Old case?

[Carpenter]

Could anyone give me any info on the old case?

[Woodly]

what is the blade length?
the handle needs some oiling.

[Carpenter]

4 1/2” and yes it does.. I just picked it up from an estate sale today

[Gunsil]

The handles on these knives were originally coated or sealed with a shellac or varnish. Sadly oiling will not return that original look. Your knife was made in late 1930s and again in the late 1940s by the mark. Civilian hunting knives were not made with aluminum pommels during the war since aluminum was considered a "strategic" material. Case hunters of that era were mostly chrome plated and sadly your knife has a lot of scratches in the chrome for which there is no good cure. If the chrome is buffed off it will not have an original look since the cro-van steel it is made from will not have the same color when buffed as the original chrome finish. Did you get a sheath with it? Proper sheaths also help narrowing down dates.

[Carpenter]

Yes I also have the sheath.. i will post pic later when I get off work.. thanks for the info

[Carpenter]

Here you go gunsil

[Gunsil]

Sorry for the delay. Your sheath looks newer style than the knife so it doesn't help narrow down the dating of the knife. Many hunting knives are found in sheaths provided after the original wore or rotted away.

[stagman]

Your knife looks like a 5325-5 Stag with the small blood groove / fuller best I can tell,
maybe blade 1/2" short from sharpening, OAL should be 9 1/4" if it was full

Stag
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/stagman

[Woodly]

Oil won't return the original look but will prevent further cracking/shrinking