All About Pocket Knives

Here's a dazzler in an upcoming auction near me. They say the pattern is 6392. One picture should be all you need.

Another one that just hurts my eyes to look at. I guess you could desribe this knife any way you wish since it is one of a kind.

Trying to figure out where the parts came from- Clip blade from a -75, -80 pattern secondary blades, frame . . . ???

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 2:36 pm Trying to figure out where the parts came from- Clip blade from a -75, -80 pattern secondary blades, frame . . . ???

Master blade is stamped 6392 on back. Unsure about frame and bottom end blades.

That is a legitimate Case pattern stamp.

6392 is a stockman. Somehow they got the blade to work in this whittler frame.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:49 pm That is a legitimate Case pattern stamp.

Therein is the danger of just reading the stamp and not the knife. The 92 is a square end frame, not round-ended like the OP knife. It was made as a two-blade jack and a three-blade stockman.

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:57 pm

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:49 pm That is a legitimate Case pattern stamp.

Therein is the danger of just reading the stamp and not the knife. The 92 is a square end frame, not round-ended like the OP knife. It was made as a two-blade jack and a three-blade stockman.

Ken

I grabbed Steve's book since I'm at home. Doesn't look anything like his pictured knives. I still think the secondaries could be out of an -80 pattern. The frame looks like an oversized -63. Not sure where that shield came from?

This knife brought $27.50 through the local auction. Don't be surprised if you see it on eBay soon. This is a new knife from this week's auction. Looks like they used a chainsaw to trim those handles up. Poor pic - I know, but that's all they show.

Playdough scales?