What model is this case

Envy Sam · Mar 3, 2015

Not my knife but a friend gave it to me to sharpen and give it a spa treatment. I wanted to know the exact model but there's no markings on it except "CASE XX", I know it's old as heck, probably 1940-1964 but all the other Case knives I seen have a model number or something on the back of the blade. Can anyone help me out cause I don't know much about knives in this category.

BrotherJim · Mar 3, 2015

It looks like a Case XX 6265 Folding Hunter to me. Same pattern as this one, just a different handle ... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CAS...810?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4191aecb12

Envy Sam · Mar 3, 2015

Yeah I found several knives it looks like I'm wondering why it doesn't have the number stamped on the back of the tang, it's weird.

BrotherJim · Mar 3, 2015

This thread discusses a similar no tang stamp situation on an older Case knife ... http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1254836-No-Tang-Stamp-on-Case-XX-Knife

Explanations offered are factory error, blade replacement or tang modification at some point. If you don't get an answer here, I'd email Case.

Railsplitter · Mar 3, 2015

I'm no expert so don't quote me on this but as far as I know, Case started stamping model numbers on the tangs in 1949. If that's the case then your knife was actually made between 1940-1948.

bjh_deals · Mar 3, 2015

It is a 5265 (stag) folding hunter. The first 8 to 10 years of the XX era (1940 -1964), Case did not consistently stamp the blade tang with the pattern number. Someone above said they started in 1949....this sounds about right. The knife in the picture is a fine example of a stag folding hunter from the XX era, and appears to be all original with no alterations or modifications done to it.

rma100 · Mar 3, 2015

Railsplitter said:
I'm no expert so don't quote me on this but as far as I know, Case started stamping model numbers on the tangs in 1949. If that's the case then your knife was actually made between 1940-1948.

Quoting Railsplitter,

Case started stamping model numbers on the tangs in 1949.

cilohaefink · Mar 3, 2015

Very nice knife!! That is a Case XX stamped 5265 with a flat ground master blade. The master blade also has what collectors refer to as a "high" pull (nail pull is up in the peak of the blade). The flat ground blade, high pull, and lack of the pattern number stamp indicate that it was made early in the Case XX stamp era, probably just after WWII.

Railsplitter · Mar 3, 2015

rma100 said:
Quoting Railsplitter, Case started stamping model numbers on the tangs in 1949.

I see what you did there.

Primble · Mar 3, 2015

You got a great answer from the others and I concur.

I wonder, did you take any before and after pics of the spa treatment?

wazu013 · Mar 3, 2015

It's a 5265 HP flat ground for sure. Here's one from the XX era after 1949 with a different grind on the main blade with the low pull. Your flat grind is a little more rare than mine. Nice knife:thumbup:

cilohaefink · Mar 3, 2015

The 5265 that Wazu posted has the later "regular pull" - note the position of the pull on the blade, and the saber grind on the clip blade. All 65 patterns made from the late 50's to early 60's and onward had these two features.