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Remember that the goal of KnifeDB.com is to show collectors the price levels at which knives traded hands:  in other words the actual buy/sell price. Twice a year, KnifeDB.com takes its almost 43,000 actual knife prices and adjusts them for inflation. Then we list them all for collectors to use.  As you know we are […]

KnifeDB.Com Status August 2023 * 21,693  24,341 Case Pocket Knives Documented * 18,683  21,672 Individual Knife Pictures *  37,464  42,281 Actual Knife selling prices *  Prices adjusted for inflation 2X a year * 481 522 Users tracking their Knife collections *  (New)  273  COA’s linked to Knives  Join Today-$29.95/Yr More info – Same money

We just added custom work number 6000 a week or so ago.  We consider custom work to be anything added to a Case knife that is not usually there, like a serial number, or something on the blade or handle, etc. So what, you say?  Well custom work is important to the specialty knife collector.  […]

My wife, Jean, has been busy adding 1991 knives and she noticed a significant factory error that I haven’t seen published.   It involves the motto of the United States, “E Pluribus Unum”. In the late 1980’s and 1990’s a series of  trappers was made and they included a silver dollar in the box.  Some were […]

The relatively new Halloween styled knives have proven to be a winner for the Case factory. They have escalated in price at a rapid pace.  They are typically orange or white smooth bone with laser designs.  The blades are usually serrated, hence the name “Pumpkin Carvers”. Thanks to David Tucker (Barre boy), and his efforts, […]

CASE XX Collectors! Here’s a great new feature on KnifeDB.com. Suppose you want to collect peanuts or the Case 20 pattern.  Well, KnifeDB sets up what I call subpatterns for Collectors to use.  New subpatterns are created for changes in bolsters, blade counts and blade configurations. In other words there is a subpattern for peanuts […]

The Big Nuts first appeared in 1996 and the last dates seen on these knives is 1998. Typically several variations are made with different combinations of blade work, scrolled bolsters, and serial numbers. And there is typically a plain 5 bladed version also.

If you are one of the hundreds of collectors tracking your Case collection on KnifeDB.com, then you know that one of the features is the ability to add your own collection ID to the knives in your personal area. Now, if you print out your collection, your personal knife id has been added to the […]

As a Case Collector you probably know that the foremost and only resource for actual selling prices of Case pocket knives is KnifeDB.com.  To date the strongest part of the database is from 1920 to 2010, while the weakest parts are the very early knives, and the knives made after 2010.  With the 1920 to […]

I found a John Deere Sod Buster with a tractor on the front left handle and nice blade work that talked about the 150th Anniversary of John Deere.  So, I added it to the database. A while later, I found another one.  I said to myself, I think I’ve got that one, but I’ll check […]