The W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company has a very rich history that began in 1889 when William Russell (“W.R.”), Jean, John, and Andrew Case began fashioning their knives and selling them along a wagon trail in upstate New York. The company has produced countless treasures and it continues to do so as one of the most collected brands in the world.
It may be worth that in Mint condition and yes it would be hard to find but I say be happy with 10x what you paid for it with 2 days left. If a man could turn that kind of profit on every try he wouldn't have to work long
I'm confused on this one...the posted link doesn't connect me to the auction for that knife or any knife.
And I'm not sure where the talk of the knife selling for a dollar originated, I don't see any mention of that by the original poster either...?
Am I missing something?
Mike
There are those who are...and those who wish they were. He himself decides.
By me the original poster. I just looked t my old listings and did some talking about the knife. No I don't want or need to keep it. I need money much more... Then I can find more things and make more money. It's that easy. Before I die I hope to know what I'm doing in many areas.
You may want to research your knives a bit before you buy or sell if I am correct in the following...
Could be wrong though but this is what I know. Case did not make a short pull version of this knife in stag in the TESTED era.
The frame and handles looks totally authentic to me but I think it has been rebladed. Real hard to tell much more without seeing more and better pics of the knife. The secondary blade configuration also does not look right but they may have been reprofiled to a different shape. The choil on the on the secondary blade opposite the mainblade looks pre TESTED era to me, which is possible a leftover was used. Mainblade does not look right.
If someone can find this in one of their books in TESTED stag short pull, please let me know. 3 different trusted reference books and nada. Always an exception to the rules so I could be wrong. The TESTED 5394-1/2 was I believe available in short pull but that is a clip blade and on a "big cigar" frame not a "Gunboat" frame.
If you see the real deal, buy it for sure as they are rare and valuable. Even a used up one would be hard to find. Real glad to have this beauty. Yes, I am showing off a bit because this is a rare knife in good shape but I wanted to to share in case by luck you run across one. Same knife exactly as pictured in Sarge's 7th page 293 if you compare the stag fingerprint closely. Too bad some idiot buffed it out but the blades appear to be full.
Looking thru the old CASE price, inventory and sales lists, I see the following...
1926' not available due to not in inventory list.
1934' in the CASE price list for a whopping 42 dollars a dozen. Oh man, love to have a dozen of those mint in a couple of pumpkin boxes, that is for sure.
1937' in CASE sales list which shows the amount sold that year. 5-5/12 dozen. So 65 knives total of this model sold that year.
1938' in CASE sales list. Not listed.
So best I can tell, very small quantities made from 34' to 37'. Possible made from 1927' to 33' but have no reference for that timeframe.
Regards, Jerry
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The posted knife is fine (I wish I had bid on it). Case made the 131 in both LP and regular pull.
I have images from the Tested catalogs showing the 52131 nad the 53131 with regular pull. They are bitmap images so I can't post them here. Anyone know how to convert them?
Steve
Steve Pfeiffer, author of Collecting Case Knives: Identification and Price Guide published by Krause Publications.
Just goes to show I am no expert and that there are exceptions to what the books cover. Sorry, my mistake. I did say I could be wrong though and it appears I am.
Great info Steve!. Good to know. How about the years produced? Am I in the ballpark on that?
Try opening the .bmp file with Microsoft Paint (assuming you have a MS PC). Your default program may not be Paint so just left click on the file. Select "open with" and choose Paint to open. Aftre it opens, Do a "save as" and save as a .jpg.
Would love to see a pic of the catalog you mentioned assuming you can convert the file.
Regards, Jerry
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who leaves the world better than he found it; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in other's and gave the best he had.
Awesome Steve on the catalog pics posting. Glad to help on the format conversion. Did not know they made a TESTED stag 2 bladed Gunboat. Thanks again for enlightining me and straightening me out on the posted kniife. What a rare and awesome knife the 94 frame Gunboat is and was. Shame they did not continue with it, I think they did bring the Gunboat back in the last decade or so but not as sweet as these oldies for sure, in my opinion. I know they used the 94 pattern designation for other patterns besides the Gunboat, but those ain't Gunboats.
How about the years I suggested based on my research as far as when the 5394 was offered. In the ballpark?
Regards, Jerry
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who leaves the world better than he found it; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in other's and gave the best he had.
zp4ja wrote:Awesome Steve on the catalog pics posting. Glad to help on the format conversion. Did not know they made a TESTED stag 2 bladed Gunboat. Thanks again for enlightining me and straightening me out on the posted kniife. What a rare and awesome knife the 94 frame Gunboat is and was. Shame they did not continue with it, I think they did bring the Gunboat back in the last decade or so but not as sweet as these oldies for sure, in my opinion. I know they used the 94 pattern designation for other patterns besides the Gunboat, but those ain't Gunboats.
How about the years I suggested based on my research as far as when the 5394 was offered. In the ballpark?
Regards, Jerry
Those catalog pics are both 131s not 94 gunboats.
As far as I know the 94 was only made with long pull on the spear never regular pull.
Ahh! Really got wrapped around the axle on this knife for sure. All my comments I made on this knife were relevant to me thinking we were talking about a 94 frame. So right on the 94 comments I made, wrong because the posted knife is a Canoe, not a Gunboat 94 frame.
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