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1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:52 pm
by Mossdancer
Would appreciate any and all help. I will supply photos and measurements. It is 3 7/8" closed.
The handles are Jigged bone. I just happen to currently be selling some mics., so the width from back handle to shield is approx. .0414 inches. I would have called this a Sunday whittler due to the thin profile making it easy on dress pants. Is it correct to think it is a 047 pattern? I threw in the 0 because it opens on opposite sides. It is by the way a single spring. Thanks for your help.
moss

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:36 pm
by jonet143
think your right wb, looks like 06247. cool knife.

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:20 pm
by Mossdancer
Thanks Johnnie:
Does the 0 indicator go in front of the handle type or the frame(pattern) type?
moss

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:39 pm
by jonet143
i think 0 preceding the pattern # indicates a change in blade configuration while a 0 in the middle indicates a change in the frame. not positive about this.

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:03 pm
by philco
If I may jump in here; If this is a 06247, what does the 6247 have that causes this one to be considered a modification? I'm trying to learn something here! :)

Phil

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:14 pm
by jonet143
the 47 frame was first a three blade knife, not counting the 247J and the muskrat which are on a 47 frame.

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:00 pm
by miked32
great looking knife ::tu::

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:02 pm
by Mossdancer
philco:
From the AAPK research column "The two-bladed 47 pattern is usually placed in the double end jack knife category and measures 3 7/8" closed. As far as I know, they all have a 0 preceeding the pattern number which denotes that the blades will be on opposite sides. The knives normally have a clip master blade and either a pen or spear secondary blade. The spear bladed versions will have a J following the pattern number. WR Case began producing them sometime before 1940". If we take this literally the Pattern number would be IMO a 62047.
moss

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:13 pm
by philco
Thank you Moss and Johnnie. ::tu::

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:02 am
by lvaughn
Kewl nice and WOW the info was great!! I like learning about knives especially old Case knives. Thanks for the info.

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:18 am
by jonet143
can't find 62047 listed, only 06247.

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:55 am
by Mossdancer
A thanks to all:
Johnnie:
I dug a bit and found this 3 blade.
moss

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:22 am
by philco
Moss,
On the three blade version, the base model (6347) has a clip main blade. The 63047 differentiates in that it has the California clip blade instead of the regular clip master blade, or at least that is my understanding.

In the knife you posted (63047) am I seeing an cut out for accessing the nail nick on the back side? (easy open-ish?)

How old is the 63047 you have pictured?

Phil

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:49 am
by Mossdancer
They are 65-69 CASE XX
----------- over USA
Easy open= Yes see photo
For some reason the easy open on the red bone is more defined.

moss

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:57 am
by jonet143
another cool knife. yeah, i found lots of 3047s, just no 2047s.

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:02 am
by philco
The 47 pattern is my all time favorite. I had never seen a 2 blade version before Moss's post. Very cool knive. 8) ::drool::

Phil

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:09 am
by Mossdancer
Johnnie:
Any idea when they quit making the 2 blade 47. All you ever seem to hear them referred to are as stockman. I wonder if a 2 blade was ever stamped with pattern #.
moss

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:25 am
by Pen & Toothpick
Mossdancer wrote:Johnnie:
Any idea when they quit making the 2 blade 47. All you ever seem to here them referred to are as stockman. I wonder if a 2 blade was ever stamped with pattern #.
moss

When I read through this thread, I though this is probably the very reason Case stamped Pattern number 06247PEN on it's modern knifes that have two blades on opposite sides on a single spring.

I have a few of them, it is one of my favorite patterns. I think the early 80's are the last ones I have seen. (In the Pen knife version.) I am sure Johnnie has a more acurate date.

The big boy in the picture is a 1981 06247PEN.

Re: 1919-1940 Case Tested Help Please

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:19 am
by jonet143
i believe 82 was the last. had a shaw-leibowitz etch.