Case tested knife pattern & handle ??

[holo07]

Picked this one up at a gun show trying to figure out the pattern and if it’s green bone. Looking forward to your help. The main blade is dead with zero snap the 2nd blade is
great. 3 5/8" closed

 

[5K Qs]

Tang stamp indicates 1932-1940, right?
https://www.casecollectorsclub.com/college/tang-stamps/

What's the closed length of the knife? Case's '02 pattern is a 3 3/8" barehead jack with clip/pen blade combo that looks to me like it has similar pin placement.
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/catalog/content/factory-pattern-number-reference-guide

- GT

 

[holo07]

3 5/8 " closed

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Case had a 62031 1/2 pattern jack with a clip blade (w/long pull) and pen blade. The one guide reference I can find lists it at 3-3/4" closed. I'm pretty sure the sizes varied a bit over the years, so a 1/8" variance in the closed length might not be significant. The guide book* I refer to shows there was a version prior to 1940 (Tested era) with green bone and a long pull. And the bomb shield I assume would be pretty rare - most any I see online have the regular Case oval shield.

Very cool find. I'm envious.

* - "Official Price Guide to Collector Knives", Fourteenth Edition, by C. Houston Price (2004)

 

[Arathol]

6231 1/2 is 3 3/4", thats probably what it is.
The handles are green bone.
Flush the pivot with WD40 and oil it. Its might just be gummed up.

 

[5K Qs]

3 5/8 " closed

I'm not seeing any barehead jacks that size in the AAPK Case pattern numbers reference I linked above.
The '024 pattern is listed on that reference as 3" closed, although I've seen examples for sale listed as 3" and others listed as 3.5" (close to 3 5/8"). I have no explanation for those discrepancies.

- GT

 

[r8shell]

I found a reference to the bomb shield here:

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/catalog/content/case-xx-shields

I'm not a Case expert, but hopefully one will come along shortly who can tell you if the pattern, bone jigging, shield, tang stamps, etc all seem right for a particular date range.

 

[Modoc ED]

The knife pictured (in question) appears to be a 3 3/8" 6202 1/2 Swell End Jack. Note it is bareheaded (no end cap). I do not have one.

This is a 3 1/4" 6235 1/2 Swell End Jack. Note the end caps.



This is a 3 3/4" 6231 1/2 Swell End Jack. Note it also has end caps.



Here are the 35 and 31 together





Hope this helps. .

 

[Modoc ED]

Just how dead is the dead clip blade? Dead as in dead and buried or just limp as in a 2 or 3 pull? Even limp as a dish rag, I'd work with it to see what can be done.

 

[holo07]

Dead Dead

 

[Modoc ED]

Could be that the Tang End is worn. A modder such as glennbad might be able to fix it or suggest a solution.

 

[danno50]

Not a Case expert, or any where close, but just paged through "Collecting Case Knives" by Steve Pfeiffer and the 31 pattern is the closest, and it was made in a bareheaded version.
The jigging does not look like any Case jigging I have ever handled or seen in pictures. The individual jigs are too consistently oval and the ends are more pointed than any Case jigging I have seen. Just my opinion.

 

[Modoc ED]

Not a Case expert, or any where close, but just paged through "Collecting Case Knives" by Steve Pfeiffer and the 31 pattern is the closest, and it was made in a bareheaded version.
The jigging does not look like any Case jigging I have ever handled or seen in pictures. The individual jigs are too consistently oval and the ends are more pointed than any Case jigging I have seen. Just my opinion.

Could be the jigging is worn from use and carry. Regardless, it's a nice old knife.

 

[Arathol]

The knife may have been "worked on" at some point. That would explain the why the main blade is pretty much full while the rest of the knife shows that it has been used and carried a lot. A replacement blade would also explain why it doesn't have any action in it.