case 61749l ss year?

[kingofallvols]

I have Copper Lock 61749L .Does anyone know the year? The S in case is not the lightning volt its the regular s.

[Mumbleypeg]

During the 1980s the “lightning S” denoted stainless steel blades. The regular S meant carbon steel (CV) blades. Everything else is the same. By 2000 Case had stopped using the lightning S stamp, instead stamping either SS (as your knife has) or CV.

To determine the year, count the X’s and dots as usual.

Ken

From the “Research” section on AAPK:

2000 – 2009

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Case XX tang stamps used after 1999

In 2000, Case developed a dating system using an old style Case XX stamp along with a mix of dots and x’s both above the Case XX symbol and below. Case started with 5 x’s, and 5 dots in 2000. For each year thereafter, they removed one dot. When all of the dots were gone after 2005, the x’s were removed one by one until 2010.

[DMB]

I also have a knife that has regular s in case and in USA… it also has a S.W.A.T blue paper in the wrapper. Any insight on this?

[Mumbleypeg]

I also have a knife that has regular s in case and in USA… it also has a S.W.A.T blue paper in the wrapper. Any insight on this? 930D774C-1A20-4081-BB95-BED39BA1CA55.jpeg

Sorry I don’t know anything about the blue S.W.A.T. paper - never seen it before. See here for how to date your knife. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/co ... ification/

Ken

[Mumbleypeg]

During the 1980s the “lightning S” denoted stainless steel blades. The regular S meant carbon steel (CV) blades. Everything else is the same. By 2000 Case had stopped using the lightning S stamp, instead stamping either SS (as your knife has) or CV.

To determine the year, count the X’s and dots as usual.

Ken

From the “Research” section on AAPK:

2000 – 2009

7F2F4D93-EE86-4BDB-A0AC-961BE1662A38.jpeg

Case XX tang stamps used after 1999

In 2000, Case developed a dating system using an old style Case XX stamp along with a mix of dots and x’s both above the Case XX symbol and below. Case started with 5 x’s, and 5 dots in 2000. For each year thereafter, they removed one dot. When all of the dots were gone after 2005, the x’s were removed one by one until 2010.

Edit: re-reading this post, I need to clarify the statement “Case had stopped using the lightning S stamp”. What I meant by this is they stopped using the lightning S solely to denote stainless steel. At some point they began stamping SS on a blade to denote stainless steel. (On the OP knife “SS” is part of the pattern number stamp). Someone here may know the exact details of when this was changed.

[knifeaholic]

All 1980's knives had the "lightning S" whether SS or CV.

IIRC it was the early 90's after the tang stamp change back to dots that they went to "lightning S" for SS and "round S" for CV. They still do it that way.

The OP knife is a 2001.