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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
 
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Looks stamped to me....
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Hickory n steel said:
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.
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I’m not happy about it either
 
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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.
 
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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...😃
 
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Hickory n steel said:
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.
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Hickory n steel Hickory n steel - Do you have an example of a laser marking wearing off a carbon steel/1095 blade quicker than a stainless blade? The laser marked indian in a canoe on my new 62131 Canoe is rather blured and I'd like to remove it but no matter what it will probably always remain as a ghost. Too bad that Case doesn't realize that there are some of us willing to pay more for a clean, sharp, stamp rather than a cheap etch or blury laser mark.
 
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Modoc ED said:
Hickory n steel Hickory n steel - Do you have an example of a laser marking wearing off a carbon steel/1095 blade quicker than a stainless blade? The laser marked indian in a canoe on my new 62131 Canoe is rather blured and I'd like to remove it but no matter what it will probably always remain as a ghost. Too bad that Case doesn't realize that there are some of us willing to pay more for a clean, sharp, stamp rather than a cheap etch or blury laser mark.
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I don't know if the markings wear off, just that a solid patina can really make them hard to see.

BTW I wasn't talking about the blade etch, but the tang stamp markings.
I don't have any CS Case knives with etchings ( does Case even etch CS blades ever ? ) so I couldn't say.
My only 2 etched Case knives actually are an SS sodbuster Jr and my BSA half whittler.
 
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Hickory n steel said:
I don't know if the markings wear off, just that a solid patina can really make them hard to see.

BTW I wasn't talking about the blade etch, but the tang stamp markings.
I don't have any CS Case knives with etchings ( does Case even etch CS blades ever ? ) so I couldn't say.
My only 2 etched Case knives actually are an SS sodbuster Jr and my BSA half whittler.
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My Canoe has CS steel. Stay tuned - I'll let y'all know what happens as time goes by.
 
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meako said:
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...😃
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Marking with a stamp is inexpensive. Making them is not. Stamps are cheaper until you need to change the information all the time.

With laser marking, you type in what you want on a keyboard. Fool with the font, size and placement by fussing with a mouse, then the machine does the rest.
 
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Thanks for that info Frank...I was thinking out loud that laser equipment is more costly...call me old fashioned but Case should hire this guy for their sinister operation
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Herr Stamper.
 
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