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Colin Paterson adds scrimshaw knife an ivory handled Case Dating knife. Throughout the long history of W. These stamps are located on the tang of the master blade, and can be used to help identify when the knife was manufactured. Below is a picture of where the stamp is located, along with the most common stamps and the years that they were used.

There are counterfeits out there, so knowing other details about knives of various eras is also important. Knife, we have trusted sellers in source AAPK member stores where dating can buy with confidence.

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Shop for Case knives in how stores now! The above stamps were the most common used by Case on knives that were manufactured in the years prior to. You will find that most books date this stamp as being used from to. I case found that many serious knife collectors disagree case knife date range and say that it was actually used from to. You will find case knife books date this stamp as —. I knife found that many serious knife collectors say that it was case used from —. The stamps used from are the same as those used between except that knife were added below the U. For clarification, dating knives ten dots appear on knives, nine dots appear all knives, case case knives, and so on. Beginning in , Case replaced the dating system with a stamp that imprinted the actual date on the knife tang. This was not as popular with collectors, so Case changed back to the dating dating how in the middle of. Case also returned dating using a long tailed C on the word Case which resembled the older tang stamps.

The dots started in , and one was removed for every year until. On some dating in this era, the S in U. For each year thereafter, they removed one dot. For the year , Dating switched to a tang stamp dating system similar to knives prior decade —. One dot removed for each year up to and including. For each dating thereafter, one x removed each year. Have Knives to sell?

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