Need Secondary back spring for Case 75
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:06 pm
I found this knife on my vacation recently. I met a fellow in Arizona who owns a knife store that 98% of the AAPK members would be drooling on themselves to see inside of it and do a little shopping. It was awesome and the owner, Jon, is a real knife lover. He has read a little on AAPK but I could tell as first love is knives, not computers.
I bought several knives from a gentleman who runs a cutlery store in Arizona. I will write more about him more later. Suffice it to say that I came away with a large Case Stockman that I want to refurbish foreign EDC. Many of you know I don't collect Case knives but I do have some that I carry as EDC's. That's what I want this knife to be used for, either as a Stockman or as a single blade knife.
Mega Props to whoever designed the Case Research Section here on AAPK. It's very useful!
I think I was able to come close to identifying this knife just based on the information available in the research section
As you can see from the pictures the spring for the secondary blades is broken. As you can also see from the pictures the nomenclature on the knife is pretty well worn. On the tang stamps I can make out CASE (longtail C) / TESTED XX.
The Case research section shows:
1- this tang stamp to be used between 1920 to 1940 or between 1919 to 1945, depending on which expert you happen to listen to apparently.
2- If I am reading the research correctly my knife is a #75 pattern (4-5/16")..
3- The shield it appears to be an Oval shield with open C and tall S. The tutorial said the shield was "used on late tested era and early XX era knives."
So, those of you who are familiar with Case knives can tell me if I'm correct or mistaken.
I believe I have a Tested 75 pattern Case Stockman, and judging from the shield was probably made in the late tested era.
Hopefully I have identified it properly
Obviously now I need to locate a spring for this knife if possible. The handles appear to be bone when I look at them through 45 power magnification and the spring for the club blade still has decent snap in spite of the lack of lubrication. A couple drops of quick release oil and the snap is so good it almost jumps out of my hands!
If someone has a secondary blades spring for this knife I would be happy to buy/trade/barter/swap, etc. for a spring. If I can't find a spring for it I will have a couple of decent secondary blades available to trade for something else.
Thanks for your help!
Pictures below.
I bought several knives from a gentleman who runs a cutlery store in Arizona. I will write more about him more later. Suffice it to say that I came away with a large Case Stockman that I want to refurbish foreign EDC. Many of you know I don't collect Case knives but I do have some that I carry as EDC's. That's what I want this knife to be used for, either as a Stockman or as a single blade knife.
Mega Props to whoever designed the Case Research Section here on AAPK. It's very useful!
I think I was able to come close to identifying this knife just based on the information available in the research section
As you can see from the pictures the spring for the secondary blades is broken. As you can also see from the pictures the nomenclature on the knife is pretty well worn. On the tang stamps I can make out CASE (longtail C) / TESTED XX.
The Case research section shows:
1- this tang stamp to be used between 1920 to 1940 or between 1919 to 1945, depending on which expert you happen to listen to apparently.
2- If I am reading the research correctly my knife is a #75 pattern (4-5/16")..
3- The shield it appears to be an Oval shield with open C and tall S. The tutorial said the shield was "used on late tested era and early XX era knives."
So, those of you who are familiar with Case knives can tell me if I'm correct or mistaken.
I believe I have a Tested 75 pattern Case Stockman, and judging from the shield was probably made in the late tested era.
Hopefully I have identified it properly
Obviously now I need to locate a spring for this knife if possible. The handles appear to be bone when I look at them through 45 power magnification and the spring for the club blade still has decent snap in spite of the lack of lubrication. A couple drops of quick release oil and the snap is so good it almost jumps out of my hands!
If someone has a secondary blades spring for this knife I would be happy to buy/trade/barter/swap, etc. for a spring. If I can't find a spring for it I will have a couple of decent secondary blades available to trade for something else.
Thanks for your help!
Pictures below.