Collecting Case Knives: Identification and Price Guide [Paperback]

Steve Pfeiffer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2009

Feast your eyes on the craftsmanship and quality that is synonymous with Case pocket knives with this one-of-a-kind guide.

The only full-color book focused solely on the work of W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co., this book delves into Cases 120-year history and provides you with the defining details for hundreds upon hundreds of knives.

In this historically rich guide, you'll discover 800 full-color photos, current values for hundreds of pocket knives considered the most popular among collector, and a potpourri of information about methods for creating knives, quirks of the pattern numbering systems, tang samplings, types of blade steels and knife shields, as well as:

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  Identifying and pricing details for prized knives including Pattern 20 Peanut, highly popular 54 Pattern Trapper, Pattern 72 Bulldog and Buffalo, and Pattern 97 Shark Tooth
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  A showcase of the different types of natural and synthetic handle materials used to create Case knives, including bone, stag, pearl?wood, family and colorful celluloid, plastic and metal

Whether you received your Case knife as a gift, inherited if from a family member or simply chose to purchase your own, you will enjoy the depth of details, exquisite photographs, and intriguing historical information contained in this, the only full-color book devoted to the legendary W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications (October 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440202389
• ISBN-13: 978-1440202384
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #47 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Firearms & Weapons

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Premier Reference for the Case Collector, December 11, 2009

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Mr. Pfeiffer is a well-known authority on Case knives. His book covers all the major Case patterns, with an emphasis on the period from the end of World War II to the present. These are the knives that are most available and priced at a level that many collectors can afford. What sets this book apart is the quality of the photographs. A lot of reference works are printed on cheap stock with grainy black and white photographs. This book is printed on heavy glossy stock with many beautiful, clear color photographs. Having good photographs for reference makes it a lot easier for the collector to identify a knife and avoid the rampant counterfeits that plague the hobby. There are plenty of close-ups of tang stamps, blade etches, shields and other details as well as images of the major patterns and their variations. The fine print quality invites and rewards careful study of the pictures. The diligent reader will come away from this book with a clear idea of how the knives should look.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OUTSTANDING - A BOOK FOR THE NOVICE AND THE LIFELONG COLLECTOR, January 6, 2010

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Ellen Evans (Kingstree SC) - See all my reviews
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New on the scene,Steve Pfeiffer's "Collecting Case Knives - identification and price guide". From the editors of Blade Magazine this book is not a price guide to thumb through to check on a pattern's value. It's an historical and well documented explanation of how and where Case knives values are supported and why. It's detailed, documented, and well resourced. It has abundant color photos - far more than any other similar book I have seen and made from high quality glossy stock paper surely to serve as a superb reference guide but with the class of a coffee table book. In content and in its presentation Steve has done what he said in his introduction was that he wanted to create a different type of reference guide that will detail the "knives themselves..." ...the "DNA" so-to-speak.

Steve's guide is a must have as a cornerstone to any Case collector library.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The title should have been "Collecting Case POCKET Knives", January 5, 2010

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Gary L. Shankle "JMB Fan" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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If this book had been correctly entitled "Collecting Case POCKET Knives," I would definitely have given it a 5-star rating. It is an excellent reference book and price guide. HOWEVER, if your collecting interests include or are concentrated on fixed blade knives, then you will be disappointed as I was. To clarify, this guide does not cover any fixed blade Case knives.