Error found in Collecting Case Knives book, 2nd edition

[williamcrane]

Has anyone else noticed an error in this books explanation of the dots and x's on 2010-Present tang stamps? Seems like it should read "from 2011 a dot is removed..." I'm sure it's just a printing/typesetting error. I have both editions and find them extremely informative and useful. Hope this is corrected before any further printings.

[knifeaholic]

Has anyone else noticed an error in this books explanation of the dots and x's on 2010-Present tang stamps? Seems like it should read "from 2011 a dot is removed..." I'm sure it's just a printing/typesetting error. I have both editions and find them extremely informative and useful. Hope this is corrected before any further printings.

I never noticed that. I got those charts in PDF form from Case, so it was not the fault of the publisher. I did get Case to correct a different error on one of the older stamps.

Try looking on the Case website to see how they present it there.

[knifeaholic]

Actually, I just reread the text from Case. I believe that what they show is correct - first the X's were removed, then the dots. For example, a 2017 stamp has no X's and three dots.

[big monk]

that is the way to tell the difference in the 10 year production spans ( both 10 year productions started with 5 dots & 5 x's ) -- 2000-2010 the dots were stamped first & removed ''''first'''' --- then in 2010-2020 the x's were stamped first & removed first --- will get interesting in 2021 ???

[williamcrane]

Confusing indeed. Here's how Case College (from their website) illustrates the stamps for 2010-2019. In addition, I have included pictures of my Tony bose Tribal lock., showing 3 Xs for 2017. Call me a puzzled 70 yr old from Philadelphia.

[Mumbleypeg]

Other than nitpicking, it seems pretty easy to me. If there's 7 dots and X's total, it's 2013. If there's 3 dots and X's total, it's 2017. How they remove them is inconsequential to determining the date. But, I'm just an old country boy.

Ken