cleaning up an old case xx
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2013
- this is my project for today.a woman at work asked me to refurbish this knife for her as it belonged to her dad who recently passed away. i thought it turned out pretty nice.
i sanded the blades, bolsters, springs, liners, shield, soaked the handles in mineral oil and sharpened the blades. it took me roughly an hour for all of that and that's including 45 minutes of soaking in mineral oil. - Навчання та стиль
I have a helpful hint for old knife guys. You can patch up cracked bone scales with a little droplet of super glue. Put a tiny drop on the crack with a tooth pick and the glue will migrate down into the crack. At that point, leave it aside to dry. You may need to do this a few times to fill the crack completely. Once dry come back over with very fine steel wool and oil to take off the glue siting on top and "feather" it off even with the surface of the scale. The crack will still be noticeable but it will be filled in and the bone will last for many more years without falling apart.
+GLOCKCOPG23 What you could also do is get some wood dust that matches the color of the bone and drop that in with the super glue. Then clean off the excess and polish up the bone. :)
+GLOCKCOPG23 i was never notified by youtube that this comment existed because if i did i would have said EXCELLENT SUGGESTION!!!! thank you for sharing that bit of wisdom. thank you!
+knives save lives very good idea!!!
knives save lives You are very welcome! Works like a charm.
+knives save lives Super glue and duct tape make the world go round.
That particular model is worth some money in mint condition. I've seen them go on ebay for close to a grand!!
+Keith Chapman wow!
5347 means its a medium Stockman with Stag handles
thanks!
Great job!
The hardware store i work at has an informative poster. The first digit in number represents the handle material. The second number is the number of blades. The last two digits refers to the factory pattern. The stamp looks like the one listed for around 1970, they started the ten dot system that year, and removed a dot per year... Says five means stag
they are nice. this is one of the nicest knives i've fixed up for anyone. usually the knives i work on are the cheap utility type ones you find in an auto store or smith and wessons.
that's good to know. thanks for sharing that. i used to be well versed in their dating system but, i don't recall anymore. i had estimated its age to be from the 1960s to the 1970s. i think there is a little confusion when it comes to the handle material markings though as someone was debating me on my slimline trapper and telling me it was a bone handle and that his was bone and that our handle designation was the same when mine was clearly delrin.
The guys commenting below are correct, the knife was made from 1940 to 1964. The pattern number 5374 means: 5 = stag.......3 = number of blades in the knife......74 = a medium sized stockman. I forget the actual length closed, but Case made so many stockmans in many sizes with either square bolsters like this one, and then round-ended bolsters. It came out nice. Good job. Shame they let it rust though.
thanks! that's good to know.
it 1940--1964 CASE XX
That's the years for the stamp "CASE" WITH "XX" below it. In 1965, they started CASE XX USA with no dots. The dots started in 1970.
thanks buddy!
Terrific job. It looks great. After you finished it, did you think about buying it?
I have a 1929 ja henkels stockman I love it
I stopped the video early on to say firstly, Case did not start their dating "dot system" until 1970. That first year, 1970, is the most sought after of all Case knives dating between '65-'69 to the present. ( except for a few patterns ). The reason is the very first year for the dotting system of 1970. But this knife was made BEFORE 1965 due to the tang stamp. Secondly, it's a crying shame that anyone would let such a sweet old knife get to that condition. So now, we must watch in horror, as all the patina is removed to get the rust. If that knife wasn't allowed to rust, then it should have been left alone. If you have a quality old sought after knife with patina, but no rust, you will DE-VALUE the knife, if you polish it. When we remove the old patina from ANY antique knife, we are removing the knife's natural "aging". But this knife leaves ya no choice, the rust MUST be removed. I hope it can be done without removing all the patina. I know I'm very late watching this video, but here goes, on with the show.
It was made between 1940 and 1964.
thanks! a little of my knife nutiness wore off on her and she's got the fever too.
That ain't rust, you should see the one like that I found. black blades.
What grit sandpaper do you use? I use 5000-7000 on something like this, finishing up with a nice pass on the buffing wheel. Thanks for any tips you have.
3k is plenty good to get a mirror finish but, 5k-7k work well. i dont use a buffing wheel, i just tape the handles and polish the bolsters by hand.
Thanks for the tips.
anytime!
Nice
the thought had crossed my mind but, it belonged to a coworkers father who had passed away making it off limits.
nice job
thanks!
do you have a source for that information that you could share with us? please and thanks!
5347 H P tang stamp