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Jul 25, 2018
Quality--with a rub.
Beautiful bone handle and great Case workmanship--with a few "but"s.
Case's medium stockman design is compact--and challenging to execute without interference between the blades. I CAREFULLY bent my spey blade so it would pass the sheep foot blade with less interference. I dressed and polished the edges of both blades and now you can feel the catch of the spey in the sheep foot's pull...but only slightly.
The clip blade's spring is a bit weak, so it doesn't close with an authoritative snap. Finish scratches betray a little interference between the clip and sheep foot blades, too.
Feeling blades rubbing against each other is irritating in a high-end knife. I wish Case would make the sheep foot with a slight offset and add about 0.010" to the middle spacer.
Still, it's an outstanding knife. Beware that it's chrome vanadium (carbon steel) and susceptible to rust. But it's a real beauty and feels great in the hand.