Thanks Charlie. That helps.Sasquach wrote:In my experience a mint or excellent Big Chief in red stag for $110.00 is a darn good deal. Case made a series of them with "Big Chief" etched on the master blade as well as the straight production models. That series included a red bone, green bone, blue bone, and a Midnight Stag if I remember correctly. They aren't super rare but they are a limited production and you don't see them every day. I'm not sure but I believe the etched editions were limited to 500 or 1000 pieces each. I've seen stag versions sell for as much as $150.00 too. That's the best info I can give you off the top of my head.Sharpnshinyknives wrote:Charlie, I didn’t realize those were called Big Chief. Very helpful. I have only come across 1 4 Big Chief canoe. Still have it. I have tried to sell it and have listed it here and on eBay. I won’t take less than 110 dollars for it, it’s a red stag, but getting no buyers. I have seen these go for close to 150. I can’t figure out if these are rare or common. Seeing three together makes me think they made more than I thought. Do you know Charlie how common or rare these are?Sasquach wrote: Those are called "Big Chief" canoes. They are very collectable. If you're not familiar with the Case model numbers the first number is the handle material, 6 being bone and 5 is stag. The second number is the number of blades, in this case 4. and the last three numbers are the pattern, 131 is the canoe pattern. The DR on your red one is for dark red. They sometime add the color, if it's special, on the front of the stamp. So dr64131 = dark red, bone handle, four blades, canoe pattern.
That black stag is a beauty!!!
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