Case Tested 8308 whittler

[have aknife day]

Very interesting discussion......I just ordered a new copy of "FIRST 100 YEARS" and cant wait to get it!!

[wlf]

Why would that knife be in the factory collection?The collection at the Case factory I have seen are old knives.I have owned a couple of true Case prototypes and they were and are marked on the inside of the liners has such.That 0000 on the bolster looks like one of Parker's tricks like he did with Case Classics.They sold multiples of the same knife with 0,00,000,0000 serial #'s,what does that mean?
Yours may be perfectly right.But when Parkers are involved, I'm always sceptical.

The factory collection included many fine old Case knives, but there was a load of JUNK in there too. Various "prototypes" some half finished, with and without PROTO markings.

I saw the collection ca.2005-6.My point being it wouldn't be hard to etch some numbers on the bolster of some common knife and make a so called certificate of authenticity and sell it for a premium.

Like they exotically and otherwise rehandled and gave certificates of authenticity to the many, many Classic prototypes.