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Justified Confusion!
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:11 am
by Turkey Creek Tom
Was my 73091 Christmas tree handle that is tang stamped Case Tested XX 19 USA 92 made by Case or Queen?
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:03 am
by Roger - 50/2050
Hey Tom,
I would like to know first, what you think on this & why???
"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050 
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:19 pm
by Turkey Creek Tom
Roger - 50/2050 wrote:Hey Tom,
I would like to know first, what you think on this & why???
"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050
"The think & why" is why were the classics contracted to be made by Queen and not Case. Not that there's a thing wrong with the workmanship. I think this was during the time that Jim Parker owned the Case name.
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:00 pm
by Roger - 50/2050
Well now Tom, it is my belief & my own personal opinion Jim Parker's choice to contract out the knives made in the Case Classic program was mainly because W.R. Case & Sons no longer had the old tooling & dies to produce the older antique knife patterns of the past that the line of Case Classic knife patterns represent in reproductions of today! ....If memory severs me well, I believe that W.R. Case & Sons (under Jim's direction) made the first four Case Classic knife patterns in house & after that Jim decided to contract out the rest, Jim's efforts to develop the Classic line was nothing short of remarkable!
"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:34 pm
by CCBill
If I might add to this. W.R. Case & Sons didn't have the time to take care of the Case Classic program as well as their regular production. Contract knives have been made by most knife companies, for a very long time. Mr. Parker owned W.R. Case & Sons at the time and the Classics are a legitimate contract knife. I own quite a few Classics and the fit and finish of them is outstanding. How many of us, certainly not me, could afford to buy an old, original, mint Case knife, in the patterns that were used in the Classic program? I have a few that are pitted that I carry, when I want to show off a little flash. I believe that the Classics are a good, solid investment.
Roger, my Friend, hope I didn't steal your thunder.
...Mild(not wild)CCBill...
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:50 pm
by Roger - 50/2050
Hey Bill,
No you didn't my friend, don't really have any thunder left these days as it has been replaced with gas! 
....Thanks for the help Bill! 
"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:28 pm
by Roger - 50/2050
Here are a few more things I would like to add to this friends that I have already posted in another section of this forum! ....Jim Parker's dream in regards to all knife patterns made in the Case Classic program was this ----> The biggest reason for the Classics was his love of fine quality knives & MR. Charlie Dorton's (Master knife Maker) love of knives & his desire to make a fine quality knife. Jim wanted everyone to be able to own & enjoy a superior knife handcrafted in the old way with beautiful handle material & fine high carbon steel blades that were as close to perfect as you could get a factory made knife. Even if "MR. Johnny knifebuyer" has unlimited funds, it is next to impossible to own a wide range of really fine outstanding antique Case Cutlery as they just aren't available! Jim's dream has become a reality with the Case Classics knives of today! ....The Case Classic program was introduced to the Case salesman at the Case open house & sales meeting back in August 18Th, 1989 (this was the celebration of 100 years of the name of Case on knives!)
"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050