I need info on my 3 knives please

[KathyJB]

I have 3 knives made by Case that I bought in the 80's. 2 of them have two different types of smooth bone on the handles. The first is a Case XX A6235-1/2, I believe the handle colors are the same on both sides, this one has been used on a ranch. The second one is a Case XX one dot Barlow number A62009-1/2. This one has never been used and lastly is my little knife I keep in my purse. It's a Case XX USA 7 dot A6225-1/2, with two different colored side smooth handles. Any information on how to clean that one, value and name would be appreciated. Also, are the two with different types of bone in the handles salesman samples?

 

[corwise]

Post this in the Bernard Levine's Knife Collecting & Identification room, or maybe a Mod will move it for you, and you're more likely to find someone who can help you out.

 

[flylock]

What you have there are a case regular jack knife pattern, a case barlow, and a small coke bottle jack pattern. All 3 appear to have case's Appaloosa bone handles on them.
The appaloosa bone may have faded on 1 side giving the idea that they dont match, or maybe this is just a manufacturing inconsistency?

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

What you have there are a case regular jack knife pattern, a case barlow, and a small coke bottle jack pattern. All 3 appear to have case's Appaloosa bone handles on them.
The appaloosa bone may have faded on 1 side giving the idea that they dont match, or maybe this is just a manufacturing inconsistency?

With regard to the fading of the bone scales on one side, I've seen many knives for sale on eBay with a similar fading issue. Many of them spent a good deal of time in display cases with only one side exposed to sunlight on a regular basis, resulting in the fading on one side only. In fact, I've seen quite a few eBay listings for old, complete display sets of Case knives which have never been removed from the display. The fading on one side is common among these old display sets.

It would be helpful if you could post additional pics of the tang stamp marks on the front side of the primary blade of each knife, which would indicate (by the 'dots') the specific year of manufacture. That information can be used to look up the approximate collector values for the knives.