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You will find that most books date this stamp as being used from 1920 to 1940. In 1972, dewey ferguson, a case knife collector and author, wrote to case president bob farquharson about forming a knife collectors association for the w. The case cutlery dynasty telling the definitive history of americas. Little known detail of case history are documented and illustrated. The company traces its roots back to 1889, when the case brothers began making knives and selling them along a wagon trail in upstate new york. From kitchen, hunting, and pocket knives to the v42 stiletto carried by u. These stamps are located on the tang of the master blade, and can be used to help identi.
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