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I'm waiting for my Sargent price guide in from Amazon, but in the meanwhile, I'm looking for some valuation on this knife. I checked out the pricing guide on this site, but this knife isn't there. I may sell one on ebay sometime in the near future, then I'll know its market value, but until then . . .

Also, as you can see from the picture, I have two of these . . . but they have different tang stamps. One is like a brushed steel finish and has a large SS on both the spey and sheepfoot, and the other is a mirror-like finish and has the entire model #6347HPSSP all squished together on the sheepfoot and SSP on the spey.

On the main blade (opposite side of what's shown in picture), both say CASE XX, then Stainless under that, then XX under that without any dots.

Does anyone know what the difference is between these two knives? Or am I getting too detailed here?

Hello Head, If these knives are 1965-1969 they should have a USA on the mark side of the tang stamp. The second letter tells blade type. 6347 HP
H= sheepfoot P= spay E= pen.

Stockman

Stockman, thanks for the information.

I forgot to mention that they both have a USA under the CASE XX on the main blade . . . I know they are from the 1965-69 time period. I just was wondering why, since the knives are the identical pattern, and since they're from the same time period, why they have different stamps on the spey and sheepfoot blades. And why one is like a brushed stainless, and the other is more like a shiny mirror. Thanks.

Hello Head the SSP I think means stainless steel Polished if both knives have that I would think the blades would be the same. Also some Case knives with all blades marked in the USA era are worth a little more. Maybe Bladerunner will see this and get things stright for us.

Stockman

Hope this helps.

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/wr_ ... ations.php

Nice knives, I have a 6347HP from that same era that belonged to my dad.

Thanks for the pic. That's also a beauty. And I like the background too. I'm going to have to get a little more imaginative taking pics of my knives.

Having done a bit of reading in Sargent's Knife Guide (6th edition) that I just bought, I think that the one with the "brushed steel" look may be a first edition. There are three versions during that era that the guide doesn't really describe, but the others are described, and the only one with a brushed steel look is a first edition. The others have high polished blades.

show the other side of your blades.

Chris thanks for the blade abbreviations, I was familiar with the second letter thing and some of the other, but not all of it.

stockman

SS= stainless steel blades and sprrings.
SSP=stainless steel blades and springs with polished edges.

The first model 6347 SSP HP(or first version as you termed it should be etched lengh-wise along the master blade "Tested XX Stainless" the regular version will be etched "Tested XX Razor Edge"
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Gary

The lower one in your pic is a VERY rare variation.

Here are some pics of the other sides of the knives. Sorry about the yuck color from the flash.

Anyway, looking at the Sargent price guide, there were TWO 6347HP SSP knives that were first issues in the USA era. One has "Case XX Stainless USA" stamped on all blades. The other is described as such -

1965 to 1969, USA, first model, brushed finish, bone, 3 and 7/8" (p. 225, 6th ed.)

That's what led me to believe the one with the brushed finish was also a first issue.

Anyway, the pics of the other side . . . .

Stupid head, Almost all of the original SSP line of stainless knives was brushed finished, First Model or otherwise. These were introduced during the USA era (1965-1969). There were six folders which consisted of 6254SSP, 61048SSP, 62048SSP, 6318SSP, 6347SSP, and 06263SSP. Polished blades among this line are rare. on all these knives the first model has a blade etching which reads "Tested XX Stainless" the second model or regular version is etched "Tested XX Razor Edge" All of this line are etched one of the two ways. Always look at the etching not the blade finish.
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Gary[/b]

Blade Runner, I stand corrected. Thank you for the excellent information. So, my polished one would probably be more valuable then than the brushed finish. I was thinking otherwise. I just recently bought this collection (about 40 knives - most from the USA era) and I'm trying to figure out what I've got.

Well, I don't want to speak for Knifeaholic, but I believe that's what he meant by a "rare variation. So yes polished SSPs do usually fetch a higher premium. Ain't many around
Gary

I noticed Knifeaholic's comments on the knife . . . I wasn't discounting those comments by any means . . . on the contrary! I appreciate and value the information very much. I only guessed he was talking about the small stamps on all three blades (as to what made the knife more rare). I didn't realize he was talking about the shiny finish. And when I was looking at Sargent's guide, it threw me off because it only described one as having a brushed finish. The other SSP's finish weren't discussed at all (of the 6347 that is).

I could not see the blade finish clearly when I made my comment, tho as Balde Runneer said, any mirror finished SSP model is rare.

The small blade pattern number stampings are rare as well....the norm is just the large "SS" on the tang of each small blade.