Just in Case!

waynorth · Feb 24, 2012

Case! Although it is one of the most collected brands in North America, sometimes you don't see one here for a long time. Let's show off some of these exceptional knives from the past century. And tell a little about them to keep it interesting.
The older the better!
I'll start off with this Case Tested XX 6231 1/2 pattern Jack. It is a little shy of 3 3/4" long, so it's nice and hefty, and it walks and talks impressively. The jigged bone handles are referred to by some as "Early Rogers Bone", and that jigging is much rarer than most other Case handle material. It is thought to have been made between the World Wars, 1920-1940. You more expert Case collectors out there, please feel free to correct me, and fill in the blanks!!

Rsmith_77 · Feb 24, 2012

I got a few case's

The top one is my mini trapper, my normal edc (although it fights alot with my wenger SI)

The bottom two are of course Case Soddies, the yeller CV and the wood scaled model that Seals rehandled, stabilized cherry if my memory serves me
hope ya'll enjoy

caseknifeninja · Feb 24, 2012

nice! how old are these?

Campbellclanman · Feb 24, 2012

waynorth said:
Case! Although it is one of the most collected brands in North America, sometimes you don't see one here for a long time. Let's show off some of these exceptional knives from the past century. And tell a little about them to keep it interesting.
The older the better!
I'll start off with this Case Tested XX 6231 1/2 pattern Jack. It is a little shy of 3 3/4" long, so it's nice and hefty, and it walks and talks impressively. The jigged bone handles are referred to by some as "Early Rodgers Bone", and that jigging is much rarer than most other Case handle material. It is thought to have been made between the World Wars, 1920-1940. You more expert Case collectors out there, please feel free to correct me, and fill in the blanks!!

Lovely old Case Charlie.... in fact a very very nice knife, that Bone has a lovely glow to it, it seems to be in exceptional condition!
I wonder if that Bone is Hand jigged Charlie?

smiling-knife · Feb 24, 2012

This is a very special Case. Some time ago, a fellow collector in the US mentioned that he lost his Father's Wostenholm penknife. I sent him one of the same pattern to replace it. A little later, and much to my amazement, I received this knife. It was his Father's, but he wanted me to have it. A 1970 redbone senator penknife. A real treasure forsure.

bakerg2g · Feb 24, 2012

This is my favorite Case knife, It's a 1974 "Loom Fixer" My Grandfather
used these everyday at work. He bought it when I was born.

Jason

waynorth · Feb 24, 2012

Duncan, I am pretty sure Rogers bone was made on machines. They supplied many of the cutleries with various styles of bone handles.

jacknife · Feb 24, 2012

bakerg2g said:
This is my favorite Case knife, It's a 1974 "Loom Fixer" My Grandfather
used these everyday at work. He bought it when I was born.

Jason

I'd love one of those Loom Fixers. I used to be a weaver.

I've nothing very old to show you but here are a few of my Case knives.

Railsplitter · Feb 24, 2012

I have a few oldies but not near enough of them. Most of my photos are terrible. These knives deserve better quality pics. A few from 1940-1964, one from 1965-1969, and a 1970.

waynorth · Feb 24, 2012

Rick, the 5th knife, on a green background is a budding and grafting knife - rare to find in good shape!

Doug Add · Feb 24, 2012

smiling-knife said:
This is a very special Case. Some time ago, a fellow collector in the US mentioned that he lost his Father's Wostenholm penknife. I sent him one of the same pattern to replace it. A little later, and much to my amazement, I received this knife. It was his Father's, but he wanted me to have it. A 1970 redbone senator penknife. A real treasure forsure.

Great knife and great story. I don't know which is more beautiful, that red bone, or the giving hearts on both sides of the transaction that brought it to you.

Railsplitter · Feb 24, 2012

waynorth said:
Rick, the 5th knife, on a green background is a budding and grafting knife - rare to find in good shape!

Thanks, Charlie. That's good to hear. I was told the same thing by the person I bought it from. I never doubted his word but it's nice to hear it again from another knowledgable knife guy.:thumbup:

Rick · Feb 24, 2012

Wow - some beautiful knives in great condition posted so far. :thumbup:

Rick - some great minty-fresh XXs you have there.

Charlie, the bone on that 31 1/2 is just spectacular, and oh so rare, especially in that condition.

I only have one old 31 1/2; a pristine greenie, and one of my favorite knives. Pics posted before, but what the heck.

Railsplitter · Feb 24, 2012

Thanks for the compliment, Rick. The bone on that Jack Knife of yours to die for!

Wow, what a beautiful knife!

I started my knife collecting hobby with the knives in my first four pics. I had a strong passion for XX era knives. Somewhere along the way that attraction faded but it never really disappeared. This thread has already renewed my passion for these older Case knives. When I get some funds saved up, I think I'm gonna start looking for more of these.

Thanks for the thread, Charlie! Can't wait to see some more posts.

waynorth · Feb 24, 2012

That Greenie makes me green with envy, Rick! Such a treasure!!
Keep 'em coming folks - I know you got 'em!!

lambertiana · Feb 24, 2012

The Case that is dearest to me is this little guy, which I inherited from my grandfather when he passed.

Chew · Feb 24, 2012

Just bought my first case...

waynorth · Feb 24, 2012

Grandpa had good taste, John!!

Nice, CHEW! It's a slippery slope from here!!

T. Erdelyi · Feb 25, 2012

From another post of mine.

All right here it is, I bought this pen knife at an estate auction 20 years ago in the Poconos in PA, I got it cheap (IIRC under $10), what I know is it's a Case Pen Knife made somewhere between 1920-1940 in Green Bone Scales.

The thing that got me right away was there were no pattern #s, except for the letters ACI stamped on the opposite tang of the main Pen Blade.

Secondly the secondary pen is honed razor thin, including bein' swedged and is heat treated so as to flex the blade nearly 90 degrees and return true.

The blade below is shot from the top, the swedged dull side, see how thin this blade is?

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The only logical reason anyone ever gave for a flexible blade like that was, it was a pipe knife and the flexible blade allowed the pipe bowl to be scraped clean and the blade would follow the contour of the bowl.

To me the blades and stampings look original, (but what do I know) so I defer to those who are more informed than I.

Still not exactly sure what this is.

Here's a link to the original thread with some more pictures and Mr Levines conclusion as to it's origins/explanation for the unusual grind.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/680828-Alright-Folks-I-need-help-with-the-history-on-this-Case-Pen?highlight=Case

Campbellclanman · Feb 25, 2012

Wow...very, very nice knives, Lambertiana.... you have something special there my friend...Oh how I wish I had a neat ol' Poppa, and to have one of his knives would be just awesome...thank you for showing us your treasure there my friend....that is very neat!
Can I please show you good folks my Case knives, not many, but I hold them quite dear to me....
This one here would have to be my Favourite by a mile, the reasons?...1, its such a beautiful Barlow, and the bone is quite active....so neat to just sit and study.
2, This was gifted to me by a special person, whom I would like very much to be a bit close so I could pop in and visit, but with the miles in-between us, this isnt to be so, but hopefully my plans to meet will work out.
3, This knife was produced in around the same time I was...so I think that is pretty darn cool, and my friend who was so good to gift it to me had this in mind ( equating in special meaning to me x 100 )
here she is...1964 case Red Bone Barlow

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Here is my most awesome Early (ish) Case Rad Bone split springed Honey of a knife...lovely knife!... these photos just do not do this knife justice!

Another Case of mine, a early 60's mint Red Bone..
You can see the knife directly under the big Whitler ( centre), again my apologies for the photo, Im surprised I cant find an individual one of this knife at this moment

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My Beaut of a whopper Whittler..taking centre stage of this photo ( my apologies as I must up-date my photo's and take more individual one folks!)
Another split spring knife...and I think this gal is something pretty cool!

This Saddlehorn ebony Case I believe is a SFO, quite hard to find, but they are out there and come up for sale only now and then, I think only 250 of these were made, but please...I stand to be corrected!