My dwindling CASE collection

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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My dwindling CASE collection

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When I first started collecting I was all CASE. Had a fair size pile. Now I only have 10. Ones that in my mind are fairly uncommon. I was messing with them today and thought I would share them. All TESTED
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A beautiful set. Thanks for showing it.
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Awesome! I don't even know most of those patterns.
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Is that the 30 top right Keith? ::tu:: A good one to keep.
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gsmith7158 wrote:Is that the 30 top right Keith? ::tu:: A good one to keep.
Yes it is Greg.
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Keith, Super nice group! Rare patterns in rare condition. ::tu:: ::tu:: Have you figured out how to open that tri-fold? :D
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That's funny you asked that. I actually called the guy and said "how do you get this $%#@ thing open". ::shrug::
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I'll prove I know how.
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If you only have 10, that's a real good 10 to have. My my what a beautiful set. Very nice indeed. ::tu::

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Thanks Mike. I appreciate the complement.
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espn77 wrote:I'll prove I know how.
The bone is spectacular on the tri-fold. You could almost put a bullet shield on it and call it Remington :D
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RalphAlsip wrote:
espn77 wrote:I'll prove I know how.
The bone is spectacular on the tri-fold. You could almost put a bullet shield on it and call it Remington :D
That's good thinking Jerry. I knew I'd come out of this thread with some good ideas.
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Mercy those are nice! Everyone loves the bone but I think the striped celluloid is fantastic. If you are planning to reduce your Case collection even further and are willing to part with the celluloid please PM me. Great knives.

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Some real stunners in that group my friend. Very nice!!!!!

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deo-pa wrote:Mercy those are nice! Everyone loves the bone but I think the striped celluloid is fantastic. If you are planning to reduce your Case collection even further and are willing to part with the celluloid please PM me. Great knives.

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Thanks Dennis, that exact knife is on page 46, 179 of Steve's first edition book. I got it from Tx Jerry.
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zp4ja wrote:Some real stunners in that group my friend. Very nice!!!!!

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Thanks Jerry, I really appreciate you letting me have the trifold and the 99. Both great knives.

Come to think of it. All 10 knives came from aapk members.
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Keith , don’t be cheating on the Remingtons :mrgreen: with those beautiful case knives ::dang::
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ScoutKnives wrote:Keith , don’t be cheating on the Remingtons :mrgreen: with those beautiful case knives ::dang::
I know Mike, that's why I'm down to only 10.
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RalphAlsip wrote:
espn77 wrote:I'll prove I know how.
The bone is spectacular on the tri-fold. You could almost put a bullet shield on it and call it Remington :D
Spectacular! That's a great example of Rogers bone on the tri-fold. Rare knife! ::tu::

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Mumbleypeg wrote:
RalphAlsip wrote:
espn77 wrote:I'll prove I know how.
The bone is spectacular on the tri-fold. You could almost put a bullet shield on it and call it Remington :D
Spectacular! That's a great example of Rogers bone on the tri-fold. Rare knife! ::tu::

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Thanks Ken, I think your the only one that has another one on AAPK?
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Sweet!
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espn77 wrote:
zp4ja wrote:Some real stunners in that group my friend. Very nice!!!!!

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Thanks Jerry, I really appreciate you letting me have the trifold and the 99. Both great knives.

Come to think of it. All 10 knives came from aapk members.
Your welcome my friend. Glad you are their new keeper.

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espn77 wrote:
Mumbleypeg wrote:
RalphAlsip wrote: The bone is spectacular on the tri-fold. You could almost put a bullet shield on it and call it Remington :D
Spectacular! That's a great example of Rogers bone on the tri-fold. Rare knife! ::tu::

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Thanks Ken, I think your the only one that has another one on AAPK?
I'm fortunate to be the caretaker of one. I'm not sure but I think maybe Phin Spencer also has a 6001. There was an AAPK thread years ago about a 6001 that survived hurricane Katrina (it was under water for a while IIRC).

A pretty nice one that had a chipped handle sold two years ago on eBay for $3000. There's a link to it here somewhere. Aside from yours, those are the only ones I know of but there's got to be a few more around. ::hmm::

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I don't know them from Adam and I have a few nice case knives but from a different time period.
They sure are good looking knives. ::tu::
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Nice group of Case knives. Could be used as your base to
accumulate even more!

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