Vintage CASE Folding Knives

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Dang BIGHEAD ! You told me on the phone you scored today... Boy did you ever ::ds:: Send those here so's I can get a little better look ::nod::

I would call her sexy Charlie, you know Ladies look better in black ::nod:: and Ebony is even more better :mrgreen:
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BIGHEAD wrote:31
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Here's something a bit different; a "little cigar", better known as a Case XX 62055 1/2, with Roger's bone handles!
Case didn't make too many knives with Roger's bone. I believe this is referred to as early Roger's. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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One more for today; an odd pattern, labeled 05247SP.
I think of it as a 2-blade stockman, with its stockman handle and a spey secondary. But I guess you can call it a pen, or a double end Jack?? It has a single backspring, with a catch bit for the spey blade, and I think the stag is Case's Red Stag. Again, correct me if I'm wrong!!
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Keep 'em comin Charlie ::ds:: ::ds:: ::ds:: ::ds:: ::ds::
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BH, in honor of your infectious enthusiasm, it gives me great pleasure to post another one!
This 10-dot Daddy Barlow is one of a small limited run in jigged bone. You hardly ever see them!
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Good grief Charlie :shock: Top shelf as always ::tu::

I would say your right on both counts, Red Stag and a Double End Jack, if the secondary was a Pen I would say Pen knife, but what do I know ::shrug::

Are you going to try to make it to Blade next year, and if so are you bringing any of you beauties?
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I am trying for Blade next year, 4ever3, but I'm not ready to sell the "top shelf" yet!
I may bring some traders, but flying with knives is worse than running with scissors! :roll:
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Charlie you don't have to sell the top shelf just bring some so's I can Gawk at 'em :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Yeah Charlie, I don't want to buy them, I just want to CE & CF them at the meeting place ::nod::

That is if you bring some of them, I can only imagine what it would be like to fly with them
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You worry like heck that some goblin with an X-ray machine will figure out a way to relieve you of them!!!
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A big ol Daddy Barlow 6143 with RED scales and not jigged. LOL

Pics are a bit off color due to the fact that I had a fluorescent light as illumination.
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Back to the positive; this knife just arrived from Florida (see the rust??) :mrgreen:
Seriously, It's the first time I've seen one of these WWI Navy knives, that I can confidently say it FULL-bladed!
Mike Silvey tells the story of these so well in his book, I've scanned the appropriate pages. Everyone needs this book! See Pics!!

P.S. There is virtually no pocket or cutting wear on the knife. The blades have good snap before the half-stops, and thunderous snap to the open position; just like a good knife should!!!
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Amazing knives!
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Charlie,

Did you see the one I posted on page 1?

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Nice Barlow Wullie! Sorry about the simultaneous post! Didn't mean to "talk over" you!! :oops:
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MILLER BRO`S wrote:Charlie,

Did you see the one I posted on page 1?

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Yes of course - same knife, Dimitri. It would be nice to see them side by side. The odd bone jig looks the same. I wonder where it was done?
Roger's maybe??
Your blade is very full, though I think the spine "tip" is smoothed a bit. I think everyone who carried one took the corner off. I could feel mine poking me as I walked home with it in my pocket!! I think I'll leave it sharp though! 8)
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upnorth wrote:Nice Barlow Wullie! Sorry about the simultaneous post! Didn't mean to "talk over" you!! :oops:
Not a problem, I'm hard of hearing anyway. LOL

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Nice B-low Wullie. I had one jest like that 'un but I gave her away in a RT :)


Dang it Charlie where in the blue blazes did you come up with all those beauties :shock:
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It would seem that Charlie lives in the right place at the right time!

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That Case Navy knife is the berries!!

As for the Bannerman picture, Francis Bannerman was quite showman and salesman. I have two of his original catalogs from the 20's and they are an AWESOME reference source. He was known to embellish things a bit. He sure had some neat old stuff in his day.
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Here's a little CASE BRADFORD, PA that I picked up today.

I think it says 6206 on the pen blade.
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Saweet Wullie ::nod::
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Nice Jack Wullie. I've always liked that diamond shield!
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I wish it wasn't so TINY!! LOL.

The price was right, I couldn't pass it up. :wink:

AND as Charlie said, it is evil, and it said, "OWN ME!! Be my custodian! Take care of me!" :roll:

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