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Theatre Case knife offered to me......value?


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Somebody is offering me this knife. He claims it was made in theater from a Case (blade IS marked "Case" on the ricasso - doesn't show up in the pictures) and the plastic is from a downed Japanese zero. Other than the one word "Case" there is no other marking. I don't know anything about the sheath (the white rectangle is just where I covered up his price sticker. This is not my area of collecting so I am flying totally blind here - any input would be most helpful

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Looks like it may have started like as a Case "Pig Sticker" knife, and is now a theater knife. I would guess $75-$100 based on condition and the fact that it has a sheath with it. No story with it, and the plexiglass could have come from any aircraft or just extra material from an aircraft mechanic. Pretty looking knife.

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appears to have been chromed most likely some time post war, that hurts it a little for me but i can't say i have run across any other theater made knives made from the case pig sticker, i would say around $75 is fair but if you had a serious pig sticker collector it might run a little higher

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Case was chroming some of their knifes prior to WW2. Lots of Case knives delivered into WW2 came plated.

 

Agreed

 

I have seen a parkerized version of the knife and figured it was done for war time use.

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