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Case 323-5 or 325-5?
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:28 pm
by Vcd1363
Picked up this knife recently and looks like it was stamped 323 and over stamped 325??? Any ideas which it really is?
Re: Case 323-5 or 325-5?
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:04 pm
by Gunsil
I think it is a 323-5, 325-5s have a fullered blade of a different profile unless Case changed their numbering system by the time your knife was made. If you google Case 325-5 knife you will see what those look like.
Re: Case 323-5 or 325-5?
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:41 pm
by Berryb
I just got what appears to be the same knife, but with a black composition handle. Mine is marked 223-3, so my guess is the 1st number is the type of handle. When I looked mine up, the article said that if the number after the hyphen was a 5 it indicated a commemorative blade etch. Typically, I can't find the article again. Bruce
Re: Case 323-5 or 325-5?
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:27 pm
by Gunsil
The first number on Case fixed blades and early (pre-1951) KA-BARs is the code number for the handle material. I would have liked to see your article since the -5 is the blade length, always has been. were it a six inch blade it would have a -6 suffix.
Re: Case 323-5 or 325-5?
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:04 pm
by Berryb
The blade on mine is 4 7/8 , but its been sharpened quite a bit.
Bruce