Case tang tamp on case Russlock

[Randall Daniel]

I just received a 2024 case russlock and the stamp appears to be raised instead of stamped into the blade. I was wondering if it might be a fake https://imgur.com/a/

 

[ShaiHulud]

Ask mods to move this to traditional. Or request this thread to be closed and open up another one in traditional. Either way the result is the same. <[(personally)]> i never seen a fake case, but that's not to say someone hasn't tried once upon a time

 

[Arathol]

Looks stamped to me....

 

[knarfeng]

I just received a 2024 case russlock and the stamp appears to be raised instead of stamped into the blade. I was wondering if it might be a fake https://imgur.com/a/

Moving to Traditional.

I'm not certain how Case is currently marking their blades.

 

[Railsplitter]

I just received a 2024 case russlock and the stamp appears to be raised instead of stamped into the blade. I was wondering if it might be a fake https://imgur.com/a/

 

[Hickory n steel]

They're Lazer etched now, and that's definitely a legitimate knife ( only antique Case knives are really being faked ).

It's fine on SS blades I suppose, but it can disappear quite easily on a 1095 blade ( especially the model number on the back of the secondary blades ) and I'm unhappy about it.

 

[Randall Daniel]

They're Lazer etched now, and that's definitely a legitimate knife ( only antique Case knives are really being faked ).

It's fine on SS blades I suppose, but it can disappear quite easily on a 1095 blade ( especially the model number on the back of the secondary blades ) and I'm unhappy about it.

I’m not happy about it either

 

[Hickory n steel]

I’m not happy about it either

It helps keep cost down, but even that's starting to matter less to me because there's gradually fewer and fewer offerings I want.
I can usually find at least one new offering every year that I want though, so it's not all bad I guess.

 

[knarfeng]

Laser marking is used for life limited aerospace parts, the kind that, if you lose the marking, you are required to replace the multi-thousand dollar part. If done correctly, it is quite robust.

 

[meako]

It surprises me that laser is cheaper/more cost effective than stamping....I don't know much about how the Case production line works but I would have thought Laser machines are v.expensive or theres a stamp dye and you hit it...