All About Pocket Knives

Mumbleypeg wrote:Nice find Tom. IIRC at least one account of the transaction stated that as part of the Case Brothers bankruptcy, W.R. Case bought assets including equipment, as well as the Tested XX trademark. It stands to reason that parts and inventory could have been included as well.

To me that’s what makes the Case story so intriguing. I’m always intrigued by that Case family tree chart in Levine’s Guide showing the various Case family members and the cutlery companies they either founded or operated in various capacities. It takes up two full pages! Here is this family, many of them involved in cutlery businesses and fierce competitors, yet they are brothers, sisters, fathers, uncles, wives, nieces, in-laws, etc - all members of the same family, descendants of Job Case. We know they competed. We also know from evidence that they collaborated, at times making product for each other, and even joint ventures like Kinfolks. It would have been interesting to be a “fly on the wall” at family holiday gatherings.

Ken

olderdogs1 wrote:

Mumbleypeg wrote:Nice find Tom. IIRC at least one account of the transaction stated that as part of the Case Brothers bankruptcy, W.R. Case bought assets including equipment, as well as the Tested XX trademark. It stands to reason that parts and inventory could have been included as well.

To me that’s what makes the Case story so intriguing. I’m always intrigued by that Case family tree chart in Levine’s Guide showing the various Case family members and the cutlery companies they either founded or operated in various capacities. It takes up two full pages! Here is this family, many of them involved in cutlery businesses and fierce competitors, yet they are brothers, sisters, fathers, uncles, wives, nieces, in-laws, etc - all members of the same family, descendants of Job Case. We know they competed. We also know from evidence that they collaborated, at times making product for each other, and even joint ventures like Kinfolks. It would have been interesting to be a “fly on the wall” at family holiday gatherings.

Ken

I agree Ken, I have studied the relations of the family and their interactions. I tried to touch on a lot of that in my book. I hadn’t heard where WRCase and bought any inventory beyond the XX trademark. That was accomplished to avoid a lawsuit due to Case Bros salesman representing themselves as selling for WR Case & Sons. It was a tumultuous period for sure. My Knife with the two X’s Stamped on the blade says Case Bros all the way though. One of my best friends,Tony Foster is fond of answering my questions with “nobody knows” when I pose him similar inquiries. ::

Tom