All About Pocket Knives

Perhaps the rarest and most desirable antique Case pocket knife...would be the Case's Zipper. Essentially a 72 pattern clasp knife, configured as an automatic.

This one sold recently on Ebay. I bid but was way too low to win.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265157110076?m ... 01&mkevt=1

This one had a chunk of the handle missing under the button release. Handles appear to be second cut stag, jigged and dyed as jigged bone.

"Case/Bradford" does these mean knife was made 1905-1920 ?
Rarest because not many were made ?
kj

Everyone here knows I'm a big fan of Case, but man, $7000.00 for that? And $20 to ship? In that condition? He must of really wanted that knife. Wow.

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Mike

Well, there were four bidders over five grand. The seller did state shipping cost included insurance and it would have cost him a lot more than twenty bucks to insure it for the selling price. Great knife!! Find another.

Steve, didn't they make a Zipper on a coke bottle frame too?

See the second picture in this old post by Rich Langston (lt632ret). It has both a clasp Zipper and a Coke bottle Zipper (and other rare Case automatics. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... 89#p637991

There’s also a post from a few years ago of a stag Case Bulldog Clasp Zipper automatic that was sold at a show (not eBay) for $10,000. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... 66&t=45233

Ken

Thanks Ken, I saw a coke bottle one at the Case swap meet in Bradford some years back. It wasn't for sale.

No pictures

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:04 am No pictures

IIRC the subject of the OP was a Case Bradford Bulldog “Zipper” automatic. Unfortunately the eBay listing photo is no longer available, unless someone else knows how to retrieve it.

Ken

Thanks Ken, I have been preaching for many years on hear to please post pictures when discussing a particular knife, because this thread is now useless without pictures.

I saved the photos.

knifeaholic wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:19 pm I saved the photos.

Awesome! Thank you Steve for posting the photos!!

Nice save, Steve. I always try to post some pictures when eBay sales are the topic.