CASE KNIVES IMPORTED FROM GERMANY

[pro-spin]

I have 3 knives that are marked "case xx german import inox solingen germany". I have attached 5 pictures of these knives. I am trying to find out what year they were imported or made, what thier value is and any other info that is available. Thank you.

[barnwood42]

I found this knife today at a garage sale. Can not seem to find any information about it. Anyboby care to steer me in the right direction. It would be appreciated.

[olderdogs1]

I believe the second knife was made by Boker for Case around 2001. I could be wrong as I am not an expert on newer Case knives but that is my recollection.

Tom

[americanedgetech]

The first few knives in the first post confuse me.
Clearly the top one is made by Inox IN Germany so why does the blade state "Case-German IMPORT"?

If it were a case made blade I can see it stating "Import" (from the US) but in reality they are more likely Export knives made to be sold elsewhere besides Germany.

Is this simply a translation issue or am I not seeing something?

[peanut740]

Inox means stainless.

[americanedgetech]

Inox means stainless.

I knew that...
Thanks Peanut.

[knifeaholic]

Regarding the OP knives, those were a short lived experiment - Case imported them in 1978, only on the market for a very short time.

The story I have read is that the original knives did not have any Case markings. Then when the experiment failed, Jim Parker bought all of the remaining knives from Case with the stipulation that Case put the etching on each knife showing that they were imported for Case.

[barnwood42]

I believe the second knife was made by Boker for Case around 2001. I could be wrong as I am not an expert on newer Case knives but that is my recollection.

Tom

Tom
Thank you for your response. I have found a little information on the imported from Germany knives from the original post, but still searching for information on the other one. I have found some pocket knifes sold on E-bay with this stamping but not much else.

Mike

[Mumbleypeg]

Barnwood42, according to info on the Case Collectors Club forum your knife is a 9-3/4 inch Hunter made by Boker on contract for a Case. The handle is Thuya wood. 233 of that model were made. FWIW the OP there had one of the lockbacks from the series, with the original box which had a factory label dated March 2002. In all, the Boker-made series included 6 lockback models and 3 fixed blade models. This info was posted by a Case employee, from Case factory records.

Also, if you haven't seen it here's a recent post asking a similar question. Different knife but with similar stamps. viewtopic.php?f=4&t=53786

Ken

[barnwood42]

Barnwood42, according to info on the Case Collectors Club forum your knife is a 9-3/4 inch Hunter made by Boker on contract for a Case. The handle is Thuya wood. 233 of that model were made. FWIW the OP there had one of the lockbacks with the original box which had a factory label dated March 2002. In all, the Boker-made series included 6 lockback models and 3 fixed blade models. This info was posted by a Case employee, from Case factory records.

Also, if you haven't seen it here's a recent post asking a similar question. Different knife but with similar stamps. viewtopic.php?f=4&t=53786

Ken

Ken
Very much appreciated. I have been looking over all past posts knowing that if a answer was out there I'd find it on this site. I guess I totally missed that post.
Thank you Sir