What model is this?

[muskrat man]

trying to identify this model, cant find it is sargents guide, handle has not been replaced but has had a previous owners name stamped in it apparently

[kennedy knives]

what is the overall length a 5 finn is around 7 7/8" a 516-5 is about 9"

[muskrat man]

approx 8 1/8" overall blade is 4". The unusual handle is what threw me off but I am reasonably sure it is original to the knife

[kennedy knives]

approx 8 1/8" overall blade is 4". The unusual handle is what threw me off but I am reasonably sure it is original to the knife

It's a 5 Finn that's been rehandled

[Gunsil]

I have collected Case hunting knives for fifty years and never seen one with a handle like that. I agree that it has been re-handled.

[muskrat man]

I'm just not feeling the rehandle. The fit is dang near perfect, wood is true to type walnut, brass pins, as it should be. The contours are about perfect, no obvious aftermarket tooling marks, outside of normal age and wear from useage. I repair and embellish knives on a daily basis and while this does look out of the norm it just doesn't scream rebuild to me.

[kootenay joe]

Is it possible that a Case 'cutler' made this knife for himself while at work in the factory ?
i.e. did this kind of 'theft' actually occur ? or is another one of our many 'knife myths' ?
kj

[btrwtr]

Given that these knives were generally full length, full tang knives quite a bit of quality work has been done on the knife. Although very unusual I wouldn't discard the knife as non factory due to the quality of work. If the knife needed to be re-handled at some point in time it would be far easier to put slab handles on the full tang than it would be to cut about half the tang off and then slot and pin the handle as on this knife is. Could be a special order in some quantity for J. F. Seitz. There is a meat packing company Seitz. Packing companies often marked there knives as property as on this knife.