Confusing tang stamp on Case Trapperlock

[ThundarStick]

The tang stamp indicates that this knife has stag scales, but it looks just like another Trapperlock in pocket worn old redbone. What do you think, does the wrong blade find it's way into a mismatched frame every once in a while?

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[Obsessed with Edges]

There are some 'second cut red stag' Trapperlocks out there with this pattern number. Sometimes the 'second cut' stag can look a lot like jigged bone. Do you have a pic of the whole knife, showing the handle scales?

 

[ThundarStick]

Here's a pictures showing the sheld and back side of the two next to each other. BTW the tin it came in said bone as well??

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I tinker in making knives and have used both bone and antler and this one is hard to tell if it's antler.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

That jigging definitely looks like the 'Pocket Worn' bone (I have a red Pocket Worn Russlock; scales look just like that).

Maybe it is a mis-matched blade. It wouldn't be the first time that's happened, from Case.

 

[tleav61]

If it is a mis-matched blade, would this be a collectable item? Rare that is?

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

If it is a mis-matched blade, would this be a collectable item? Rare that is?

I'm not so sure. These turn up more often than might be expected. A fair number of mixed SS/CV blade knives out there, in particular. Case produces in such volume, with multiple models using the same blades (save for the stamping), it's not too difficult to see some get mixed up. There's a video online somewhere, of a tour of the Case factory floor, showing how these knives get made. In some sequences, such as in the heat-treat process, big bins/baskets of hundreds of blades at a time are processed through furnaces. In watching that video, I remember being struck by how easy it'd be to lose track of at least some of the 'parts' in the process.

I guess, as with any 'collectable' item, it's only as rare as is perceived by anyone looking to find them.