The Early American knife set
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Maknsparksfly
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The Early American knife set
I bought a Early American knife set with the display case. I am trying to authenticate the display case and get an approximate value of the set. Has anyone ever encountered a set like this?
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knifeaholic
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Re: The Early American knife set
Case introduced the Early Americans line of kitchen cutlery in 1976. They were made until the early 1990's. That style of display is the first one that they used, from 1976 until the early to mid 1980's.
It is hard to put a dollar value on Case kitchen knives as there is little collector interest in them.
It is hard to put a dollar value on Case kitchen knives as there is little collector interest in them.
Steve Pfeiffer, author of Collecting Case Knives: Identification and Price Guide published by Krause Publications.
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tongueriver
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Re: The Early American knife set
I would not be surprised if CASE contracted those out to Chicago Cutlery. They sure do look the same, even the steel.
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knifeaholic
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Re: The Early American knife set
Case made them in house, but they were designed to compete with Chicago Cutlery. At that time Chicago Cutlery was becoming very popular and was taking market share from other makers of kitchen knives.tongueriver wrote:I would not be surprised if CASE contracted those out to Chicago Cutlery. They sure do look the same, even the steel.
Steve Pfeiffer, author of Collecting Case Knives: Identification and Price Guide published by Krause Publications.