Opinions and Thoughtsb

[Jcope56]

Hi Everyone,

Picked up this knife awhile go and was cleaning it the other day and just thought the stamp looked odd. Any thoughts or opinions would be appreciated!

Thank you

[Mumbleypeg]

From what little I can see in the pictures provided it looks okay to me. Looks like it’s been buffed a lot, to make the blades shiny (there appears to be some pitting in the tang area, which was likely consistent with the blades before buffing).

I recommend first reading the knife, rather than the stamp. A better picture of the shield would help (Case used different shields at various times - (does the stamp match up with those used in the TESTED XX era?), as would a picture of the backsprings and bolster areas (if the tang has been grinded down to apply a different stamp the blade will probably be narrower than it’s spring - it shouldn’t be). What is the closed length of the knife (does it match a known Case pattern)?

All those are as important if not more so than the stamp on the knife. Case used literally hundreds of different stamps - every time one wore out they had to make a new one. Which differed slightly from the stamp it replaced. And probably from the artists rendering of the stamp shown in some reference book.

Welcome to AAPK.

Ken