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This looks fake to me
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:18 pm
by Resophonatic
I took this down because I spoke out of turn.
Re: This looks fake to me
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 7:25 pm
by Resophonatic
Re: This looks fake to me
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 7:33 pm
by stockman
I would say yes there was one. 1905 +a few years. Don"t know if it is tang stamped but B=waterfall.
Harold
Re: This looks fake to me
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 7:54 pm
by knifeaholic
It is authentic. I owned that exact knife, and sold it to the Ebayer who has it up for bids now.
Re: This looks fake to me
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:16 pm
by royal0014
How's that for confirmation !
Re: This looks fake to me
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:52 pm
by 1967redrider
I figure if someone went to the trouble of cobbling one of these they would have gone with a better Pen blade.
Re: This looks fake to me
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:00 am
by Mumbleypeg
1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:52 pm
I figure if someone went to the trouble of cobbling one of these they would have gone with a better Pen blade.
Agreed. Nice old survivor, save for that secondary.
As for the stamps, there have been hundreds of different variations over the 120 or so years of W.R. Case. Only the most often seen are in most charts, and there are several different charts. You can rarely rule out a knife’s authenticity based solely on comparing its stamps to a chart, but
Goins’ Encyclopedia and Witcher’s
Counterfeiting Antique Cutlery contain the most thorough charts I’m aware of.
Ken
Re: This looks fake to me
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:14 am
by Resophonatic
Ok. I take it all back and offer my sincere apologies.
Re: This looks fake to me
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:32 am
by Mumbleypeg
Resophonatic wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:14 am
Ok. I take it all back and offer my sincere apologies.
No apologies needed. We all make mistakes and we are all learning. Asking questions is good. Learning from the answers is good. If you don’t understand the answers, ask again!
Ken