Two of the Best Join for Greatness
Case and Bose Create New Sowbelly for 2001

Media Contact: KaLyn Rehrig, DNP
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January 2001, Bradford, Pa. — W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company, in collaboration with Tony Bose, has reintroduced a Sowbelly knife for its 2001 catalog.
 Case, the most recognized knife brand in America, has again teamed with
Tony Bose, an award-winning, custom knife designer.  With both internationally known for high-quality, multi-blade knives, the winning combination is evident in the new Sowbelly.
 Building on the success of their first two, limited-edition projects, Case decided to work with Bose on a new line of production knives to be added to the 2001 catalog. Inspired by the original Case Sowbelly, the Bose design incorporates new blade shapes, grinding style and swedging.
 The Sowbelly is a heavy-duty, stockman-style knife with Tru-Sharp® surgical steel clip, spey and sheepfoot blades.  When closed it measures just under four inches and weighs only 3.8 ounces.
 “It’s been 80 years since Case produced a Sowbelly and in that time it’s become the most requested knife style, especially among collectors,” explained John Sullivan, Marketing Director for W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company. “It’s a fairly rare pattern but we’ve listened to our customers and are prepared to give them what they want.”
 The first knife Tony Bose ever bought was a Case Folding Hunter, starting a relationship with knives and the W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company that no one could have imagined 30 years ago. As his love of knives grew, Bose began to build his own and in 1990, he quit his full-time job to make knives. He quickly gained a reputation for top-quality custom knives, winning Best Folder at the 1995 and 1998 Blade Shows.
 In 1999, Case and Bose collaborated on a Limited Edition Slimline Trapper that was a sell-out before it went into production. The Bullnose Trapper designed for 2000 was another immediate sell-out for Case. Now, Tony Bose and Case have created the Sowbelly for 2001.
The Sowbelly is available in five new handle materials: Vintage Bone with the color and look of a generations-old, heirloom knife; Pocket Worn® Black Bone that feels right from the moment you hold it in your hand; and the deep golden Amber Bone with its dark, rich brown grooves. The Natural Bone Sowbelly is only available in the new oval collector’s tin. Sure to become a popular collector’s item, the Sowbelly is also available in the new Case Silver Script in Cranberry Bone.
With its 2001 line, Case is introducing a solid nickel silver Case XX logo embedded exclusively in the Cranberry Bone handle. This gorgeous Silver Script inlay is crafted from the same nickel silver found in Case bolsters and shields. Combining modern technology with handcrafted quality, Case uses a computer engraving system that carefully cuts the logo design into the double-dyed Cranberry Bone. Craftsmen inlay the solid nickel silver logo, maintaining the hand-assembled quality that has built the Case reputation.
  W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. has been making high quality knives since 1889. The most popular collectable brand of knife in America, Case continues to make its knives the old-fashioned way — by hand. For more information, call 800-523-6350 or visit their web site at www.wrcase.com.

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