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Case is the traditional pocket knife name in the Knives Now catalog, and this page covers the core of it: 164 Case knives in stock right now, picked and packed on our shelves in Woodlawn, Virginia and shipped to all 50 states. Nothing here is dropshipped. Orders over $149 ship free.
Those 164 knives fall into a few clear groups. Most are traditional slip-joint pocket knives (Peanuts, Trappers, Stockmans and their kin) in the natural handle materials Case is known for. A smaller run of modern locking folders, the Marilla and Kinzua lines, carries the Case name with a locking blade. There is real kitchen and table cutlery mixed in, plus a short shelf of lightweight lockbacks and belt sheaths that start under $10. Prices run from a $7.56 side-draw sheath up to a $261.99 walnut steak knife set, so the useful question on this page is which kind of Case knife you want before you worry about the price. For the full brand story and the other Case categories, start at the Case brand hub.
W.R. Case & Sons has been making knives since 1889, and the company is best known for traditional slip-joint pocket knives in natural handle materials like bone, stag and mother of pearl. That heritage is the biggest part of this page. A slip joint has no blade lock. A backspring holds the blade open under tension and you close it with your fingers, which is the pattern most people picture when they think of a classic folding pocket knife.
The patterns repeat across dozens of handle colors and materials, so it helps to sort by pattern first. The Peanut is the small two-blade carry knife, and the Peanut Abalone ($239.99) sits at the top of that line, with plainer bone and synthetic Peanuts running well under $70. The Trapper is the larger two-blade workhorse, stocked here in amber bone, blue bone, red bone and yellow synthetic in the low-to-mid $70s. The Stockman adds a third blade, and Case carries it in small, medium, large and jumbo sizes across the same handle range. You will also find Sod Buster Jr., Russlock, Copperlock, Canoe, Texas Toothpick and pen-knife patterns in stock.
Because so many of these are the same pattern in a different handle, pick the size and blade count you actually want to carry, then choose the handle you like. Bone and stag handles sit at the higher end of each pattern, while yellow, orange and Delrin synthetics are the budget versions of the exact same knife.
If you want the Case name with a blade that locks open, two modern lines are stocked here. The Marilla Linerlock Black ($195.99) is the flagship of the Marilla line, joined by Marilla framelock variants in carbon fiber and other handle colors mostly in the $145 to $175 range. The Kinzua line is the other locking folder family, with framelock models in orange, blue, black, aluminum and OD green from roughly $128 to $168, plus slimmer Kinzua EDC framelocks.
These are a different tool from the slip joints above. They are aluminum, carbon fiber and steel-handled folders built around a locking mechanism, aimed at buyers who want an everyday folder rather than a traditional backspring pocket knife. If you are shopping for outdoor-leaning Case folders and fixed blades instead, those live on the Case gear and outdoors page.
Case cutlery is real inventory in this category, not just pocket knives. The priciest single listing here is the Steak Knife Set Walnut ($261.99), a boxed set with walnut handles, and the matching single Steak Knife Walnut is stocked at $41.99 if you want to try one or add to a set. Beyond the steak knives there is a Chef's Knife ($51.99), a Santoku ($56.99), a Slicer, a Bread Slicer, a Tomato Slicer and paring knives that drop under $30.
This is a compact kitchen selection rather than a full block set, so treat it as a way to add a Case blade or two to a drawer rather than a complete cutlery outfit. To keep any of these edges working, the Case sharpeners page carries the stones and kits. Oil on those stones gets its own answer in do you need oil on a sharpening stone.
Not every Case knife here is a heritage piece. The most affordable folders are the lightweight lockbacks: the Lightweight Lockback Blue and the Mini Blackhorn Lockback both sit at $22.20, with synthetic handles and a simple lock. They make an honest first Case knife or a low-cost beater to carry when you do not want to risk a bone-handled one.
The genuinely cheap items are the leather belt sheaths, starting with the Medium Side Draw Belt Sheath at $7.56 and a Large Side Draw Belt Sheath at $9.65. On their own these fall well under the $149 free-shipping line, so the practical move is to add a sheath, a lightweight lockback or a paring knife onto a larger order rather than shipping one by itself.
A few Case listings are aimed at collectors and gift buyers, and they occupy the top of the price range. The Astronauts Knife M1 Model 2 ($248.99) and the Vietnam War Trapper Gift Set ($187.99) are two examples. We describe these strictly by their catalog names and prices. We do not add debut years, backstory or lore that is not part of the product itself.
If you are specifically after licensed and tribute Trappers, such as the John Wayne, U.S. Army and Harley-Davidson designs, those are gathered on their own page rather than here. This page stays focused on the working and traditional catalog.
Every one of these 164 knives ships from the Woodlawn, Virginia warehouse, never dropshipped, to all 50 states. Orders over $149 ship free, and the many lower-priced pocket knives, kitchen pieces and sheaths are easy to combine to reach that line.
On warranty, Case warrants each knife to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for the life of the owner, and will repair it or replace it at Case's option (with a current-line knife if the original is no longer available). Normal wear and misuse, such as using a knife as a pry bar, are not covered, though misuse damage can often be repaired for a fee. Warranty and repair requests are handled directly through caseknives.com. To keep browsing, see the Case brand hub or browse all knives in stock.