Help in identifying a Case Bulldog?

[rebel75]

I have this Case bulldog that I don't find any tang stamps to date this knife from our AAPK list. The stamp just reads CASE in all capital letters.
Can anyone help me date this knife?

[olderdogs1]

Rebel, I believe if you rotate the blade you will find a XX under the case on the tang but the bolster may conceal it mostly. That would make it the earliest model etched with the bulldog. According to Knifaholics book they were introduced in the early 60's.
There are a lot of guys on here more qualified to comment on this than me, Steve may chime in himself. I just believe that the knife I owned like that one the XX was hard to see on the tang.
I hope that helps you some.

Tom

[robinetn]

What Tom said . You may only be able to see the top tips of the exes , but they are there .
Bob

[rebel75]

Ok thanks, Tom & Bob for your help. I did check under the bolsters the best I could, and it did appear that I could see the tip of one side of an X but that's all I could see! I really appreciate your response it just didn't occur to me that two big X's could be that hidden from view. Thanks Ron

[knifeaholic]

Tom is correct.

On the 5172's with the Bulldog etch, the XX stamped examples like that are very scarce. The Bulldog was introduced in 1962, so they were only made for 2-3 years before the changeover to the USA stamp.

Every one of the XX examples I have seen is stamped the same way, large letters and the XX is always hidden under the bolster.

[Ramrod]

Mark