All About Pocket Knives

eBay can be a wealth of misinformation. AI descriptions are just about ridiculously stupid and description from real live sellers can be just as bad.

I saw this eBay sale for this newer Parker era Case 1051L made in Germany with notoriously gassing celluloid handles. The seller titled the sale as "ANTIQUE CASE GS1051 LP BRADFORD PA **(1914-1919)**WITH FISHTAIL GUARD" I notified the seller that the knife was not an old Bradford knife and he responded that he had done his research and the knife was what he stated. The knife did not sell for the $425 starting price so it waws relisted and did sell for the $425 opening bid.

I personally wouldn't pay $5 for one of these self-destructing celluloid bombs but it appears that someone took the bait and is about to receive this gem. I don't know if the buyer will ever realize what was actually purchased but judging from the pictures provided by the seller the knife isn't long for this world.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/127837011685

Speaking of eBay misinformation here is a knife that is ripe for the picking. A beautiful "Case Stockman Pocket knife Orange Bone" priced at an attractive $165 plus TT&L.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/327138512592

I have one in Tortise that I picked up more than a few moons ago. It's not showing signs of outgassing, but one never knows when.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 5:51 pm I have one in Tortise that I picked up more than a few moons ago. It's not showing signs of outgassing, but one never knows when.

Yep not if but when!

I didn't know Case spelled their name that way...

beresman wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 7:54 pm I didn't know Case spelled their name that way...

I think the seller has jambalaya for brains.

btrwtr wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 5:27 pm eBay can be a wealth of misinformation. AI descriptions are just about ridiculously stupid and description from real live sellers can be just as bad.

I saw this eBay sale for this newer Parker era Case 1051L made in Germany with notoriously gassing celluloid handles. The seller titled the sale as "ANTIQUE CASE GS1051 LP BRADFORD PA **(1914-1919)**WITH FISHTAIL GUARD" I notified the seller that the knife was not an old Bradford knife and he responded that he had done his research and the knife was what he stated. The knife did not sell for the $425 starting price so it waws relisted and did sell for the $425 opening bid.

I personally wouldn't pay $5 for one of these self-destructing celluloid bombs but it appears that someone took the bait and is about to receive this gem. I don't know if the buyer will ever realize what was actually purchased but judging from the pictures provided by the seller the knife isn't long for this world.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/127837011685

Parker is still finding fools. In 1989 while he owned Case he ordered 1000 each of 4 different patterns from Germany. W. R. CASE & SONS CUTLERY CO. BRADFORD PA. was stamped on the mark side. The pile side stamp is xxxx SOLINGEN GERMANY (where xxxx is the pattern number).


I guess AI isn’t smart enough to find that information. Several of the knives have turned up here on AAPK. Despite the mark side stamp being what it is, the knives are easily identified by the pile side stamp.

Ken