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Hey guys, I just came into a unique Case folding knife that i know nothing about. I DO know its old...but other then that i can find anything about this style of knife or what its called or anything. ANY help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance, here are some pictures. The blade is in fairly good condition. The previous owner seems to have put some greenish colored wax over the blade to protect it?...it comes off easily though so im going to get it all cleaned up once i figure out what it is.
Both the case and the knife have the case stamp on them. Using a few different sites for dating Case knives i have placed it anywhere from 1920-1940....or 1932- 1940 ....
Once again ANY info on what this is would be great. Blade style anything. Thanks
the green "wax' AS YOU CALLED IT IS KNOWS AS "VER DE GRIS" it is caused by the reacton of the brass to the leather and is kinda nasty stuff so dont get it on ya clothes as it will stain them. i would clean it off with a rag and then send the knife to me for further investigation lol it looks like a CASE brand model of the pig-stickers we have been seeing from 0ther makers from all over the world so it may be a rare one as I have never seen one like it before and i have seen a bunch of em. its a cool piece eityer way. whwre did ya find it?
I am the KING of LATAMA collectors HAHAHAHAHAHAHA {EVIL LAUGH}
http://www.skm.to/pages/skm/pager/a/hunt29.html
IF, it was european, I'd call it a Boar knife or Pig sticker
But I never knew that Case made one like that
Hopefully, one of our members will know
Very nice
hmm...well i did think at first that it was caused by the brass...But wasn't sure because who i got it from said they PUT stuff on it lol. i just don't think they knew what they were talking about...should have went with my gut!
Anyways, I received this knife from my girlfriends roomate. She was cleaning out here grandmothers house for some reason and came across a few knives (this knife and an OLD buck 110 that she also gave me)...and ya, she just said i could have them or else she was just gonna throw em!!!....so ya, naturally i scooped em up
Thanks for your input redeye and vagrant.......like i said, i have search far and wide on the internet for this knife and have found nothing. Though im going to use the term pigsticker in my search and maybe that will turn up something.
Vagrant wrote:I'll make a WILD GUESS [but safe one] that THIS is worth MANY TIMES what the Buck is
Well considering i got it for FREE lol anything its worth is more then i expected.
Though, i do have one question. IF it ends up i cant find anything about this knife, is it worth anything to anyone if they dont know its specifics and what not?.
here is a close up of the stag on both sides of the knife. Along with a few photos of the 110 for the requester The 110 is kinda neat because the wood scales have two different colors.
Vagrant wrote:I'll make a WILD GUESS [but safe one] that THIS is worth MANY TIMES what the Buck is
Well considering i got it for FREE lol anything its worth is more then i expected.
Though, i do have one question. IF it ends up i cant find anything about this knife, is it worth anything to anyone if they dont know its specifics and what not?.
Do not "overclean" it This may be worth SERIOUS money [to the right collector]
Vagrant wrote:
Do not "overclean" it This may be worth SERIOUS money [to the right collector]
alright..understood. I only cleaned off the green stuff and did some "light" polishing/rubbing. I just hope to find out some more info on it. Back to google
Also search for "folding bowie" - I've seen these type knives described that way, too.
If no one here comes up with an answer for you, you also may want to post it on Bernard Levine's forum at BladeForums.com. There are a lot of people there that may be able to identify it. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forum ... .php?f=691
Took your advice turbo dog about posting in that section on bladeforums...and getting some very interesting responses. One guys actually found the knife in a book he has!
And vagrant you might be right about it being worth some decent money...he said that book listed the same knife at $750 in 1992...so who knows i guess.
