This one has me a little puzzled. A very early Case Bros Little Valley NY 3 3/8" jack knife. Bone is close to the winterbottom bone that was used at the time but with finer jigging, the shield was used by Case Bros at the time. Blades are close to full with great snap and no play,
The tang stamps are what has me wondering, Case Bros used a lot of different tang stamps in the short time they were in business but I can find no examples of a straight Case Bros with a curved Little Valley, most were curved Case Bros with straight Little Valley. Their knives were mainly contract knives when they were first starting up, I wonder if this might be one of those knives.
I don't think it's a fake, it had the appropriate amount of rust, corrosion and dirt in the blade wells. Hard to find any detailed information on early Case knives, any help is appreciated good or bad.
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Witcher's book shows this stamp. He speculates used a few years after 1900. Looks like an incredible knife.
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JohnR that's an exceptionally beautiful old knife.
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Thank you, it is now the earliest Case family knife I have in the collection, looks like right around 1900. Here is the page from Witcher's book that Wayne referred to, a couple other collectors were kind enough to send it to me. Also thanks to Ken for making me aware of an available copy of the book at a great price.
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JohnR, that is a great knife on its own, but with the history, it’s even better.
I absolutely love those handles. Wow!
I absolutely love those handles. Wow!
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Re: Questions On Early Case Bros Little Valley NY
Great knife and book.JohnR wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:42 pmThank you, it is now the earliest Case family knife I have in the collection, looks like right around 1900. Here is the page from Witcher's book that Wayne referred to, a couple other collectors were kind enough to send it to me. Also thanks to Ken for making me aware of an available copy of the book at a great price.