Help with a vintage Case knife please

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DrPharm

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Hello everyone! I need help determining if a knife is collectible please. I purchased it off eBay.

It's from the 1940-1964 era and its this model: its a jack knife. it's 3 and 3/8 inches in length and had a black serpentine handle. It has two blades. It does not have a bone handle.

It's in really good condition.

My inkling is that it's not really collectible - and I'll probably end up carrying it everyday :)

Thanks guys!!!
 
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Welcome. Asking for values at your membership level is against the rules here.

So is your link to Amazon
 
Post a pic of the knife. Also, get a shot of the blade tang that shows the model number and any other tang markings.

Usually, knives being sold on e-bay end up going for about what they are worth. The market of buyers tend to bid things to about the fair market value.
 
Ok embarrassing question: I don't know how to post a picture... Sorry.

I do have some excellent pictures of the knife though.
 
Are pics on phone or computer? Talpatalk makes it easy on phone. If on computer, log into a photobucket account, put the photos in there, one at a time right click hit copy url then come here click upload photo and paste the url
 
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Hope those worked. The knife is 3 and 3/8 inches in length. I believe it is a vintage Jack from the 1940-1964 era.

Just trying to determine if it's something I should go ahead and use for everyday use - or if it's collectible and maybe better off left at home.

Thanks guys!
 
Wow, quite a pretty knife. I'm not sure that it is suoer valuable, as I'm not an expert, but nice find! Welcome to the forums.

Connor
 
That's a Case 22087 Medium Jack, in smooth black Delrin. They are still produced in that pattern today. They are not particularly rare so if you feel like using it, you won't be defacing a national treasure.
 
That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks you jc57 for your expertise- and thank you everyone else!
 
Yup, they aren't too terribly difficult nor prohibitively expensive to replace if lost or damaged. If it doesn't have any real sentimental value then I say "go for it" - use it and enjoy it!

They really are sweet little knives; small enough to fit comfortably in a watch pocket yet robust enough to handle anything one can resonably expect a pocket knife to handle.:thumbup::thumbup:

I regularly carry one of my stockman versions from the same era.

 
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Thanks! That's a big part of the attraction of vintage knives to me - they possess a certain character that their newer counterparts don't quite have (yet ;))
 
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