The Johnny Appleseed Collectors Club has a long history. The first XX club knife is from 1984. The last one I have documented is from 2016, but I have seen others made later than this. I just haven’t written them up yet. At this time, the BladeMaster has found 13 knives for this club. The […]
The Fort City Knife Collectors Club
The Fort City Club has created a number of beautiful, interesting, and collectable knives. At this time, the BladeMaster has found 12 knives for this club. The earliest knife is from 1982 and the latest currently documented is from 2012. The highest quantity of knives in a single edition was 220 in 1982. Some years […]
The Blue Grass Sportsmen’s League Club Knives
The Blue Grass Sportsmen’s League is in Lexington Kentucky. The first Case knife was made in an edition of 250 knives in 1981. Five other Case knives were made, and the last one found was in 1993. Four of the six knives were stag, The most knives made in any year was 250. In three […]
Case XX Limited Edition Regular Sets
A difficulty I have had with the regular Limited Edition sets is getting an image. The mint sets (250 copies) are sold together in a deluxe frame, and it is relatively easy to secure an image of the set. The regular sets (3,000 pieces) are usually sold as individual knives. It is very unusual to […]
ABCA – American Blade Collectors Association
The American Blade Collectors Ass0ciation club would be the predecessor to the International Blade Collectors. Here are the CASE XX knives I have documented so far. Number of Knives — 6 First year -1987 Last Year 1993 High Edition Quantity -3500 Low Edition Quantity – 600
Investing in Case Pocket Knives
What Factors Make Some Knives More Valuable* RARITY—Knives made in smaller editions tend to bring more $$ BEAUTY—You know it when you see it. The handles and embellishments affect this the most. CONDITION—the scratches, fades, rust and others subtract $$. CUSTOMIZATION–Every factory embellishment adds additional cost when the knife is made. ORIGINAL PRICE—The higher the […]
Colt Firearms and Case Pocket knives.
The BladeMaster has documented eighty-one Colt and Case pocket knives on KnifeDB.com. The first was made in 1981, and the last in 2015, which is as far as I have gotten. 14 of the 81 are stag. These begin in 1989 and the last one currently seen is from 2014. You can see all the […]
The American Edge Collectors Association Knife Club — A.E.C.A.
I have found 5 knives from this Michigan club and documented them on KnifeDB.com. The tang dates range from 2000 to 2005. Each knife has a second shield, and expensive blade work. The quantities are limited, ranging from only 21 to 25 knives per year. The blade dates and the tang dates only match on […]
The Unregistered Long Tail C Serial Number- Only on KnifeDB.Com
Try this one, Collectors. Go to Advanced Knife Search after logging in. Then… The Custom Work Page appears, then… The different styles of long tail C serial numbers appear. But I am only showing the first two… Notice that the first picture has an R in a circle. This indicates that the long tail […]
SparXX Shields-Only on KnifeDB
Here are 5 SparXX shields I have documented so far. The SparXX shields have small glittery spots in the shield background. Notice that each shield has a knife count. You can click on “Show Knives” and the individual knives with that shield will show up for you. If you want to go look at these […]