Case Snow Leopard Knife

September 5, 2007

The exotic stone handles on these recently released knives have been inspired by the animal that has lends its name to these limited edition knives: the snow leopard.  The handles on these knives are made of mother of pearl and Orbicular Jasper, which is given its name due to the many small spheres or "orbs" located in the Jasper.  These orbs appear as circles or spots when this particular quartz is cut in sections.  Thus the spotted snow leopard is an apt name for this knife, with both the Case and the cat sharing spots and and a unique beauty. 

The blades are Case's Tru-Sharp surgical steel blades and the bolsters and spacers are silver nickel, which help bring out the mother of pearl accents on the handle.  And a while this pattern is striking for any Case collector, due to the orange and white hues of this particular pocket knife, I am sure this knife will be finding many homes amongst Syracuse, Clemson, and UT sports fans, who are more likely than most to see this as the perfect gift.

The knives are limited to 500 pieces of six different patterns.  the patterns available are six of W.R. Case's most popular:  the Mini Muskrat, Peanut, Small Stockman, Small Texas Toothpick, Tiny Trapper and Trapper.

A striped Jasper is also found naturally, which makes me wonder if we will see a Snow Tiger in the future.