paulhilborn
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Once in a while (not very often) I peruse the bay for vintage knives. I'm a CASE boy born and raised :thumbup:
I always search "CASE knives 1970" to see what knives are available that week. I have no reason other than it was the year I bought my very first knife with money I earned. Just by the way, I was born in 1962. I've posted pictures here before of the knife I first bought, a CASE 62087 Jack---still have it to this day---my most prized knife period.
Anyway's while searching I came across this CASE #6244 Jack---it had a low starting bid price so I thought "what the heck". I play a little game with myself on that site, I put in a bid in for what I'm willing to pay and then don't check back until the auction is over. If I win---cool, if not---no harm, no foul
Needless to say I won this little gem. Forgot about it after paying and was reminded of it when it showed up today. Solid full blades---no play at all and most important to me, gorgeous red bone :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
It was a described---well used, stored improperly but recently cleaned---black peppers throughout on spine and blades.
Whats really neat to me is there an inscription on the back of the main blade "L A J 1970" oh how my mind raced---was this a gift to a young boy? first knife perhaps? A trinket of a companies appreciation to a loyal employee? One could imagine all the possibilities. Needless to say I really like this small Jack :thumbup:
I sharpened the blades (razor sharp) and it rides in the watch pocket now. I had to take sun lit pictures to really show off the bone. I also tried to capture part of the inscription---it's hard to see with the naked eye.
Well, here she is...TAH DAH!!!
Thanks for taking to time to look :thumbup:
Have a great weekend everyone!!!
Paul
I always search "CASE knives 1970" to see what knives are available that week. I have no reason other than it was the year I bought my very first knife with money I earned. Just by the way, I was born in 1962. I've posted pictures here before of the knife I first bought, a CASE 62087 Jack---still have it to this day---my most prized knife period.
Anyway's while searching I came across this CASE #6244 Jack---it had a low starting bid price so I thought "what the heck". I play a little game with myself on that site, I put in a bid in for what I'm willing to pay and then don't check back until the auction is over. If I win---cool, if not---no harm, no foul
Needless to say I won this little gem. Forgot about it after paying and was reminded of it when it showed up today. Solid full blades---no play at all and most important to me, gorgeous red bone :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
It was a described---well used, stored improperly but recently cleaned---black peppers throughout on spine and blades.
Whats really neat to me is there an inscription on the back of the main blade "L A J 1970" oh how my mind raced---was this a gift to a young boy? first knife perhaps? A trinket of a companies appreciation to a loyal employee? One could imagine all the possibilities. Needless to say I really like this small Jack :thumbup:
I sharpened the blades (razor sharp) and it rides in the watch pocket now. I had to take sun lit pictures to really show off the bone. I also tried to capture part of the inscription---it's hard to see with the naked eye.
Well, here she is...TAH DAH!!!
Thanks for taking to time to look :thumbup:
Have a great weekend everyone!!!
Paul
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