Case XX pattern 66 ???

[robert6715]

Greetings, just picked up this centennial knife & trying to figure out what model it is. Appears to be a pattern 66 which I have never heard of.
Thanks in advance.

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[msteele6]

It's apparently a knife that Case made a pattern number change on, hence the "0" before the "66". Originally, the 66 pattern was a small stockman 3 1/16" closed. I think that they discontinued that pattern in the Tested era. If you can get a copy of Steve Pfeiffer's book on collecting Case knives, he goes into Case's rationale on pattern numbers, however, briefly, when Case used a discontinued pattern number they added the "0" in front of the pattern number to indicate the fact.

Maybe he'll (Knifeaholic) be along to elaborate further, however, I think that that's the gist of it.

[knifeaholic]

To add to what msteele said. There are lots of Case pattern numbers that make no sense when compared to each other. I mention in my book that sometimes the zero in a pattern number means a minor variation on another pattern, but as often as not it means a completely different pattern.

I had forgotten that Case made that 066 pattern for a few years. If I remember correctly, the original 066 on that frame is a switchblade made in the 1920's era. Case brought it back in 1989 as a non-switchblade but using a similar frame.

The 6366 was a small stockman, made in the Tested era.

[robert6715]

Thanks for the info. I bought the knife at a pawn shop for $55.00 & thought it was a bargain. When I got home & started digging I was having a heck of a time trying to figure out what exactly it was. The closest thing it looked like was a copperlock but not a lock back & much bigger at 5 1/2" closed, 10" open & quite thin at a little over a 1/4" thick.

Thanks again
Rob