Show off your fixed blades!

[jerryd6818]

These pictures are a Case fixed blade pattern 5361 marked "Case's Tested XX" on one side of the tang and "W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. Bradford PA" on the other side of the tang.

Jerry, shame on you. You're causing me to covet.

[RalphAlsip]

Thank you Steve, tongueriver, and jerryd for the gracious comments on the old Case fixed blade. I have very few fixed blade knives and this one is sitting out on my bookshelf Here is a picture of the original sheath. It has a stag head and the words "Cases Sportsman" embossed on it.

[knife7knut]

Not sure if I have posted this one before but here goes anyway. A Hubertus "knicker"knife that was gifted to me by a co-worker who picked it up on a trip to Germany back in the late 1970's.Great file work on the spine and beautiful crown stag handle.

[Byrd]

I just got the new hunting knife from Ontario Knife Company today. Five inch blade, 1095 steel with a sheath. Shaving sharp out of the box. I ordered this in February when they were first announced and got it today.

[knife7knut]

Went to a local antique shop today while picking up medication at the drug store next door and found two knives that I just had to buy. Unfortunately I didn't have the money for both of them so the shopkeeper (who is a friend and customer)agreed to put one aside until next week.
That one is a huge(10" blade)horn handled bowie by Gutmann Cutlery Co. Italy.
The one I picked up is another huge(10" blade)bowie etched Hoffritz Made in England with a tapered tang and some of the most beautiful stag slabs I've seen in awhile. There are a couple of tiny rust spots on the blade(it looks like it was chrome plated and then the hollow grind put on)that I am slowly cleaning off but otherwise it looks unused. Here are a few pics. Price was good too:$59.36 with tax.

[Quick Steel]

Exceptionally good looking Bowie k7k. The stag slabs are indeed beautiful.

[steve99f]

WOW! Now that's a knife! Great stag on that one.

[Byrd]

That is one sweet knife! I nominate it for score of the day! I love bowies!

[doglegg]

Like the Bowie and love the stag.

[gsmith7158]

A couple of new ones for me.

[Byrd]

Nice! Does the Scagel have folding blade in the handle?

[gsmith7158]

Nice! Does the Scagel have folding blade in the handle?

Yes it does Byrd!

[Byrd]

I thought it looked like it did. What a nice find.

[knife7knut]

A couple of new ones for me.

Wow! I don't know which one I like more! The Scagel is one I've always wanted but that little Arno Bernard is beautiful! Great scores!

[gsmith7158]

A couple of new ones for me.

Wow! I don't know which one I like more! The Scagel is one I've always wanted but that little Arno Bernard is beautiful! Great scores!

Thanks Ray! That little Arno Is really a convenient size . Perfect for carrying on your belt around the house and shaving sharp.

[doglegg]

Two beauties gsmith.
Is the little one ivory or white bone?

[gsmith7158]

Two beauties gsmith.
Is the little one ivory or white bone?

Doglegg that's handled in warthog ivory tusk.

[doglegg]

It is beautiful.

[jmh58]

Real nice fixies Greg.. Like that Arno..
John

[gsmith7158]

Real nice fixies Greg.. Like that Arno..
John

Thanks John!

[Gunsil]

Just gorgeous RA. That's how you want to find them.

Don't be so sure of that Steve, Look at the spacers, have you ever seen a Case knife with different spacer pattern on the front and back? Knife has been heavily cleaned and re-handled.

[tongueriver]

Just gorgeous RA. That's how you want to find them.

Don't be so sure of that Steve, Look at the spacers, have you ever seen a Case knife with different spacer pattern on the front and back? Knife has been heavily cleaned and re-handled.

Good eye! It's still a beauty though! Still a thumbs up! I am still thinking about putting nice wheels on my '79 Ford. They are so rusty that sometimes the bead doesn't hold air. Wonder what the original knife looked like before PT?

[steve99f]

Just gorgeous RA. That's how you want to find them.

Don't be so sure of that Steve, Look at the spacers, have you ever seen a Case knife with different spacer pattern on the front and back? Knife has been heavily cleaned and re-handled.

The spacer thing is subtle Gene. Thanks for the education.

[Gunsil]

Steve, if you also carefully examine the top of the blade where the thumb grip grooves are cut in that the edges of the grooves are rounded off. On these early Case knives those grooves were very sharp on the edges, sharp enough to skin yourself on. On this knife the rounded off edges show that a lot of metal was removed in the cleaning/buffing process. The brass spacers look a little wide too, but when one sees different spacer groupings one has to see the red flag go up.

Tongue, hard to say what it began life like. Could easily have been a more common leather handled one. I myself (not condemning others' ideas) can't give a reworked knife a real thumb's up because where does that leave the guy with a similar knife in full original condition? There has been a spate of re-handled old Case hunters on the bay for the last couple of years, a whole lot being sold by a guy in Indiana I think. All done in stag, many with spurious spacer packs and some even on models that were not offered in stag when new. I think that guy must have sold over thirty refinished re-handled with stag Case hunters, maybe more.

[tongueriver]

Thanks for the education, Gene. I know very little about CASE knives so it is great to hear from someone who does. I can talk a little about Schrades, both early and late, but not CASE.