Case XX WR Pocket Knife Medium Stockman With Genuine Bone Handle, Stainless Steel Blades, Length Closed: 3 5/8 Inches

Blades rubbing, and scratched upon receiving it. Scales fit and finished nicely. Deducted a star for the blades rubbing. I have many Case stockman knives...but this is the only one that has this problem. This knife is small , smaller than a Buck 301.

As usual Case doesn’t disappoint! I bought it for Dad for Christmas. We’ve been using Case since I was a young tyke.

I've seen a lot of varied reviews on the specific units people received. Some are good and some are poor. I've noticed when viewing the page listing for the Case Medium Stockman SS Amber Bone, the actual seller listed on the right side of the screen is not always the same company. It depends on when you're placing the order. Mine said it was sold by Parker's Home Store. Today the page says it's sold by Samis Shop. Understandable, but it might also explain some things. My knife was clearly a return from another customer. Two of the blades had very significant wear patterns obviously from opening and closing them many times. And the Case Knife box was wrapped so tightly in strong, clear shipping tape, it completely destroyed the box when removing it. I own multiple Case knives, the boxes are never wrapped in anything like that. It appeared to be wrapped by a customer before returning it. Other than the obvious wear patterns on the two blades the knife functions well. The springs are nice and strong as they should be on that knife. No gaps on the back side, it looks good. The blades are in reasonably good shape after honing them up a bit. The Stockman pattern is fairly well known for blade rub. I've seen knife collectors display their copies which also show the same rub pattern. Some copies are so perfectly aligned that the blade rub is either minimal or none. But that is certainly not the case with all of them. Some people tolerate it, others don't. A way to avoid the marks from blade rub is to always open the Sheeps Foot blade first, then continue from there. It's an extra step but worth it if you can't stand to see any rub marks on the blades. For working knives it's really not a big deal. Knife collectors have a little different view, understandably. Because everything else about this knife seems fine, I'm going to keep it. It's not my only Case Stockman and it will become a working knife kept in my truck. Make note of who is actually fulfilling the order when you buy it. That information might be helpful. I don't think obvious returns with visible wear should be sold to other customers as new, but many vendors do it. Just something to be aware of. As well as the blade rub patterns, which is not that unusual for the three-blade Stockmans. I think it's more common that people realize.

Sadly, I lost my only Case knife that was presented to my Father by General D.D. Eisenhower for his service to him during WWII. It wasn’t a special knife emblazoned with Dad’s three stars or anything like, or otherwise specially made for him by Case, just a knife with a letter from then Gen. Eisenhower thanking Dad for his working with him all through the war. I’ve owned it since my Father died in 1998. Then, about two weeks ago, I lost it—somehow, somewhere. But in my heart, I felt I had to replace it with the same knife—this Amber CV Stockman. It turns out they weren’t quite the same in coloring, but it will do. As to this knife, it’s very beautiful, has a nice heft to it as it seems to be a little heavier. However, I thought it best to warn the buyer of any Case three-bladed knife, that the Clip blade will rub against the Sheepfoot blade leaving a mark on the near side of the Sheepfoot blade and on the opposite of the Clip blade. I called Amazon about it and they replaced the knife and it was even worse as the pen blade also rubbed against the Sheepfoot blade causing the same mar against it and the Sheepfoot blade. I called Case and they told me that it’s part of owning a three-bladed knife. However, the pen blade should never have rubbed up against the Sheepfoot and was indeed a manufacture flaw and somehow slipped through their rather strict QA team, so I returned that one to Amazon, and kept the one with the lesser of two evils. I can’t say I love this knife as much as I did my Father’s, but I really do love this knife. In fact, I plan on purchasing a Bonestag Trapper, a Trapperlock and a Canoe and a few others as a small collection. Similar to buying a mobile phone one buys the real thing—an iPhone, when one wishes to purchase a pocket knife, it has to be a Case. For what each makes, they are the best—hands down, no questions asked!

The only reason for 3 instead of 5 stars,,,,I ordered based on the site info for this knife. It says Chrome Vanadium steel blades “CV” in the description but the 6318 SS knife I received was the correct looking and size knife but it has Stainless steel blades And the Pen blade turned out to be a Spey blade. I wanted the CV steel with the Pen blade. The knife is Excellent I do not doubt the quality. I’ll keep it but wish it had arrived as advertised.