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 XX USA 10 Dot Blue Bone 62100 Saddlehorn Knife in Box - Genuine Bone Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice Unused Condition...
Item # 53634
$125.00
Case XX SS USA 9 Dot Bone 6185 Tom Arrowsmith President's KnifeDoctors Knife w/COA - Pretty Smooth Gray Bone Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut...
Item # 53631
$100.00
Case XX SS USA 2 Dot (1978) Engraved Brass Pen Knife - Beautiful Engraved Brass Handles - No Cracks - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Brasshas some insignificant surface scratches-...
Item # 53627
$40.00
1972 Case XX Pearl Pen with Bale Pattern # 82053 New in Black Velvet Case , Has Factory Edge , Never Toted Nice Pertty Pearl Handles with no Chips or Cracks...
Item # 53407
$145.00
1978 Case XX Appaloosa Bone Peanut Pattern # A6220 New in Plactic Case in a Orange Case Punkin Box Factory Edge of Carbon Steel Never Toted Nice...
Item # 53320
$125.00
1973 Case XX Discountiued Bone Handle Stockman Pattern # 6392 No Box , Has Factory Edge of Carbon Steel Never Toted , Does have Storage Spots on Back Spring & Blade...
Item # 53134
$120.00
1976 Case XX Grey Etch Stag Handle Pattern # 5233SSP Comes new in Orange Case Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Nice Stag Handles with no Chips or Cracks...
Item # 53039
$145.00
Case XX Brown Bone Pen Pattern # 6233 Come new in Case Box with Case Wrapping Paper the old style Carbon Steel Blades with Factory Edge Never...
Item # 53038
$125.00
1973 Case XX Wood Handle Elephant Toe Pattern # 6250 No Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Carbon Steel Nice Wood Handles with no Chips or Cracks...
Item # 52651
$150.00
Case Tiny Texas Toothpick Design Work By Michael Pater of Painted Pony New in Black Velvet Case , Never Toted Nice File work all over look at pictures Nickel...
Item # 52408
$145.00
Case XX USA 1 Dot 1999 Abalone Pearl 82131 Canoe Knife -Beautiful Abalone Pearl Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice...
Item # 52211
$200.00
Case XX USA 3 Dot Bone 6254 Saluting Mackinaw WAGB 83 Trapper Knife NIB - Genuine Bone Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Near to Mint...
Item # 52180
$65.00
Case XX USA 2016 Cranberry 10318 SS Serpentine Stockman Knife in Box -Cranberry CelluloidHandles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble -...
Item # 51930
$55.00
Case XX USA 2004 Blue Bone 610096 SS Tiny Texas Toothpick Knife in Box - BeautifulBlue Bone Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble -...
Item # 51913
$60.00
Case XX Transition 1999 to 2000 Stag Stockman Pattern #53032 New in Box with Date on Box of 12/01/99 Factory Edge , Never Carried Has a Stainless Steel...
Item # 51809
$125.00
2007 Case XX Blue Bone Copperlock Pattern # 61549L SS New in Metal Tin , Factory Edge , Never Carried Nice Blue Bone Handles with no Chips or Cracks Nickel...
Item # 51808
$85.00
2018 Case XX Black Delrin Handle Sod Buster Jr. Pattern # 2137 SS New in Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Black Handles with no Chips or Cracks Nice Sod...
Item # 51792
$35.00
2016 Case XX Yellow Handle Sod Buster Pattern # 3138 CV New in Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Carbon Steel Yellow Delrin Handles are Chip & Crack...
Item # 51788
$40.00
Case XX USA 2010 Chestnut Bone Shepherd Hills Exclusive Peanut Knife in Box - Serial Number 212 - GenuineChestnut Bone Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps...
Item # 51759
$65.00
Case XX USA 2010 Bone 6254 Shepherd Hills Collector's Club Member Trapper Knife NIB - Serial Number 1790 - Genuine Bone Handles - No Cracks - Scrolled Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps...
Item # 51755
$85.00
Case XX Stainless USA 1879-1979 City of Bradford Pennsylvania Centennial Year 278 Pen Knife - Composition Handles - No Cracks - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice Unused...
Item # 51735
$30.00
1976 Case XX Grey Etch Stag Handle Stockman Pattern # 5347 SSP No Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Nice Stag Handles with no Chips looks like a pin Crack on front but doesn't...
Item # 51527
$165.00
1980 Case XX Stag Handle Doctors Knife Pattern # 5185 SSP No Box , Factory Edge, Never Carried Nice Stag Handles with no Chips or Cracks Nickel Silver...
Item # 51525
$155.00
1976 Case XX Grey Etch Stag Handle Folding Hunter Pattern # 5265 SAB SSP No Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Nice Fat Stag Handles with no Chips or Cracks...
Item # 51522
$280.00
Case XX USA 2010 Orange Bone 62046 1/2 Collectors Club Humpback Half Whittler Knife in Box - Life Member - Orange Bone Handles- No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open...
Item # 50689
$75.00
Case XX Tiny Texas ToothPick Design Work By Micheal Prater Painted Pony New in Black Velvet Box with COA , Factory Edge , Never Carried File Work on Nickel Silver...
Item # 50554
$165.00
Case XX 2019 Smooth Red Bone Tony Bose design Sowbelly Pattern # TB6339 SS New in Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Stainless Steel Box states Dark Red but it looks...
Item # 50553
$95.00
1989 Case XX Discontinued Smooth Brown Pakkawood Sharpfinger Pattern # P1051 1/2 L SSP No Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Satin Finish Stainless Steel Clip Point...
Item # 50486
$85.00
1976 Case XX Discontinued brown jigged Pakkawood Drop Point Lockback Pattern # 61051 L SSP No Box, Factory Edge , Never Carried Satin Finsh Stainless Steel Drop Point...
Item # 50485
$85.00
Case XX USA Sapphire Glow Corelon 9318CS Premier Edition Stockman Knife 1 of 500 - Corelon Handles- No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very...
Item # 50395
$60.00
Case XX USA 2000 6254 Bone Merry Christmas Trapper Knife in Wood Display Box -Gorgeous BoneHandles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble...
Item # 50392
$85.00
Case XX USA 1986 Yellow 3318 SS 1 of 1000 Stockman Christmas Knife - NIB - Serial No. 545 - Yellow Composition Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut -...
Item # 50354
$55.00
Case XX USA 2013 6254 Stag Trapper Knife in Box - Genuine Stag Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice Unused Condition in the...
Item # 50350
$75.00
Case XX USA 2013 BH254 Buffalo Horn Trapper Knife in Box - Genuine Buffalo HornHandles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice...
Item # 50349
$75.00
Case XX USA 8 Dot EX2156 SS Exotic Pearl Tuxedo Knife in Box - BeautifulPearl Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice Unused...
Item # 50346
$150.00
Case XX USA 8 Dot EX2156 SS Exotic Turquois Tuxedo Knife in Box - BeautifulTurquois w/pearl inlayHandles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No...
Item # 50345
$150.00
Case XX USA 8 Dot Bone 62156 SS Tuxedo Knife in Box - Beautiful Genuine Bone Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice Unused Condition...
Item # 50343
$65.00
Case XX USA Stag Kodiak Hunter Fixed Blade Sheath Knife in Box Pre-1979. -Extra Tough Van-KroBlade - Stag Handles - Just like they came off the Deers Head - Brass Guard - Box is in...
Item # 50082
$274.95
Case XX USA Stag Kodiak Hunter Fixed Blade Sheath Knife in Box Pre-1979. -Extra Tough Van-KroBlade - Stag Handles - Just like they came off the Deers Head - Brass Guard - Very Nice...
Item # 50081
$274.95
1977 Palmetto Cutlery Club Pearl Handle Canoe Whittler Serial # 089 No Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Worked Nickel Silver Bolsters & Pins , Brass...
Item # 50016
$145.00
Case XX 10 Dot USA SR 6347 1/2 Smoothe Red Bone 3 blade folding knife. Handle are crack free with no chips. Excellent snap open and closed, has the original factory edge, never carried or...
Item # 48935
$84.00
1979 Case XX Appoloosa Bone Jack Pattern # A6235 1/2 No Box , Factory Edge , Never Carried Nickel Silver Bolsters , Brass Pins & Liners Appoloosa Bone...
Item # 48914
$105.00
Case XX Bradford PA USA 1991 Curly Maple 7333 SS Tiny Stockman Knife NIB - Curly Maple Wood Handles- No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble -...
Item # 48438
$65.00
Case XX SS USA 1 Dot (1989) Curly Maple 72042 SS Pen Knife in Box - Beautiful Genuine Curly Maple Wood Handles- No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No...
Item # 48436
$45.00
Case XX USA 2010 Blue Bone 6254 SS Trapper Knife in Box - GenuineBlue Bone Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice Unused...
Item # 48430
$60.00
Case XX USA 2004 Bone Stag 6.5254 SS Trapper Knife in Box - Genuine Bone Stag Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice Unused...
Item # 48428
$60.00
Case XX USA 2005 Blue Bone 6254 SS Trapper Knife in Box - GenuineBlue Bone Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice Unused...
Item # 48423
$60.00
Case XX USA Discountinued Bone Pattern #06244 No Box ,Factory Edge , Never Carried Nice Bone Handles with no Chips or Cracks Nickel Silver Bolsters , Pins...
Item # 47937
$95.00
Case XX USA 10 DotDelrin 06244 Pen Knife -Delrin Handles - No Cracks - Nickel Silver Bolsters - Nickel Silver Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Very Nice Unused Condition No...
Item # 47852
$50.00
Case XX USA Stag Kodiak Hunter Fixed Blade Sheath Knife in Box c.1979-1981 - Chrome Plated Blade - Stag Handles - Just like they came off the Deer's Head - Brass Guard - Very Nice Unused Condition...
Item # 47824
$275.00
Case XX SS USA 9 Dot (1981) Wood Caribou Skinner Knife and Sheath - NIB - Wood Handles - No Cracks -Brass Liners - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - New Condition in the Original...
Item # 47823
$175.00
Case XX SS USA Hammerhead Buffalo Hunter 554 59L Lockback Knife in Box 1991 - Serial # 008 - Handles are inlaid on both sides with brass, turquois, red coral, pearl and wood by Santa Fe Stone...
Item # 47821
$300.00