All About Pocket Knives

Boy this thread is definitely pulling out the good stuff. Great knives Wayne and Gary. I'll add my two CASE knives.

Keith, those are a pair of pristine old knives. The slab of roger bone the 6001 patter is fantastic.

Thanks Jerry. It is a large chunk of bone.

RalphAlsip wrote:Gary, nice WR Case & Sons sportsmen set. Blades and sheath are both in remarkable condition.

Wayne, that is a spectacular group of knives.

Thanks I kind like it

Thanks for all the compliments on the Case knives I posted.

Gary that Sportman's set is the grail of Case fixed blades. I've only seen a few in many years of collecting.

Keith no way to upgrade on the two you posted.

btrwtr wrote:Thanks for all the compliments on the Case knives I posted.

Gary that Sportman's set is the grail of Case fixed blades. I've only seen a few in many years of collecting.

Keith no way to upgrade on the two you posted.

Thanks Wayne I've only seen 3 Case Tested Sportsman in over 40 years of collecting Would Love to find the Hobo set from around that time

The _294X pattern is rare knife in my experience. It is 4 1/4 closed. I have seen them marked Case Bros Springville, W.R. Case & Sons, and Tested XX. This is a W.R. Case & Sons 5294X with the pattern number marked. It has the raised letter oval shield which seems to be a rare shield to me. The slim design of the frame and smooth bolster-to-bolster line of the main blade as seen from the front are appealing characteristics of this pattern to me.

Jerry, that has to be one of the rarest Case knives and yours is a beauty

Appealing to a great number of folks ! That is one beautiful old knife.

Super nice nice Jerry, thanks for showing it


Tom

That's something else. I'd assume that's rare in any condition and again a great rare knife you have.

That’s a beauty Jerry. Appeals to me too!

Ken

Jerry

Here's one that's pretty rare.

Greg, your 5171L switchblade is a beauty.

RalphAlsip wrote:Greg, your 5171L switchblade is a beauty.

Agreed

Tom

Greg, that is a very rare knife. Don’t see many of those come up for sale, if ever.
I have been scrolling past this thread time and again and just didn’t think I had any Case knife that was all that rare. I sold my 3 prototypes and those were rare.
Then it dawned on me that I have 6 rare case knives. This is set of Ivory handled Case knives. They all have matching serial numbers and have been hand scrimshawed by Gary Harbour. There isn’t another set of knives like them in the world, I guess that qualifies as rare.
Forgive me if I posted this already in this thread. Some of you may have already seen them in the for sale or trade thread.
SSk

Thanks fellas! Here's a couple more pics of that stag.

gsmith7158 wrote:Thanks fellas! Here's a couple more pics of that stag.

Wow Greg!! Awesome knife!!

RalphAlsip wrote:The _294X pattern is rare knife in my experience. It is 4 1/4 closed. I have seen them marked Case Bros Springville, W.R. Case & Sons, and Tested XX. This is a W.R. Case & Sons 5294X with the pattern number marked. It has the raised letter oval shield which seems to be a rare shield to me. The slim design of the frame and smooth bolster-to-bolster line of the main blade as seen from the front are appealing characteristics of this pattern to me.

RalphAlsip your knives are so beautiful and photographed so well!! It is a pleasure just to view them!!

Greg

Great knife Greg. Thats one that has eluded me so far. Just one of many.

Ken

Thanks to all who commented on the W.R. Case & Sons 5294X that was posted a few weeks ago. These pictures are a 4 1/4" Case Bros Little Valley 5394X Gunboat Canoe. It is a much more substantial knife than the 2 blade variation shown with the bottom side-by-side picture.

RalphAlsip wrote:Thanks to all who commented on the W.R. Case & Sons 5294X that was posted a few weeks ago. These pictures are a 4 1/4" Case Bros Little Valley 5394X Gunboat Canoe. It is a much more substantial knife than the 2 blade variation shown with the bottom side-by-side picture.

That is an amazing knife Jerry! The Case Bros. stamp is outstanding. Congratulations on that one.

Jerry, I commented on the last canoe pattern you posted as the best I've ever seen but this is much better. I like it.