Case xx USA 62079 1/2

[Potechop]

Wondered anyone has ever seen a USA sleeve board with bone handles ? About 30 years ago I bought a USA collection and there was one in it. I remember looking at a price guide for case knives and I saw that they didn’t make it in bone only pearl in USA and dotted knives. I thought I might have a rare one and I took it to a knife show and showed it to someone who had a massive amount of older case knives and he said he had seen them before and that it wasn’t rare. I have always wondered if there were more out there and if case did make some with bone and the USA stamp. I had a xx sleeve board 079 but didn’t know that was the last years they made it in bone. Sorry I don’t have any pictures of the knife but I remember it like yesterday. It was dead mint and not messed with. I traded it and some other case knifes for a custom made hunting knife. The newest case book I have now is the 2nd edition collecting case knifes. By Steve Pfeiffer and only saw pearl handle made during that time.

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Bob

[knifeaholic]

Wondered anyone has ever seen a USA sleeve board with bone handles ? About 30 years ago I bought a USA collection and there was one in it. I remember looking at a price guide for case knives and I saw that they didn’t make it in bone only pearl in USA and dotted knives. I thought I might have a rare one and I took it to a knife show and showed it to someone who had a massive amount of older case knives and he said he had seen them before and that it wasn’t rare. I have always wondered if there were more out there and if case did make some with bone and the USA stamp. I had a xx sleeve board 079 but didn’t know that was the last years they made it in bone. Sorry I don’t have any pictures of the knife but I remember it like yesterday. It was dead mint and not messed with. I traded it and some other case knifes for a custom made hunting knife. The newest case book I have now is the 2nd edition collecting case knifes. By Steve Pfeiffer and only saw pearl handle made during that time.

As far as I know, the 079 sleeveboard was never made in bone after the Tested era. Pattern 62079 1/2 was not shown in any Case factory price lists after 1942, at least in all of the prices lists that I have from the 40's through 60's.

[Potechop]

I said I had a xx but not positive now. At one time I had a collection of every bone handle xx 1940- 1964 . Took me years to find them all. I new it was in a price guide I had and I am going to look Thur some old pictures to see if I see it. I bought a USA collection from a guy and the person he was selling it for supposedly he had worked for Case. One of the knives I think was a lunch box knife and the collection also had that 079 bone handle USA in it. Never thought anything about the knife till I saw they were discontinued and not made in the 60s. Like I said I took it to a show and was told there were more out there. He probably lied to me. Wish I would have kept it but traded it off a few years ago. I guess it could have been something that guy had put together since he worked for case. I know it had to come from the factory because I have owned to many USAs and everything was right. I guess it will always be a mystery unless someone would read this one day and still has the knife. I am not a expert and I know I don’t know near what you guys know about case knives . Hope I don’t sound crazy