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A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 10:36 pm
by Walleye
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126663664466?_ ... p_homepage
Never seen a 1920's Case Tested XX with an unmarked bowtie shield. Is this RealHorn Molasses Sundown Delrin? They didn't specify, but I could see that being it.
I looked at the pictures carefully, but I didn't see the release for the manually operated lockback mechanism. Is it possibly done by pressing the shield down? Nice knife overall, being that it comes with a sheath, I could see myself using it for everyday use, or perhaps any outdoor activity.
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 10:44 pm
by 1967redrider
Delrin and stainless steel?
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 11:21 pm
by Gunsil
Looks like a fake to me.
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 11:34 pm
by Railsplitter
I don’t see a lock back mechanism either. Or a black stainless steel blade.
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 11:53 pm
by Mumbleypeg
A definite fake. Case made the last TESTED XX knives around mid-1940s - Delrin wasn't even invented until about 10 years later!
Did not appear on a Case knife until several years after that.
Yet somehow it has 6 bids! Fools and their money……………..
Ken
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 1:02 am
by Railsplitter
It appears to have sold. Fake or not ( I understand it’s a fake) that recurve on the clip blade would have been a deal breaker for me personally. Tricky to sharpen or touch up on a flat stone.
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 2:27 am
by pointythings
Silly A.I. description. eBay needs to remove that feature. It's worse than useless.
The tang stamp was so fake that I didn't think I needed to post it here.
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 3:27 am
by Reverand
I agree that the description was AI generated, and the seller either didn't know enough or care enough to correct the computer's mistakes.
The handle material resembles horn, though I suppose it might be celluloid. It is certainly not Delrin. The blades are likely not stainless, but overly-buffed carbon steel.
This counterfeiter must be new to the business, as I can still see the sanding marks on the tang, going lengthwise to the blade. That can only be done with the knife taken apart. Then he applied the tang stamp crooked to the blade.
Sadly, somebody thought they were getting a deal for $82, when actually they got a $30 knife that has been altered and ruined.
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 5:10 am
by Walleye
Reverand wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 3:27 am
I agree that the description was AI generated, and the seller either didn't know enough or care enough to correct the computer's mistakes.
The handle material resembles horn, though I suppose it might be celluloid. It is certainly not Delrin. The blades are likely not stainless, but overly-buffed carbon steel.
This counterfeiter must be new to the business, as I can still see the sanding marks on the tang, going lengthwise to the blade. That can only be done with the knife taken apart. Then he applied the tang stamp crooked to the blade.
Sadly, somebody thought they were getting a deal for $82, when actually they got a $30 knife that has been altered and ruined.
What, that description was generated by AI, and not by a careful seller describing a rare and valuable genuine Case Tested knife? ????
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 5:11 am
by Walleye
pointythings wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 2:27 am
Silly A.I. description. eBay needs to remove that feature. It's worse than useless.
The tang stamp was so fake that I didn't think I needed to post it here.
LOL
The "AI" descriptions I've seen for so many things lately, houses, items on ebay, descriptions of videos on Youtube - its nauseating isn't it? What are people thinking (or not thinking)???
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 1:04 pm
by OLDE CUTLER
What is a "black stainless steel blade"but an oxymoron?
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 1:41 pm
by 1967redrider
Pictures for future reference.
Re: A beautiful Case Tested lockback Delrin stockman with a black stainless steel blade
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:15 pm
by pointythings
OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 1:04 pm
What is a "black stainless steel blade"but an oxymoron?
Nope, it's eBay's A.I. tool analyzing the images and determining the blade is black from the reflections. Seller is either an idiot or just plain lazy for not writing a useful description from scratch or at least editing the generated text.