Case - 2004 "Mint Set" Doctor's Knife with Dark Red Bone and the "Case" Silver Script logo - Pattern #6285SP SS with outstanding Scrolled Bolsters. A Limited Production of Only 250 knives in each pattern were ever produced with this combination of Peach Seed jigged Dark Red Bone handles and each knife precisely inlaid with a nickel silver Case Silver Script shield. The blades are crafted from Tru-Sharp surgical stainless steel. Every Mint Set knife has intricately Scrolled Bolsters and "Long Tail C" Serial Numbers etched on the blade. These knives are not sold in stores individually. The only way to obtain this knife was to buy one of the 250 complete 12 knife Mint Set editions. This pattern is a jack style knife known as a doctor's or physician's knife that measures 3 5/8" closed. It has a spear master blade and a spatula secondary. These knives have an interesting history. They were very important tools for doctors when physicians used to make door to door house calls. The elongated spear blade was used to aid as a back up scalpel and to divide pills. The flat butt caps were design to grind the pills into powder. Some versions incorporated a spatula that was used as an aid in mixing salves. The Knife is MINT with the original Case box.

Item # 9662