Extremely Rare or Extremely Unliked?

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.
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Extremely Rare or Extremely Unliked?

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Spent a whole night searching sites about this knife and it
Seems like a set lost in space.. From what I did find this is the first of 9 pieces in an American Wildlife collection. I do see a couple for sale on another site but I can't find anything else about it like origin or even a mention on the case site or here.

The stamp is 059L SS

Can someone please shed some light on this mystery?

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Can you take a picture of the tang stamp on the other front side of the knife?

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Swifty that's unlike any Case I have ever seen. The pattern 059 L is a small lock back with black zytel handles. Some o the older ones had pakkawood handles but they don't even resemble that knife. Does the front tang have the case date stamp?
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gsmith7158 wrote:Swifty that's unlike any Case I have ever seen. The pattern 059 L is a small lock back with black zytel handles. Some o the older ones had pakkawood handles but they don't even resemble that knife. Does the front tang have the case date stamp?
I used to have a handful of this pattern in the form you describe ("mini blackhorn" if I recall correctly) from a clearance sale, and indeed find the blade shape in the OP knife familiar. If you search/Google "059 L Case", you'll find photos of metal handled knives that appear to match this one. I'm certainly no expert though.
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The logo dates 1990-93 but the date is hard to read. Think it says 92 though. This is the only one I have atm, but I'll get a better one for you tomorrow.
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Pseudonym wrote:
gsmith7158 wrote:Swifty that's unlike any Case I have ever seen. The pattern 059 L is a small lock back with black zytel handles. Some o the older ones had pakkawood handles but they don't even resemble that knife. Does the front tang have the case date stamp?
I used to have a handful of this pattern in the form you describe ("mini blackhorn" if I recall correctly) from a clearance sale, and indeed find the blade shape in the OP knife familiar. If you search/Google "059 L Case", you'll find photos of metal handled knives that appear to match this one. I'm certainly no expert though.
Yea it seems theres a NASCAR series with the same style. Also a confederate one as well.
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http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/c ... -248987087

Swifty here is some info I found on Worthpoint about this series.
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Yea that's where I got what I know from lol
Heres another I found. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 31&alt=web

And that's about it..

I'm wondering why case wouldn't mention this series at all? From the photos I've seen they are nice.
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For some reason Case doesn't leave a lot of info about production numbers and different series for posterity ::shrug::
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I sent them an email inquiring about it. Just waiting for the reply.
I'll keep this post updated.
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