Help with old Case knife

Tang looks almost cold stamped to me.
The scale to bolster F&F doesn't look old school Case to me.
If the scales were celluloid, at that age I would think to see some corrosion from off gassing.
The shield looks to have little wear.
Are the blades carbon steel. The backsprings?
Maybe better pics would help.
I'm not convinced it's real.
My WAG.
 
Ryan8 said:
I emailed Case about the original question - "What are Case yellow handles made of?". I was curious myself. rev_jch is right - they're Delrin.

They also gave me some interesting history along with the answer, so here's the response I received:



Dear Ryan;



Thanks you for your interest in Case knives. There have been three yellow
cover materials used in Case history; celluloid, composition and Delrin.
Case began using yellow plastic in the 1920's and it was celluloid at that
time. The composition that is listed above was used from about 1945 until
1960 at which time we changed to using DuPont Delrin. I don't have much
information about the composition material other than it was easier to work
with than the celluloid. DuPont developed Delrin in the early 1950's and
patented the formulation in 1956.



Delrin is an acetal resin that was developed by DuPont in their efforts to
supply customers with tough heat resistant metal substitute. "Delrin(r)
bridges the gap between metals and ordinary plastics with a unique
combination of strength, stiffness, hardness, dimensional stability,
toughness, fatigue resistance, solvent and fuel resistance, abrasion
resistance, low wear and low friction. This quote is taken directly from
the DuPont Website explaining the characteristics of Delrin.



I hope I have sufficiently answered your questions. [Stuff about Case Collector Club]



Best Regards,





Rich Brandon

Engineering Manager

W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.

[phone # & email removed for privacy]
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Would somebody really go to the trouble of forging a common CASE composite handled Jackknife though?

It's not a rare pattern, it's not scaled with Stag or Redbone/Greenbone.

Would be interesting to hear if the OP knows how long his father had it in the collection ?

Tangstamps can be mistruck due to machining problems or worn dies and thus may not look exactly like it 'should'. It's a nice example and of good quality whatever its provenance. I'd say it's legit from the extant photos.
 
Will Power said:
Would somebody really go to the trouble of forging a common CASE composite handled Jackknife though?

It's not a rare pattern, it's not scaled with Stag or Redbone/Greenbone.

Would be interesting to hear if the OP knows how long his father had it in the collection ?

Tangstamps can be mistruck due to machining problems or worn dies and thus may not look exactly like it 'should'. It's a nice example and of good quality whatever its provenance. I'd say it's legit from the extant photos.
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I really don’t know as far as how long he’s had it. My father passed away in Dec 2023 and I inherited his small Case knife collection. Most of the knives were just old well worn users like muskrats, trappers, and stockmans but this one was interesting. I’m certainly no expert on Case knives but I do know how to use the tang stamps and dots to date them but this one tasks me.
 
kvaughn said:
Tang looks almost cold stamped to me.
The scale to bolster F&F doesn't look old school Case to me.
If the scales were celluloid, at that age I would think to see some corrosion from off gassing.
The shield looks to have little wear.
Are the blades carbon steel. The backsprings?
Maybe better pics would help.
I'm not convinced it's real.
My WAG.
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The blades and back springs are carbon steel. I believe the scales are celluloid but I’m not certain. I will take more pics later today.
 
vwb563 said:
The blades and back springs are carbon steel. I believe the scales are celluloid but I’m not certain. I will take more pics later today.
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If you rub the scales briskly with a cloth or run hot water over it, celluloid will sometimes have a faint camphor smell.
 
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