About Pocket Knives

The roots of W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company, the company that produces Case Pocket Knives, go back to before 1900.  The company is based in Bradford, Pennsylvania and is now owned by Zippo manufacturing, another United States company that is also based in Bradford.  Today Case knives are one of the few brands of knives still made in the United States.Over 100 pairs of hands are used to create each Case pocket knife.  Case pocket knives have continued to evolve and today handles are made from rare Brazilian cattle bone, Buffalo horn, rosewood, mother-of-pearl, and stag.  Metals like brass, nickel, and silver highlight each pocket knife, creating pocket knives that are beautiful and will also stand the test of time. 

Uncle Henry Pocket knives are now made by Taylor Brands, LLC.  Taylor Brands offers a Limited Lifetime Warranty against any manufacturing defects on their Uncle Henry Pocket Knives.  This includes any problems a customer might experience such as loss of screws, breaking of clip or breaking of the blade.  On any Uncle Henry Pocket Knives manufactured using natural materials such as bone, stag, wood, buffalo horn, sheep horn, pearl etc… these are considered natural materials and they are subject to shrinking with time.  This shrinking can cause cracks in the handles and as this is a natural process it is not covered by their warranty.

In order to have an Uncle Henry Pocket Knive repaired or replaced, you must send the product to 1043 Fordtown Road, Kingsport TN 37663 and include a check or money order for $6.95 for each item that is included (for return shipping and processing fee).  Please remember to include a return address and phone number.  If item has been discontinued and is no longer available, Taylor Brands will exchange for an item of similar value of their discretion.  Please allow 2-3 weeks for repair and return.

It is important to remember that some items can only be replaced, therefore, if your item has sentimental value please consider this before mailing the item in.

In February 2008 the Sway Back Jack joined the distinguished list of Case Pocket Knives.  Produced in a collaberation between Case and Tony Bose the Sway Back Jack made it’s debut at the 2008 S.H.O.T. show.  Case has said it was the company’s goal to create a Case model somewhat smaller in size than their two previous catalog offerings by Tony Bose - The 3-7/8” Sowbelly (TB’339) in 2001 and the 3-1/2” Saddlehorn (TB’110) in 2004. 

 The new Case Sway Back Jack measures 3-1/5” when closed and weighs 2.0 ounces.  It features a Wharncliffe master blade and a secondary Pen blade, both made of Tru-Sharp™ surgical steel.  The blades are flat ground, tapered, and artfully swedged.  The springs have been redesigned so the back side can maintain a flush appearance when blades are at opened, closed, and half-stop positions.  The pen spring has been extended to the knife’s front side, giving the blade a neatly fitted appearance when closed.  Other features include nickel-silver end bolsters and handles fixed with a Case oval script shield.

There are many ways that you can use your pocket knife when you are out in the woods.  A stainless steel pocket knife can go a long way when you are trying to be as comfortable and happy as you are in your very living room. 

One of the ways that you can use your pocket knife is as shelter building tool.  There are tons of online guides that provide information on how you can build your own living space when you are out in the woods.  A pocket knife is an ideal compact tool that you can use to make a shelter if you are caught without a tent.

When you are out in the woods, you very best friend will be your pocket knife.  It is incredible the amount of work you can get out of a good knife when you are away from home.  When we are in our houses, the creature comforts are not really thought of in the same way.  Inside your house, you have a cutting tool for each occasion.

But on the outside, where you have to carry everything that you use on your person, having a pocket knife handy can get you untangled from many messy situations.  A sharp pocket knife will be near and dear to you the entire time you are out in the woods, and you will never want to leave home without one again.

On January 1, 2008 Case Knives started what they call their Case XX Vault Program.  With this program specific models of Case knives and the tools required to make them are locked away in the “Case XX Vault” for at least three years, before these models will be made available to the public again.  Case built a special vault for the safekeeping of the patterns and tooling until the time rolls around to again release the pattern.  

There were two reasons that Case started this program.  First, it will help them deal with producing the large number of different knife patterns they have.  Right now it is over 140 patterns. Second, this should provide a boost to Case knife collectors as models are removed from production. 

Right now there are 5 models of Case Pocket Knives in the vault.  The Tuxedo, Doctor’s Knife and Cheetah went into the vault on January 1, 2008.  On July 1, 2008 the Sowbelly and Copperlock were added to the vault.  So, if you want to get any of these pocket knives you might want to grab them quick.  They will be gone for at least 3 years.