Good Day At The Antique Shop

Alnamvet68 said:
I don't believe I've ever seen a case with that scale scheme; good catch.
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In Steve Pfeiffer's book he refers to it as "Glitter Stripe Celluloid." I saw a picture of a jack from the tested era that also had the same cover material. I think there have been a few patterns using the same or similar material in the Case Classic line as well.
 
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I've never seen a Case like that, congrats on the find. My favorite is the bare-head Schrade. :thumbup:

Good to know!!! I was toying with the idea of giving it a mineral oil bath, I'm really glad you told me not to.
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I would just open and close the knives under running water to rinse out the joints, and maybe a bit a dish soap - can't get any milder than that. Then a single drop of oil on the joints. That's just what I would do.

, great to see a forum member discovering these rather than a kid who immediately takes them to a grinder!!
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Or a 'professional' eBay polisher. "Cleaned to near mint." :grumpy:
 
67nick said:
In Steve Pfeiffer's book he refers to it as "Glitter Stripe Celluloid." I saw a picture of a jack from the tested era that also had the same cover material.
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That's interesting; and from what I see, that celluloid hasn't shrunk, so even a bigger catch.:thumbup:
 
"Cleaned to near mint." I prefer the phrase, "Buffed to death."
Congrats on the knives and best luck to you. :thumbup:
 
That signal corps knife is amazing! I think if I could find one like that it might convince me to rotate it with my TC barlow. Just so very cool. Good finds.
 
That Case celluloid is crazy! Great finds. Unfortunately most "antique" shops around here price everything 10-20% too high. I saw a chewed up Imperial barlow, delrin handled, with a broken secondary blade priced for $30 the other day. I just laughed and walked out.
 
In my experience, if you find a knife at a secondary market venue and feel the price is too high, dicker. One tactic that is often sucessful is to average down the price by bundling. One example is to gather up $150-$200 worth of marked knives and lay a $100 bill down beside them. The seller will accept or not. If it is only a single knife of interest and it is priced too high, lay down the green you think it is worth to you. If the seller won't come down, then walk. Many will eye the bills and change the price. You may be there for the knife, but they are there for the money. Show them the money. If the knife is junk, hardly good for parts, then you lose nothing by walking without offering. However I don't suggest laughing or otherwise insulting the seller. Thank them for letting you chickeneye and coon finger the knife and let them know what you are looking for. They may just have more knives in a box, drawer, at home or in their pocket.
 
Codger_64 said:
In my experience, if you find a knife at a secondary market venue and feel the price is too high, dicker. One tactic that is often sucessful is to average down the price by bundling. One example is to gather up $150-$200 worth of marked knives and lay a $100 bill down beside them. The seller will accept or not. If it is only a single knife of interest and it is priced too high, lay down the green you think it is worth to you. If the seller won't come down, then walk. Many will eye the bills and change the price. You may be there for the knife, but they are there for the money. Show them the money. If the knife is junk, hardly good for parts, then you lose nothing by walking without offering. However I don't suggest laughing or otherwise insulting the seller. Thank them for letting you chickeneye and coon finger the knife and let them know what you are looking for. They may just have more knives in a box, drawer, at home or in their pocket.
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Good advice sir :thumbup:
 
Love the haul, and I agree antique stores are high. I go to them mostly as reference points and wait for smaller dealers.
 
PCL said:
Love the haul, and I agree antique stores are high. I go to them mostly as reference points and wait for smaller dealers.
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Truth be told, I really got a great deal for a few reasons. One being that the antiques shop I went to didn't deal in antiquities like old pocket knives as much, so the knives were items the owner was ready to move quickly. Two, I used the package deal approach that Codger mentioned to sweeten the deal for all four knives and it probably saved me at least $50. In the end, I gave the owner the price he offered without further haggling because I knew the Case knife was probably worth a lot more than I was going to pay for all 4 combined. After doing some quick research and calling on a few trusted friends in the knife community, I'd say the price I paid for all 4 knives is maybe a 1/4 of what the Case knife is worth in it's current condition. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and something is only worth as much as one is willing to pay... Needless to say, I will be making semi-regular rounds to that antique shop in the future!!! ;)
 
Wow - sweet score, especially that Case! The only knife I ever picked up at an antique shop was this old Richards:









 
Wow, that thing is a beauty!!! Above all the other great qualities, I really like that tang stamp. Very Cool! :thumbup:
 
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That Case is an exceptional find. You may be surprised to learn what it is worth. Drop of mineral oil on the joint, wipe the blade off, and call it a day as for cleaning.
 
Wow love the Case cokebottle 67. Anitque stores have dissappeared out here in western bc. Good source. Way to go.
 
ptradeco said:
That Case is an exceptional find. You may be surprised to learn what it is worth. Drop of mineral oil on the joint, wipe the blade off, and call it a day as for cleaning.
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Thanks Brad! Yeah, after I bought the group of knives I was amazed to find out what it would probably sell for, crazy stuff... Thanks for the clean up recommendation, that's exactly what I did, with just a little wipe down the blade cleaned up well and the patina looks awesome!!! I will post some follow up pics later...
 
As promised... I took some new pics after cleaning the dust off my haul and here they are, again. Enjoy!!!











 
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