Case Knives
The W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company has a very rich history that began in 1889 when William Russell (“W.R.”), Jean, John, and Andrew Case began fashioning their knives and selling them along a wagon trail in upstate New York. The company has produced countless treasures and it continues to do so as one of the most collected brands in the world.
Below you will find valuable resources to help with your Case knife collecting hobby:
| Case's Knife Numbering System | This link will explain W.R. Case's numbering system that the company uses to represent knife patterns, handle materials, and other characteristics about its knives. |
| Blade Abbreviations | In addition to the pattern number, W.R. Case often stamps additional letters that represent certain blades or other unique characteristics incorporated in their knives. This link contains information about these characters. |
| Dating Case Knives | This link will provide information about Case's tang stamps, and how they can be used to identify when a knife was made. |
| Case Knives by pattern number | This link lists most of Case's knife patterns by their factory pattern number, shows a picture, and gives each knife a name, along with a description. |
| Case Knives by name | This link lists most of W. R. Case's knife patterns by name alphabetically. Here you will find pictures, descriptions, and the pattern number that has been assigned to each knife. |
| Handle Materials used by Case | Here you will find pictures and descriptions of the various handle materials used by Case. They are listed by their respective handle number designation. |
| Blades and blade material used by Case | Here you will find pictures of the various blades that are used on Case knives along with the various materials that they are made of. |
| The Construction of a Case Knife | Here you will find an in depth look at the components of a Case knife, and how they are put together. |
| Case Knife Shields | Here you will find an in depth look at many of the shield variations used on Case knives. They are useful in helping get an age approximation of any given Case pocket knife. |
Shop our huge selection of Case XX knives. There is most always a great variety of vintage & recent folding Case pocket knives in a variety of handle materials such as genuine stag, jigged bone, mother of pearl, & more. Fixed blade Case knives also come and go in many handle materials.
Buy your favorite Case pattern today. You will generally find Case Trapper knives, Congress knives, Muskrats, Copperheads, Copperlocks, Jack knives & many others in Chrome Vanadium steel, True Sharp Surgical Stainless steel, & specialty steels used by Case on occasion.
Case Collector’s Club Copperhead Ebony Annual Regular Member Knife 2021
Item # 127624
$129.50
For Sale By:
Sharpnshinyknives
Case Collector’s Club Copperlock Ebony Life Member Knife 2021
Item # 127623
$143.50
For Sale By:
Sharpnshinyknives
Case XX Pocket Worn Sowbelly Harvest Orange
Item # 127605
$160.00 $190.00
For Sale By:
Creek Ridge Knives
Case XX Sway Back Jack Blue Lagoon Limited Edition 1 of 3000
Item # 127598
$160.00 $190.00
For Sale By:
Creek Ridge Knives
2008 Case xx (Mdl# 6254 SS) w/ Tangerine Orange Bone Handles. NOS in Orig box Minty
Item # 127568
$139.00
For Sale By:
LuvStag
2007 Gunboat Canoe (Mdl# 6394 SS) w/ Bright Yellow Bone Handles. NOS in Orig box Minty
Item # 127567
$200.00 $210.00
For Sale By:
LuvStag
Case Tested XX Small 2-Blade Congress – Christmas Tree Handles (1920–1940)
Item # 127516
$850.00
For Sale By:
Steph's Knives
New Without Box Case Select Trapper with Cigar Band
Item # 127493
$159.00
For Sale By:
Kypatches
Case XX Indian Paintbrush duo
Item # 127452
$185.00
For Sale By:
Cedaqua General
2003 Case Brothers 61265LC Chestnut Bone Mid Folding Hunter
Item # 127445
$129.00
For Sale By:
EricReynolds1966
1999 Case Red Stag Damascus Canoe R52131D
Item # 127370
$155.00
For Sale By:
EricReynolds1966
Case XX 2022 Mini Copperlock Jade Bone Kinfolk Jig Lock-back Gorgeous!
Item # 127353
$115.00
For Sale By:
Pocket Jewels
CASE XX 6220 USA VINTAGE 1977 PEANUT 2 BLADE FOLDING POCKET KNIFE 6220 (09)
Item # 127341
$80.00
For Sale By:
Shandon Steel
2013 CASE TBBH1110 SS Genuine Buffalo Horn Saddlehorn w/ OMP Box
Item # 127318
$250.00
For Sale By:
Soldster
2004 Gunboat Canoe (Mdl# 6394 SS) w/ Super Red Bone Handles & Silver Script -NOS in Orig box Minty
Item # 127248
$210.00 $225.00
For Sale By:
LuvStag
1971 CASE XX USA 5111 1/2 Stag CHEETAH Swing Guard Lockback Knife 9 dots SMALL tang stamp
Item # 127234
$1,100.00
For Sale By:
Steph's Knives
1971 CASE XX USA 5111 1/2 Stag CHEETAH Swing Guard Lockback Knife 9 dots Large Tang Stamp
Item # 127232
$1,100.00
For Sale By:
Steph's Knives
Case XX USA 1970 10 Dot 2 Blade 6292 Red Bone Pocket Knife(76)
Item # 127222
$225.00
For Sale By:
swtthg
2008 Gunboat Canoe (Mdl# 6394 SS) Sweet Brown Bone Handles +Scrolled Bolsters -NOS in Orig box Minty
Item # 127215
$200.00 $225.00
For Sale By:
LuvStag
2007 Super, Dark Orange Gunboat Canoe (Mdl# 6394 SS) NOS in Orig box Minty
Item # 127214
$210.00
For Sale By:
LuvStag
CASE XX ** SFO 2005 RED RATTLESNAKE TINY TRAPPER
Item # 127199
$148.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
CASE XX ** SFO 2020 100 YEARS SMOOTH ANTIQUE BONE SOWBELLY
Item # 127196
$130.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
CASE MDE RED/BLACK CROSSROADS BARLOW (free shipping)
Item # 127194
$185.00
For Sale By:
drcvaught
CASE XX ** BROTHERS STAG SMALL GUNSTOCK
Item # 127191
$150.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
Case Small Pen Knife
Item # 127169
$30.00
For Sale By:
JSW Knives
BLACK/RED DYMALUX CASE CROSSROADS BARLOW (free shipping)
Item # 127140
$175.00
For Sale By:
drcvaught
Case XX USA 2008 2 Dot Muskrat SS 2 Blade Pocket Knife (#68)
Item # 127020
$100.00
For Sale By:
swtthg
CASE XX ** 2000 LIMITED EDITION MINT SET SMOOTH RED BONE SLEEVEBOARD
Item # 126921
$240.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
CASE XX ** 25th ANNIVERSARY 2025 GATOR JIG BONE RUSSLOCK SET
Item # 126793
$540.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
Case XX USA 92042 Imitation Pearl Pen Knife 1965-69
Item # 126718
$75.00
For Sale By:
Sanders Knives
Case XX USA 92033 Cracked Ice Pen Knife 1978
Item # 126716
$65.00
For Sale By:
Sanders Knives
Case XX Stainless USA 1879-1979 City of Bradford PA Centennial Year 278 Pen Knife
Item # 126715
$40.00
For Sale By:
Sanders Knives
Case XX USA 9233 Imitation Pearl Pen Knife 1965-69
Item # 126714
$75.00
For Sale By:
Sanders Knives
Case XX USA 1985 Roy Acuff Comm. Stag 5215 Gunstock Knife in Wooden Music Box
Item # 126710
$225.00
For Sale By:
Sanders Knives
Case XX USA Shaw Leibowitz Pearl Buffalo Clasp Knife in Wooden Box
Item # 126649
$700.00
For Sale By:
Sanders Knives
4 1/8" Vintage Case xx Congress knife #6488, 1972 (8 dot)
Item # 126636
$127.50
For Sale By:
Eight Knives
CASE 40-64 fixed blade hunting knife
Item # 126617
$110.00
For Sale By:
Cedaqua General
Case 6235 1/2 jack
Item # 126598
$105.00
For Sale By:
Cedaqua General
1983 NKCA Case Coke Bottle/Cheetah
Item # 126580
$175.00
For Sale By:
270Collectibles+
Case Hunter Trapper
Item # 126496
$180.00
For Sale By:
JSW Knives
Case Copperlock
Item # 126495
$55.00
For Sale By:
JSW Knives
Case Red Bone Silver Script Cheetah
Item # 126494
$300.00
For Sale By:
JSW Knives
Case Russlock
Item # 126493
$50.00
For Sale By:
JSW Knives
4 1/8"Case XX USA Red Bone R61048 SS Slimline Trapper Farmers Jack Knife. 1985
Item # 126477
$84.50
For Sale By:
Eight Knives
Lot of Three Case XX USA Pocket Knives , 6333 SS, 225 L SS, 059L SS
Item # 126475
$85.00
For Sale By:
Eight Knives
Case USA (65-59) Red Bone 6111 1/2 Swing Guard - Later Called a Cheetah
Item # 126445
$225.00
For Sale By:
EricReynolds1966
Case XX SS USA 5 Dot Bone 6251FK Case Collector's Club Banana Trapper Knife NIB
Item # 126355
$250.00
For Sale By:
Sanders Knives
Case XX USA Tiny Toothpick Autumn Peach Seed Jigged Bone, 5 dot (2000)
Item # 126304
$55.00
For Sale By:
Eight Knives
CASE XX ** 2012 ABALONE SILVER SCRIPT MINI COPPERLOCK
Item # 126177
$380.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
CASE BROTHERS ** STAG SEAHORSE WHITTLER
Item # 126176
$205.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
CASE XX ** 1986 STAG KENTUCKY BICENTENNIAL SOD BUSTER JR
Item # 126174
$150.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
CASE XX ** 2001 CRANBERRY SILVER SCRIPT SOWBELLY
Item # 126172
$222.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
CASE XX ** 2001 AUTUMN SHADOW BONE 08 HALF WHITTLER
Item # 126169
$115.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
CASE XX ** 1997 STAG CV TRAPPER
Item # 126164
$225.00
For Sale By:
SPRING HILL CUTLERY (eBay: bargainseller02)
Case XX Panama Trapper
Item # 126157
$167.00
For Sale By:
Citrus Farm
Case Amber Sowbelly
Item # 126151
$55.00
For Sale By:
acjnme
Case Amber Mini CopperLock
Item # 126150
$55.00
For Sale By:
acjnme
Case Stag Tiny Toothpick
Item # 126149
$95.00
For Sale By:
acjnme
Case 5318 Stag Stockman
Item # 126148
$135.00
For Sale By:
acjnme