Need help aging a case

ty_higg

ty_higg

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So I was gifted this beautiful case knife from a secret Santa and after looking up the typical date stamps I could not find this one. I may have missed it but so far my googling and research has led me to a dead end.so if any of y’all could tell me a lol more about this knifes year it would be greatly appreciated!
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I hate to be captain obvious here and I certainly could be wrong but one of the numbers is 2N12/12/07 could that simply be the manufacture date. I’m sure there are people with extensive experience with case that could say for sure. Looks like a nice one either way.
 
jsdistin said:
I hate to be captain obvious here and I certainly could be wrong but one of the numbers is 2N12/12/07 could that simply be the manufacture date. I’m sure there are people with extensive experience with case that could say for sure. Looks like a nice one either way.
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wasn’t for sure if that was the date or not, I tried also searching the item number and things like that and was still lead to nothing
 
I apologize if you already know this, but... One thing that might be giving you some trouble with your searches is that "Case Brothers Cutlery Company" is not the same as "W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company", so if you're looking for a matching "Case XX" tang stamp you won't find this one.
 
Case has done a LOT of limited edition stuff over the years, especially since the '90s or so. I'm sure the code on the box does indicate the mfr. date (12/12/2007). They periodically run 'series' knives under a 'Limited XX Edition' brand, for example, many of which have special embellishments not seen on the standard production line, like unique tang stamps and special shields as a tribute or homage to earlier days in Case's history.

The green(ish) box & labelling also are consistent with Case's packaging in the post-2000 era. I have a bunch of boxes like that, coming with knives I've bought in the 2000-2010 time frame. With that labelling info on the box, you could contact Case directly and find out the specifics of it, I'd think.
 
For what it's worth, the 3 Xs on the tang stamp you show are consistent with the tang stamp on a "normal" Case XX brand for 2007, although on that "normal" knife, there's one X above the Case logo and 2 Xs below the logo.

You might be interested in comparing your knife to the one with a different tang stamp in this link:
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/CA7327/case-brothers-co-razor-with-2

- GT
 
This is indeed puzzling! 62005RAZ SS is definitely a W. R. Case & Sons pattern number.
(NB, everything that follows here is just speculation, fueled by my ignorance and curiosity.) Why the OP's knife is marked "Case Brothers Cutlery Co." I don't know. In addition, the designation of "W.R. Case Case Brothers Cutlery Co." in the provided link seems odd to me as that is an amalgam of two different brands, and the pictured knife has a W. R. Case & Sons tang stamp. From my research the 05 pattern (by W. R. Case & Sons) was introduced "before 1940," while Case Brothers Cutlery Co. went out of business in 1915. Perhaps this is a historical marking used by W. R. Case & Sons for some sort of commemorative event? Anyway, a very interesting history question and a very nice knife that perhaps might have some special history associated with it. I hope someone will come along and sort this out for us. EDIT: I just re-read Obsessed with Edges Obsessed with Edges post and this may well be the sort of unique tang stamp that he's talking about.
By the way, here's a short history that I found: https://historicpath.com/place-themes-industry-cutlery/case-brothers
Oh, and yes, "XXX" would correspond to the seventh year of the decade for the past couple of decades of W. R. Case & Sons tang stamps. Although, as 5K Qs 5K Qs points out, that's not the way we would normally expect them to be configured.
"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice...
 
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