And then there was this

[just bob]

Even though they have 2 bids I just suspect that everything else isn't OK.




https://www.ebay.com/itm/W-R-CASE-XX-CI ... 4902.l9144

[bladebuddy]

I think it’s been removed.

[jerryd6818]

I don't know diddly about Case knives but to my eye, it appears to have been re-handled. (I've never seen those handles on a Case knife) If so that would explain the upside down shield.

But what's up with this pattern stamp? 055 is the pattern number for a Cigar Jack but it looks like the 5 on the end was added post factory.

[knifegnome]

Taken apart and rehandled and then assembled wrong.The front handle pin for the backspring is in the wrong place , the back handle center pin for the backspring should go all the way through the knife , but it doesn't.

[Mumbleypeg]

That appears to be a Delrin shield. Else it’s been buffed to the extent that the oval ring is gone.

Ken

[ea42]

Taken apart and rehandled and then assembled wrong.The front handle pin for the backspring is in the wrong place , the back handle center pin for the backspring should go all the way through the knife , but it doesn't.

Yep that entire mark side haft is upside down, that's why the shield is in the wrong location. '

Eric

[bighomer]

I need some of what this knife mechanic was drinking.

[cody6268]

As I am just learning the basics of knife repair--my current status is "incompetent noob". But, how in the world do you mess up THAT bad?!! A two-blade slipjoint isn't exactly something hard to get in backwards, unlike a multitool in which there are the handles, several tools, washers, and perhaps a lock mechanism to contend with. I recently attempted to repair a Leatherman; and I ended up goofing up royally. Yet, I have disassembled and reassembled multiple Kershaw Onion knives correctly.

[56Dodgers]

Someone was asleep at the wheel here...

Clearly a fail of a knife and a waste of what could have been some nice stag!