Messages from the Blademaster

One of the great things about collecting Case knives is the richness and diversity of the collecting possibilities.  Take for example, the Tennessee Valley Authority 50th Anniversary knife. I found my first one  with a 1983 tang stamp date.  That was also the year of the TVA 50th Anniversary.  It had the new grind blades […]

Here is a very early series of  6 collector knives.  It was made for the Alabama Gun Collectors Association 25th thru 30th Anniversary.  Six trappers make up the series, each with a different handle.   The knifes were made from 1979 to 1984 in very low quantities for the time.  For example,  the Kentucky Bicentennial knives […]

Here’s a new feature on KnifeDB.com. As you know, the prices shown on KnifeDB.com are actual selling prices giving you the most accurate price information possible. Twice a year the prices are adjusted for inflation to make the prices comparable over time. The new feature takes the high and low inflation adjusted prices and lists […]

Here’s an interesting factory error. In 2012, the Case factory made a 7 knife mint set with red peach seed jigged bone and slanted bolsters. These were sold in an unusually shaped wood and glass frame. The second picture shows a closeup of how the knives looked. BUT, notice the picture of the bottom of […]

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 […]

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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 […]