Aren't there multiple problems here? Handle material and pins don't look right. Is there an actual tadpole with tortoise shell handles from this era? Also box is obviously for a 2 bladed knife and not from the right era - this is a single blade.
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Case Tadpole
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Re: Case Tadpole
The basic knife is authentic - a genuine early Case - but as you noticed the handles are newly installed.
Case did make the tadpole in imitation tortoise and I have seen a one blade 29 pattern in tortoise - 7129 1/2.
Case did make the tadpole in imitation tortoise and I have seen a one blade 29 pattern in tortoise - 7129 1/2.
Steve Pfeiffer, author of Collecting Case Knives: Identification and Price Guide published by Krause Publications.