Photos Case G6199 1/2

caine said:
Got this today. It is perfect
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What you have is a single blade Swell End jack knife with an End Cap. Very, very, nice too I might add.

Charlie waynorth waynorth is of course on the right trail. Here is a Schatt & Morgan Railsplitter that I have.

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Another of my Schatt & Morgan Railsplitters. Old pictures.

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Don't take this as criticism or a snubby reply. As Charlie said, we're just passing some experience along.
 
Modoc ED said:
What you have is a single blade Swell End jack knife with an End Cap. Very, very, nice too I might add.

Charlie waynorth waynorth is of course on the right trail. Here is a Schatt & Morgan Railsplitter that I have.

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Another of my Schatt & Morgan Railsplitters. Old pictures.

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Don't take this as criticism or a snubby reply. As Charlie said, we're just passing some experience along.
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Nice old Schatts, Ed!!! And you are right!! Manufacturers, some anyway, play fast and loose with the traditional labels of cutlery!! 😂
 
I just picked up this 3299 1/2 which funny enough the seller was calling a Railsplitter. I didn’t think it was that since I just acquired a Rough Ryder Rail Splitter — which is a totally different pattern.

Appears to be a Swell End Jack with End Cap. It does surely have some of the most beautiful smooth yellow bone I’ve ever seen, and those pretty old patina-fading Nickel Silver bolsters. The blades are in such good shape (too good?) for the supposed 1974-75 era based on the 5-dot and tang stamp. No SS stamp either so could this be 50 year old carbon steel with not a single pepper spot or patina mark?
waynorth waynorth and Modoc ED Modoc ED I would love your opinion on this one. AND, how does this pattern relate to the Case 6199 1/2 model named in the original post?
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DaveHS said:
I just picked up this 3299 1/2 which funny enough the seller was calling a Railsplitter. I didn’t think it was that since I just acquired a Rough Ryder Rail Splitter — which is a totally different pattern.

Appears to be a Swell End Jack with End Cap. It does surely have some of the most beautiful smooth yellow bone I’ve ever seen, and those pretty old patina-fading Nickel Silver bolsters. The blades are in such good shape (too good?) for the supposed 1974-75 era based on the 5-dot and tang stamp. No SS stamp either so could this be 50 year old carbon steel with not a single pepper spot or patina mark?
waynorth waynorth and Modoc ED Modoc ED I would love your opinion on this one. AND, how does this pattern relate to the Case 6199 1/2 model named in the original post?
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Absolutely gorgeous. I’m not usually one that cares for yellow knives but that’s stunning.👍
 
DaveHS said:
I just picked up this 3299 1/2 which funny enough the seller was calling a Railsplitter. I didn’t think it was that since I just acquired a Rough Ryder Rail Splitter — which is a totally different pattern.

Appears to be a Swell End Jack with End Cap. It does surely have some of the most beautiful smooth yellow bone I’ve ever seen, and those pretty old patina-fading Nickel Silver bolsters. The blades are in such good shape (too good?) for the supposed 1974-75 era based on the 5-dot and tang stamp. No SS stamp either so could this be 50 year old carbon steel with not a single pepper spot or patina mark?
waynorth waynorth and Modoc ED Modoc ED I would love your opinion on this one. AND, how does this pattern relate to the Case 6199 1/2 model named in the original post?
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I guess some call that a Railsplitter!! I just call it a large Jack!! A nice one!!!
 
DaveHS said:
I just picked up this 3299 1/2 which funny enough the seller was calling a Railsplitter. I didn’t think it was that since I just acquired a Rough Ryder Rail Splitter — which is a totally different pattern.

Appears to be a Swell End Jack with End Cap. It does surely have some of the most beautiful smooth yellow bone I’ve ever seen, and those pretty old patina-fading Nickel Silver bolsters. The blades are in such good shape (too good?) for the supposed 1974-75 era based on the 5-dot and tang stamp. No SS stamp either so could this be 50 year old carbon steel with not a single pepper spot or patina mark?
waynorth waynorth and Modoc ED Modoc ED I would love your opinion on this one. AND, how does this pattern relate to the Case 6199 1/2 model named in the original post?
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Those are really pretty yellow bone handles :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
The model number, 3299 1/2 is somewhat confusing to me since a "3" as the first digit usually indicates synthetic yellow handles in Case's nomenclature, and a first digit of "6" indicates bone 🤔

P.S. I would call the pattern a swell end jack, or perhaps a large sleeve board.
P.S.S. the second digit indicates the number of blades. That's why the OP's is a "1" and yours is a "2"
 
meako said:
Lets face it....Railsplitter sounds better than Chubby Stockman..
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The Railsplitter is an old pattern, also called the Surveyor. I have heard that Queen originally coined the railsplitter name for this pattern. Its not a stockman, its a swell center gunboat canoe.
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DaveHS said:
I just picked up this 3299 1/2 which funny enough the seller was calling a Railsplitter. I didn’t think it was that since I just acquired a Rough Ryder Rail Splitter — which is a totally different pattern.

Appears to be a Swell End Jack with End Cap. It does surely have some of the most beautiful smooth yellow bone I’ve ever seen, and those pretty old patina-fading Nickel Silver bolsters. The blades are in such good shape (too good?) for the supposed 1974-75 era based on the 5-dot and tang stamp. No SS stamp either so could this be 50 year old carbon steel with not a single pepper spot or patina mark?
waynorth waynorth and Modoc ED Modoc ED I would love your opinion on this one. AND, how does this pattern relate to the Case 6199 1/2 model named in the original post?
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That's s big, heavy knife - 4 1/8" sometimes called a Jumbo Jack by some. I'd say ya got a carbon steel bladed knife on your hands certainly not stainless. Case didn't start Stamping CV as a suffix to their pattern numbers on Chrome Vanadium knives until 1997 - yours is a 5-Dot (1975 mfg). It's a good one.
 
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