Just my opinion, but I don't think Case is nearly as good a knife as it was in the 1970-80s. Back then, the president and majority shareholder was a man named Wick. He also had a large share of Zippo, and his daughter, my daughter's school chum, was always mortified to be called the Zippo Wick.
I have a lot of NOS Cheetahs from the 70's and they are very high quality, and the one I carried, still tight, holds an edge very well. The blades were highly polished, and I think they were 410 stainless, known to be used by high end cutlery makers.
One of my favorite sheath knives is a Green River Works. Very simple knife. Another is a real old Shrade. I never gave it a lot of thought, because my knives are all over the house, but I may have had a problem all along, and just never thought about it. Do knife collectors have meetings and sit around in a circle and cry a little?
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