Case kitchen/ commercial knives

[brucegodlesky]

is there a source out there for dating Case commercial, kitchen, and butchering knives?

[Gunsil]

I have never seen any specific info on Case butcher knives. They are kind of like Case hunting knives in that the marks do not usually correspond with Case pocket knife mark dating.

[brucegodlesky]

You got that right Gunsil!!

[knifeaholic]

Yes, Case kitchen and professional knives are almost impossible to date accurately, scissors even more so.

One option to narrow down a date is to use older case catalogs and prices lists - with those you can determine the years that a particular knife was made and when it was discontinued.

Case did start putting "dots" on household cutlery in 1980, though they did not always use the "lightning" s on the household knives as they did on pocket knives.

[brucegodlesky]

Hey Steve, longtime!!
I've recently come across another bunch of vintage butcher knives. Some from the early 1900's. Interesting stuff!!