what is the rarest case knife you have??

[peanut740]

Bill,

[olderdogs1]

Bill,
That XX trapper on the tested frame is a beauty and rare for sure.

Here is a picture of its brother in Rogers Bone although not in as good of condition as yours.


Tom

[jlw257]

Tom

Larry

[cbfd]

Thank You,Larry, Roger, Tom, for the comments on the trapper,I like yours also Tom.I think Rogers Bone on one of those would be harder to find. Bill

[earle8888]

I have posted pictures of case xx that I thought/was told that it was a 5171L,
I have received comments from this posting calling it a 5172L.
Not being a real collector or case guy, I confused!
What case knife have I shown in posting, please help.

[cbfd]

Earl,yours is a 5171L. Bill

[zp4ja]

Great knives Gents! Trappers are not my passion personally but those are really nice ones.

As Bill said, it is a 71 frame Earl. The 72 is a big clasp knife.

Jerry

[earle8888]

Thanks guy's

[outkast]

Not the rarest but I do have 2 USA cheetahs with no pattern # and 1 USA Cheetah with extra 1

[olderdogs1]

Both pretty rare if you ask me.

Very nice

Tom

[FRJ]

Can someone tell me if this is an old Case knife.
Thank you.

[zp4ja]

Not the rarest but I do have 2 USA cheetahs with no pattern # and 1 USA Cheetah with extra 1

Cheetah U.S.A. Xrta 1 1.jpg

Cheetah U.S.A. Xtra 1 2.jpg

Cheetah U.S.A. Xtra 1 3.jpg

Cheetah U.S.A. No # 1 1.jpg

Cheetah U.S.A. No # 1 2.jpg

Cheetah U.S.A. No # 1 3.jpg

Cheetah U.S.A. No # 2 1.jpg

cheetah U.S.A. No # 2 2.jpg

Cheetah U.S.A. No #2 3.jpg

Nice knives. As Tom said, fairly rare. I have pristine extra 1 and the other 3 variations in that era that are not shabby either. Not many are aware there are 4 model stamp or lack thereof variations in USA era.

Jerry

[olderdogs1]

Can someone tell me if this is an old Case knife.
Thank you.

It looks like it might be, but really hard to tell. Does the picture of the tang stamp show everything or are there other clues. Is the secondary blade marked at all?

Tom

[FRJ]

Thanks, Tom.
There is nothing stamped on the pile side of main blade. Nothing stamped on either side of secondary.
Mark side of main shows some stamping above "& son". Nothing below that.

[olderdogs1]

I couldn't say with any degree of certainty that it is a WRCase & Son knife but it looks like a high quality knife.

Tom

[FRJ]

Thanks, Tom.
It's a nice little dog leg. It's solid, has ebony covers and half stops and I like the blades. Cool shield.
What ever it is I'm glad to have it.

[Oldredbone67]

2013 Genuine stag, slanted bolsters, arrowhead shield, #6318 stockman. My favorite!

[jlw257]

I think this old Knife is a rare one
Case XX 6254 Second Cut Redbone on a Tested Frame. Larry

[gsmith7158]

I would second that notion Larry! That baby is spotless.

[zp4ja]

Beautiful knife Larry.

Jerry

[olderdogs1]

That's a great knife, Larry , 1st one I have seen. Not many produced I would guess.


Tom

[peanut740]

Larry that is down right pretty.

[jlw257]

Thank you guys, proud of this one.

Larry

[rexstubbins]

The earliest one and possibly rarest one that I have is a Case &Son's 1905 to 1914 barn find. 6270 1/2 Sleeve board pen.

Major bummed that the pile side scale is missing but to me it's pretty cool.

Can't find any reference to it in any of the books I have. If anyone has some info (Steve?) I would sure appreciate it.

Sorry about the light but rainy & cloudy in Southern California - Kind of weird

[gsmith7158]

Rex that is a beautiful piece of history. There are so many beautiful knives shown in this thread that are undoubtedly the rarest pieces of that particular owner but it makes me wonder what is the rarest of all. Does anybody know or is that up for speculation. Probably no answer for my question but it would be interesting to know what people think. What is the rarest Case of all. THE HOLY GRAIL.