Case xx Kitchen Knives

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I was volunteering at my local church's rummage sale set up, and I found a set of Case kitchen knives. They were in very good condition (appears that most of them have gone through the dishwasher more than just a couple times) :mad: The spines of the handles appear to have warped or shrunk slightly so there is a gap on either side of the steel. They were sort of a grayish dull color, so I sharpened them up and whipped out the wax. I didn't spend much time waxing them total, and I'll probably touch them up more later, but the chef's knife handle looks really good! It almost looks like they used every knife EXCEPT for the chef's knife. It does not show the gaps on the handle like all of the others. I may put a new handle on all of the other ones, but a little bit of wax brought out some more life.

Enough of the talking now, here's the pics! Think they're worth the $5 I spent for them?

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Close up of the Chef's knife:
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And it passed the Mike's apple snack test ;)
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Very nice lot of knives.

How about a close-up of the logo so we can try to determine how old and what quality these knives are?
 
I bought this same set of knives in 1983 at the Army PX in Ft. Gulick, Panama. I have used them every day for the past 30 years and they are my primary kitchen knives. so to answer the question about how old these knives are...probably around 30 years. You made a great find.
 
PT Doc said:
Interesting pin/bolt placement on the chef knife. You did well.
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The pins are high because these have half tang handles. A slot that matches the tang thickness and width is cut in the handle from the top. The tang is only half the width of the handle, and goes in the slot. The rivets lock it snug. If you look at the bottom of the handles, you will see there is no tang showing.
 
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