CASE BROTHERS BARLOW TESTED XXX

[olderdogs1]

I got this old tested case brothers barlow in a collection I bought. I am posting it to get some opinions on what it started life out as. Where it is stamped "tested XX" on the back of the tang there is an X in the center of the two double XX's that is not part of the newer stamp. I guess that makes it a rare "tripleX". Also under the new Case Brothers stamp you can faintly make out "made in the USA. The handles look brand new. Any comments are welcome. It is a good quality knife. Just not what it is pretending to be.

Tom

[knifeaholic]

No part of that knife even remotely resembles any authentic Case made knife in any way.

My guess...made out of the old parts from UTICA. A Kutmaster blade would have been stamped:

KUTMASTER
UTICA NY
MADE IN USA

That would explain the "MADE IN USA".

[olderdogs1]

Thanks, Steve
That would definitely make sense. The folks that put these knives together could buy a nice knife if they applied their skills to more worthwhile pursuits.
I appreciate your input.

Tom

[muskrat man]

I agree, frame and blade profiles resemble kutmaster as well

[1967redrider]

That frame looks like what I call the "ice cream" knife.

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 17&t=27688