Case & Case related knives over 100 years old

[jlw257]

Tom, good seeing you at the show. Great knife

[Mumbleypeg]

Tom, you scored another dandy!

Ken

[RalphAlsip]

Tom, beautiful old knife in great condition.

[olderdogs1]

Thanks Greg, Larry, Ken and Jerry, your comments are much appreciated.

Tom

[peanut740]

PLATTS BROS , ELDERD, PA. SUNFISH 1905

After Harvey Platts went to partner with Russ Case, W R Case & Sons in 1905 a few knives were produced for PLATTS BROS ELDRED by the brothers that were left before the move to Androver, NY, I believe they were all contract knives as Harvey took all of the equipment with him to Bradford.
This is the only one of these knives I have seen with this stamp. I believe it was produced by CASE BROS and would welcome opinions of others as well.

Thanks for looking

Tom

I missed this one Tom.I had one of these that I sold at Tulsa a couple years ago.It was in excellent unncleaned condition.I believe it was made by Napanoch.

[olderdogs1]

Roger,
Do you believe my sunfish was made by Napanoch.? I thought the bone looked like the jigging that a lot of the Case Brothers Knives have.

Tom

[peanut740]

Roger,
Do you believe my sunfish was made by Napanoch.? I thought the bone looked like the jigging that a lot of the Case Brothers Knives have.

Tom

What is the length Tom?

[olderdogs1]

Roger,
Do you believe my sunfish was made by Napanoch.? I thought the bone looked like the jigging that a lot of the Case Brothers Knives have.

Tom

What is the length Tom?

It is 4 1/4” closed Roger.

Tom

[peanut740]

Roger,
Do you believe my sunfish was made by Napanoch.? I thought the bone looked like the jigging that a lot of the Case Brothers Knives have.

Tom

What is the length Tom?

It is 4 1/4” closed Roger.

Tom

It's too long for a Case Brothers. 50 pattern is slightly less than 4".Napanoch's were 4 1/4" and they had a worm groove bone also.They did a lot of contract work for many including W R Case in their early days.

[olderdogs1]

I have a Napanoch sunfish. Sure enough, 4 1/4”, thanks Roger

Tom

[slimtrap48]

I purchased this Tested era lady leg with a broken blade. I was also concerned the handles would gas on me. I contacted Case and they hooked me up with a Bradford era blade and new goldstone handles.

[olderdogs1]

The knife looks great. Very interested that Case would hook you up with a Bradford Era blade on such an old knife. Did Case do the work as well?
Could you post a closeup of the tang stamp on the newly installed blade?

Thanks for posting it.

Tom

[gsmith7158]

That is indeed unusual for Case to provide a blade like that ! Do show us some close ups.

[4ever3]

I purchased this Tested era lady leg with a broken blade. I was also concerned the handles would gas on me. I contacted Case and they hooked me up with a Bradford era blade and new goldstone handles.

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Wait, they had a new Bradford blade?

[Mumbleypeg]

Looks like the original master was a Tested era blade, replaced with one stamped Case over Bradford PA. Possibly a blade for a more recent Case Select series, or similar Case Family Brands release. Blades on these had some more recent date code marks. Would be interesting to see what's under the bolster and on the pile side of the blade.

The new goldstone material is acrylic.

Ken

Edit: I may be confusing this with the ones Case did a few years ago stamped "Bradford Cutlery". But those had an arched stamp IIRC. I do seem to remember a recent "Case Bradford" release though. I can't keep up with all the new stuff!

[slimtrap48]

Here's a better look at the tang for ya. Main and secondary have the same numbers on the back sides. These are true Bradford blades, not new condition. The handles had some damage which is why Case agreed to help me out.

Main tang

Back of main

Back of secondary

Pattern info

[4ever3]

Ahhhhh gotcha!

[olderdogs1]

Posting a couple not seen every day from the Ky knife show.
Case Bradford mother of pearl 83074 1915-20
Case Bradford Red Winterbottom congress 62052 1915-20

Thanks for looking!

Tom

[jlw257]

Tom, Great pair of knives
The Red Winterbottom is awesome

[slimtrap48]

Couple of nice oldies there! Congrats and thanks for sharing.

[doglegg]

Wow, two wonderful old knives. They don't show their age.

[FarSide]

Wow, two wonderful knives! Thanks for sharing.

[peanut740]

Tom

[olderdogs1]

Thanks for the comments guys. The old ones in decent shape are getting harder to find it seems.

Tom

[gsmith7158]

I am very pleased to have picked up this Case Bros. Little Valley, N.Y. whittler this week.