Pocket Knife Find

[rcb1023]

Hello All,

I was hoping that someone could possibly give more information about how old this knife may be and maybe some cleaning tips. Although I don't know if it would be worth much anyway since both blades are broken. The 2 blades are on the same side and one blade is broken off almost all the way and the other is broken off part way and rusted open. It was in a wooded area with some older pine trees about 2 to 3 inches deep. I would assume it's pretty old, but is there is there any way to tell how old it may be (anything to look for). I may have already messed up any value it may have had though, I had used a wire brush to knock off some of the rust (it was rusted pretty bad), but then submerged into oil (recommendation from someone to see if the blades could be moved) and not it seems like it has a dark brown residue on it now as you can see in the pictures. Thanks for any help.

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[MNCoinhunter]

Can't tell you how old it is, but you might try cleaning it through electrolysis. It'll kick off a bunch of that crud.

 

[blade310]

rcb in order for a pocket knife to have much value it has to be in fairly decent shape or really really old.can you tell what the handle is made of. Is there any brass in the handle? can you read anything at all on the blade (brand,,,pat. number etc) It seems to be in pretty rough shape. I wouldn't have to high hopes on any value. any information you can get from the knife will help you research it. there were so many cutlery company's over the years that came and went that it may be hard to narrow it down. Case is a brand that is highly collectable and has been around awhile and some of the older ones can bring a decent price but the condition of the knife has alot to do with price. If what you have happens to be an older Case it wouldn't be worth much of anything because of the shape its in. there are tons of sites on the net concerning the subject of pocket knives,fixed blades, daggers and on and on. you might see if you can get some better pics. and try sending them to differant sites. include every bit of info that you can. who knows Lincoln might have peeled an apple with that knife. good luck.

 

[TURNMASTER]

I have found a couple and relagate them to the catagory of neat and worthless junk. Colectable knives can be foind in your grandfathers dresser drawer. I have several pocket knives that I would value from $100 to $300 and that is how they materialized. They could easily be sold but are worth more to me as keepsakes from dear and deceaced relatives.

Jeff

 

[rcb1023]

Thanks for the responses. I'll have to look into that electrolysis. I'm not real hopeful myself to garner any information from it, but I do plan on cleaning to see how it turns out. That would be pretty cool if it was a knife used by Lincoln . Thanks for everyones help. I'll post back how the cleaning went if it turned out good. Thanks again.

 

[fongu]

Good luck with your project.