Old case knife

[Thentom]

I'm trying to find any information about a knife I remember from my childhood 1963-1968,It was all steel, had a black painted handle with a cheetah on the handle,fully open it was probably 5-7 in. long.Any body remember?

[Mumbleypeg]

Welcome to AAPK. Case did make a knife they called a cheetah. A single blade lockback swing guard, it had an etch of a cheetah on the master blade of some models. The cheetah etch did not appear before early 1970s. None had painted handle covers. I don’t recall ever seeing any Case with painted handles, on any knife.

Ken

[edgy46]

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I don't have any information other than a memory of seeing one. All metal, painted black with a leaping cat. Someone will have answer, so keep checking back. Again welcome

PS As Ken said it would not be a Case knife.

[QTCut5]

all steel, had a black painted handle with a cheetah on the handle,fully open it was probably 5-7 in.

Sounds like possibly a Mercator.

(Photo clipped from a post by orvet)

[Gunsil]

I think QT has it! That's the only black painted knife with a cat on the handle that I can think of. They were fairly popular back in the late 60s-1970s.