My first Case red bones, am I missing something here?

Doug Add

Doug Add

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I am new at the whole vintage knife thing, but these look genuine to me. Did I get taken, are these fakes, or is it just because of the sharpened down blades and crack in the bone on the back of the 6292 that they came to me so affordably?

62024 1/2 and 6292

Not the best shots because of the mid-day sun, but you get the idea.

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They're worn but they're the real deal. It does depend a lot on condition but even some mint oldies don't sell for much more than new ones... some sell for a lot more... it depends on how excited collectors get about a particular pattern.

The blades look like they have a lot of life left.
 
If you are interested in the old Case knives, you might look for a mint or near mint early 1970s (or even earlier) Case 6332. It's a medium size stockman with half stops on all the blades. For some reason they don't sell for more than new Case stock knives. They're as good as it gets in my opinion.
 
supratentorial said:
They're worn but they're the real deal. It does depend a lot on condition but even some mint oldies don't sell for much more than new ones... some sell for a lot more... it depends on how excited collectors get about a particular pattern.

The blades look like they have a lot of life left.
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I think so, too. Both look like they have seen some good use, but depending on how old they are and how they were actually used they don't look to be in bad shape at all for good work knives.

The very things you noted will kill their value as a collector's piece but certainly won't hurt their value as a tool. If I were you, I would probably take some acetone, a brass brush and a cotton swab and clean the crack, the pin, and the small piece of cracked bone as well as I could. I would then carefully apply some water thin "super glue" to the the same areas. That should keep the piece on indefinitely.

I had a knife that I waited too long to do the above mentioned repair and the damn piece fell out and the whole scale came loose.

Nice knives, by the way.

Robert
 
I don't know what they cost you so I can't address their affordability BUT I'm digging the bone on the pile side of the 6292. See what appears to be a trench down the middle of the cover. Some would consider that a flaw but not me. That is a "bone marrow canal" cavity. Case used to be a "waste not want not company" and they used pretty much whatever bone came to hand. For a guy like me that gets into sub-categories", etc. that is a desireable knife. As to the crack, use it with a bit of caution, keep an eye on it, and if it starts to separate anymore, put a bit of Super Glue's "Future Glue" in the crack. Both knives are very nice. I'd keep both if I had them and leave them just as they are. There's a lot of character in both knives. Just apply a light coating of oil to the blades and spring and oil the joints and you're good to go.

Here is an example of what I'm talking about (bone marrow canal) with one of my old Red Case Barlows. You can easily see where Case purposely set the cover pins in the bone marrow canal.

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Those are great-lookin' Cases, Doug. Well done. :thumbup:

I agree, these could be great users. I think the super glue suggestion, for stabilizing the cracked bone, is a good idea.
 
Thanks for the helpful replies, particularly about stabilizing the crack.

I'm with you Ed, I really like the cavity in the pile side 6292 bone. None of my other Case bone knives have this (well, except the deep canyon chestnut mini copperhead, of course). Not as exquisite as the one on your barlow, but nice nonetheless.

I haven't even cleaned them yet. They just came in today's mail. As for price, I'll just say that these two together cost just a hair over what I paid for my 6232 from 1978.
 
They're nice knives Doug. Especially that 6292!
Here is what the one on the top would like without the worn blades. Besides the black spotting on this one it looks almost unused
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Not the prettiest repair, but here is the result of my stabilizing the bone with a tiny bit of super glue.

First, as it looked when I received it.

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Now, after the repair.

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That crack will never disappear but it will smooth out with some pocket change and key wear. Good job. Maybe anothre small bead can be applied after that one wears in and polishes out.
 
Great advice Ed. Thanks.

You have been very helpful here -- not only in creating my interest for a 6292 with excellent photographs of your gorgeous knives, but with your encouragement and counsel regarding this one. I appreciate it more than you know.
 
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