Case Mariner

[texasshipagent]

Wow u guys are awesome i suspect the xx's are hidden in the bolster as the lack of the oval around the shield must mean it's 70 or later no ?

 

[clutchcarter]

That's a really cool set to have. Especially considering it was your Dad's.

 

[Modoc ED]

Wow u guys are awesome i suspect the xx's are hidden in the bolster as the lack of the oval around the shield must mean it's 70 or later no ?

No, the XXs wouldn't be hidden, at least in almost all cases. The dots might very well be hidden. The oval around the word Case was more or less done away with in 1974 and was called/named the composition shield.

Notice I said above - "....... in almost all cases." and "........more or less". That is because, that in this world of knives, almost nothing is written in stone.

 

[texasshipagent]

Well then that swings to back to a 1969 model I think ?

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Wow u guys are awesome i suspect the xx's are hidden in the bolster as the lack of the oval around the shield must mean it's 70 or later no ?

I have a 1970 version which still has the oval around the 'CASE' mark on the shield, so at least some of the 1970s knives will still show that. As ED mentioned, you may still have some hidden dots underneath the 'U.S.A.' mark on yours, if it's a '70s-vintage knife; or no dots at all, if it's a '65-'69 model. Here are examples of Case's 1970s stamps (the '65-'69 stamp would look the same, but without any 'dots' under the 'U.S.A.' mark):

There wouldn't be any other XXs on your blade's tang at all, aside from the clearly-seen 'CASE XX' stamp in your posted picture. The older 1940-'64 version that cilohaefink posted has a different tang stamp, with 'CASE' on the top line, and the 'XX' stamped underneath it on the 2nd line. On those examples, the 'XX' mark could/would likely be at least partly obscured (can see this in the pic cilohaefink posted, which appears to show even the top line 'CASE' mark being partly obscured).


David

 

[texasshipagent]

Hi guys so am in Virginia Beach visiting the parents with the kids and dear old Dad gifted me the other Mariner set, the fixed blade check this out

And he has the marlin spike folder too but hanging on to that was his favorite in the USCG and still carries today out on his boat, and soon he is retiring and will be working as a launch operator part time for my companies new Cape Henry launch business, we bought two old 41's just like he ran in the reserves so funny how all comes full circle