Vintage CASE Folding Knives

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Vintage CASE Folding Knives

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I searched this forum and was surprised to find that no one has started a thread on vintage Case knives.
By vintage I mean from the Case XX era or before.

With so much interest in old Case knives and with so many questions from novice and experienced collectors, I thought this would be a good place to find genuine old Case knives that can be used as a reference.

I will be posting some pictures and descriptions of the ones I have. If anyone else has some oldies put them in this thread! ::nod::
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I'll play! Here is a Case Tested Harness Jack that came from a factory display board during the bad old days of Parker's reign (and almost ruin) at Case. A checkered history, but preserved for posterity!
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Here is that HJ again, with 2 more of the same pattern, but one has a different punch.
The pattern number is 62074 1/2 PU.
The middle one is a Case Bradford.
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Wow!

Charlie, that is a beauty to start things off with :D


Here is an old Tested era Saddlehorn, 4 5/8" long closed, jigged bone handles. In it`s original as found condition with decades of patina on the blade and other metal surfaces.

This is an attractive old knife ::nod::



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One more for tonight, an XX Redbone 6383 Whittler.
One of my favorites!
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Beautiful Saddlehorn, Dimitri!!
Good idea for a thread!!
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Charlie,

That redbone is Awesome! :shock:

If you could get some closeups of the tang stamps on some of your mint knives.

Nothing like looking at original tang stamps when you are trying to determine if a knife you want to buy is authentic or not.

I will post some as well ::tu::


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Some great knives guys...I love that Saddlehorn...the 9383 is as found...the 6111 LP was cleaned up by Herb Aycock.
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Here is an old W.R. Case & Sons Bradford, P.A. rope knife.

Circa: WWI Military Knife


The tang stamp was hard to photograph, too shiney ::doh::





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Here's on oldie. My Great grandfather's hobo
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Case Bradford, 45 pattern, Rogers bone
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Willie,

I never get tired of looking at that knife ::tu::


What a great family heirloom :)





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Case Bros Springville. Click pics
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Stock,

Nice ones ::nod::


That Case Bros. is an unusual one. I don`t see any pins holding the pearl handles on?



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Thanks MB! I need to get some better pics of that old hobo.

I forgot about this beauty till just now.
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M.B. The bolsters are grooved and pearl slid in, dove tailed you might say. If you have the knife in hand you can tell the pearl is original. It is really thin and small chips all around the edges.
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Stockman, that 6245 is a beauty! It's so nice to see a Case in Rogers bone!!
Here's a 6245P in Red Winterbottom. It's pretty worn, but it's rare too!!
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This is not as old as most but still vintage. Case XX U.S.A. pattern no.8233
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Thanks Charlie for the comment on the 45. It is nice to see some Winterbottom on Case it is seldom seen. Here is the pile side of a old 65 pattern I showed the back because of its beauty. the front is also nice.
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Charlie, Tj, Stockman,Willie and Bob:

All very nice knives you guys have shown so far! ::drool::

I know there are LOTS of Case collectors here at AAPK, let`s see some Case knives!

Here is another Tested era green bone #62043 pattern.

I like the shield on this one ::nod::



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Here's a Redbone Case XX 6380, along with one from the 1980s.
The old one is slimmer, and more finely fitted. The newer one is nice, but is a little clunky by comparison.
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Nice 43, MB!
Here's a Tested Barlow you seldom see! It's a 62005 1/2.
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Charlie,

That flat bolster barlow sure is attractive! ::drool::

The jigged bone handles on the old knives cannot be beat.

The jigging on the new knives just isn`t the same. ::huff::

I wonder what the Case factory did with all the old Jigging machines?

Maybe Jim Parker sold them all :roll:

Here is a new Case knife given to me as a gift. The handles are red jigged bone. No comparison at all to your old red bones Charlie!

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It would be just like Jim Parker to sell the tooling, pocket the cash, and subcontract it out!
On to prettier things, all pre-Parker!!
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That's one sweet barlow there Charlie...never seen one like that...A pair of XX's here...6165 and 61050...note the stamps...could that give some clue as to the age...early or late in the XX era..?
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