Thread: Giant Case Tested XX

Yes, tested xx little valley NY. Whatever was above is too faint

Agreed. Definitely an exhibition piece.

Take a pic of the whole blade and crop it down. Some more script may be visible.

Surely seems it may have been honed more knife-like?

Originally Posted by kcb5150

It's just cool to see something crazy made by case. The scales seem fine thankfully and it lived its life in two places with more inhospitable climates than where I am.

I've seen several before but they were too much $$$...

Never saw one up for sale. I figure the case knife guys who keep a wedge to go after anything rare that pops up get savage quickly...

You must have gotten a deal on it. The ones I've seen before were like $1500-up.

Yeah for that kind of cash I would rather have an ancient set of stubtails in a vertical shagreen case or a deep end supermassive Sheffield but everyone has different tastes. I know those case guys get crazy though. I am reminded anytime I try to buy case pocket knives at a flea market... Or any big piece of Griswold for that matter.

I knocked off most of the active rust you can still see case brothers on the face as well very faintly. Found an example of a clean etch on one of these as well.

An intact etch

I knew it was Case Brothers just by the Tested XX. That's like a trademark of theirs. I need to post some of my nicer Case Razors in the Razor Club.
Cleaned up nice.

It's remarkable to me that this faux tortoise seems completely fine on all examples of these and it is a NY blade where it seems every scrap of the stuff from this general era in the northeast has went off and ruined anything in its gassy path. I have a 1939 NYC made Epiphone triumph archtop that I still need rebound and glued and refretted because an outgassing pickguard of similar style and vintage ate everything.

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