA8906

http://newgraham.com/Brooks-%26-Dunn-Mini-Blackhorn-CA9600-CA9600/

http://www.caseknifeoutlet.com/proddetail.cfm?ses=986CD7C78AB726D4

http://www.caseknifeoutlet.com/proddetail.cfm?ses=63C432C451B701CD

Craig, there are several Mini Blackhorns that I don't have yet.  Over time I hope to pick more of them up.  Right now I have four knives on order, a Case trapper and three Rough Riders.

Very nice collection Charles, they are good practical knives.

The Mini Blackhorn is one of Case's most under appreciated knives.

If I was into lockbacks, I'd have one or two. 

First Knife Mule Train of the new year will be here tomorrow......well, it's just gonna be one Mule since it's just one knife.

My Case Mediterranean Blue trapper is in the Lebanon, MO post office right now.

Is that the one that was on sale yesterday? Good one Charles!

Cool! The first knives of the new year are starting to roll in!

Speaking of 6.5 Bone Stag and the Saddlehorn........here's one for sale over at Sooner State Knives............