Late sixties Case Trapper shield replacement?

I think you might be reading it wrong John. The date range is shown underneath the tang stamp example. Can anyone else verify this?
 
Well not by those photos you're not wrong. It sure isn't the same as the 3 different websites I looked at includng the one in the link I posted.
 
I hope you are able to find a shield.

What is the best adhesive to use when replacing a glue in shield?
 
I think the tang stamp is valid for the '65-'69 era. Should've had a pinned shield from that period. So I'm thinking it might've been rehandled sometime later. If Case did the work, and they might've, they likely rehandled it with a glued shield in place. That's the only thing that makes sense to me. I don't see any holes for the shield pins in that recess, unless the remaining adhesive(?) is hiding them.

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Might also be from late '70s, if any 'dots' from that era are being hidden by the bolster. Sometimes that happens with some of Case's patterns. If it is the later period ('70s), then it may or may not have had a pinned shield. I think they transitioned to glued shields sometime during the '70s, but I don't specifically know in what year they did that.

If it originally DID have a pinned shield, you should be able to see holes for the pins drilled through the liner. Shine a BRIGHT light into the blade well on the shield side to look for the pin holes in the liner.
 
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sceva said:
I hope you are able to find a shield.

What is the best adhesive to use when replacing a glue in shield?
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The only thing I trust for that is epoxy. I have one 5344 SS small stockman that the shield fell out of when it was brand new. Tried twice to fix that using CA glue (super glue). First in the liquid form and later in a gel form. Both times, the shield eventually fell out again. The last time, I used 2-part epoxy to secure it. No more issues since then.
 
It occurred to me that I have a very similar knife to the OP's. Mine is a 1979-vintage 6254 SSP. I had it stashed away for years and I often forget I have it.

As I mentioned previously, sometimes the dating 'dots' on the tang stamp aren't easily seen unless the blade is opened to a very specific angle. At a glance and with the blade not opened to just the right position, a dot or several might be obscured by the bolster or otherwise not so obviously noticed. If not noticed, the stamp would look the same as that on a '65-'69 version. In the 1st and 2nd pics below, the dot on mine is not seen. But in the 3rd pic, the single dot for 1979 can be seen just below the left edge of the 'U' in 'USA'. And the shield on mine is not pinned, but glued in place.
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Thank you for your insight Dave. I had a similar thought to yours , so I put on a magnifying visor and light and sure enough found a single dot below the U. It was hard to see unless it was in a certain position while opening and closing. Which make the glued on shield make sense. Now to find a shield! I've heard that epoxy is the way to go as well.
 
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