On the heels of an award-winning collaborative last year comes the 2009 Norfolk from W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company and renowned custom knife maker Tony Bose. The new Norfolk pattern (TB’22009), bears many features normally seen in Tony’s own knives, but hand-crafted by Case artisans in much the same way as the original Sheffield masters.

John Sullivan, Case’s Director of Marketing, explains that Rodgers’ first Norfolk pattern measured some 2-1/2 feet in length and sat on display at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London, England in 1851. Its name was derived from the address of the Joseph Rodgers & Sons showroom in Sheffield, England; “No. 6 Norfolk St.”

Case carefully preserved the pattern’s original, distinctive shape while building in the many features normally reserved for today’s custom knives. Each measures 3-3/4” overall when closed and weighs 2.2 ounces. The knives’ Wharncliffe and Short Clip blades have been wire cut from stainless 154-CM steel (a durable, high performance alloy preferred by Bose), flat-taper ground, and satin-fiber finished. Milled, stainless steel liners enhance blade action from open to half-stop and closed positions.