Personally I like carbon steel. I wouldn't buy a new Case knife online. I would want to examine the knife first and have it in hand before I plunked down some cash. The last few Case knives I have looked at have been really poor in their quality control. The fit and finish was poor, blades rubbed and wiggled when extended, the grinds were terrible, walk and talk was weak. Disappointing to say the least.
Have to agree with this ^ ^ ^ ^
Most particularly a Moose pattern I have
My first one was given to me from an old
gent at a shop I worked at. One scale was
broken, and I sent it to Case and had it replaced.
Older old model carbon steel and sharp sharp.
I bought a newer one around 2000 and it's ok,
but not as good a quality all around as the
older one. The few older Case I have are all
well fitted and razor sharp and look professionally
built instead of throwed together
The newest "good " Case I have is a 1983 IIRC
plain jigged bone carbon trapper
