Can you spot something unusual or different about this Case 6318?

[knifeaholic]

Case 10 dot 6318 Sh Sp SSP...can anyone spot anything unusual or different about it?

[Mumbleypeg]

All blades are marked SS. I’m not big into stainless but seems to me it’s unusual to have all blades marked.

Ken

Edit: that’s not it - after looking at several on line it looks like all blades marked is the norm. Wrong again.

[RalphAlsip]

It doesn't have the "for flesh only" etch on the spey blade, but I can't imagine that would be unusual given how easily it can be removed.

[Mumbleypeg]

Was a stainless polished mirror finish without blade etch common in 1970?

Ken

[kootenay joe]

I know zero about Case but i wonder why blades are marked "SSP" and "SS" since both mean the same thing: stainless steel blades and springs.
Is this a good guess ?
kj

[nchappy1]

Hello to all the knife addicts out here my name is Thomas The jigging on the bone looks a little different not peanuty like it should be. I'm new so I really don't know but I do know I love this forum. I peek in every day I can!

[FRJ]

I think the main clip blade is unusual.

EDIT:

[rexstubbins]

Hmmm

HP = Sheepsfoot & Pen
SSP = Stainless Steel blades & springs - polished edge

So spey blade not right and should have a pen blade in place of the spey? (Question mark because I am not completely sure and if Steve is asking then he already knows the answer.)

Also has a nasty crack.

--- edit ---

On second thought - I have no clue

[kootenay joe]

Reading in this great book i have about Case knives a 1970 6318 SSP should have satin finish SS blades and the California Clip should be etched "Tested XX Razor Edge". That is, if i have understood correctly. Then in 1980's there was a gradual change to mirror finish and no etch.
This knife lacks the etch but i cannot tell from pictures if blade finish is satin or mirror. I think they are satin.
kj

[royal0014]

and the California Clip should be etched "Tested XX Razor Edge". kj

Actually, that exact etch is on the blade .... 4th picture.

I'm sure Mr P. knows, he's just having some fun with us.
ME ? totally clueless ....

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Looks like the pins are not brass, can’t see the liners to tell if they are brass or not.

[btrwtr]

I think the main clip blade is unusual.

EDIT:

Non standard California clip blade.

[herbva]

I have one of these and it has the word "STAINLESS" between the CASE XX and USA on the clip.

[Mumbleypeg]

Hmmm

HP = Sheepsfoot & Pen
SSP = Stainless Steel blades & springs - polished edge

So spey blade not right and should have a pen blade in place of the spey? (Question mark because I am not completely sure and if Steve is asking then he already knows the answer.)

Also has a nasty crack.

--- edit ---

On second thought - I have no clue

Doug, HP is correct for SHeepfoot and SPey. Case uses the second letter of the word. Sheepfoot and Pen is HE. Supposed to eliminate the conundrum of using “S” as the abbreviation for Sheepfoot and Spey. Instead it just confuses collectors, but we weren’t the intended audience, Case factory personnel were.

I don’t have a clue either. Steve is toying with us, like a cat playing with a mouse.

Ken

[Modern Slip Joints]

Looks like the pins are not brass, can’t see the liners to tell if they are brass or not.

Good eye. Unless the photography or computer trickery turned copper color to silver color the last picture show it has nickel silver pins and liners. During the 1990s Case's Select knives had nickel silver pins and liners. They were a bit more expensive. Most had changes from standard production like different blade shapes or split back springs instead of three back springs and included a free year CCC membership. I do not know anything about 1970 knives but nickel silver pins and liners would be consistent with polished blades that have a slightly different shape.

[kennedy knives]

Just a guess but the bolsters look a little long for an 18 pattern ?????

[knifeaholic]

I have one of these and it has the word "STAINLESS" between the CASE XX and USA on the clip.

I read all of the entries...this one is the WINNER. The prize is...well, nothing.

On every Case stainless pocket knife from XX through 1979, the tang stamps will be:

CASE XX/STAINLESS for the XX era

CASE XX/STAINLESS/USA for 1965-69

CASE XX/STAINLESS/USA/Dots for 1970-79

This one is an odd factory error, the wrong stamping die was used.

Everything else about the knife is 100% normal for a Case 6318 Sh Sp SSP of that era.