Case xx Metal Stampings ltd WW2 Folding Knife with Marlin Spike

I picked this rough old knife out of tool box at a flee market a few years ago, because my dad had two of them in his tool box. I so wish I'd kept them. Dad's small blade was rusted shut and the large blade was much better than this one. Unforunately these lay in the bottum of old tool kits or the back of kitchen drawers and likely are thrown out as they don't look like much. Many are used to open paint cans and other rough duties.

Every flee market or gun show I go to I will try and save an Case xx with a Marlin Spike.

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That's the classic clasp knife as issued for years in the Canadian Military. I joined in 1974 and these were issued to every member. The whole thing was never much use to us as it was far too large and heavy and the blade was only of minimum use to us. As soon as the Swiss Knife was available we discontinued carrying them. Some men managed to get the Camillus folding knives from the US troops but these went the way of the Dodo...

Yeah they issued them for years. During WW2 they imported them and then in the 50's Case made them in Pictou NS for a number of years. Not sure but I think that has something to do with the Grohmann knife factory being there now. History is interesting. If you have yours kicking around I'll take it:D

I'll look but I don't think so. I have a business close by that has metric tons of them and other variants...I'll PM you an Email to contact them.

"Dad's small blade was rusted shut......"

I'm sure you know, but I'll point out that the "small blade" is not a blade, it is the standard can opener on all pre-1940 British military pocket knives and , when needed them, civilian knives also had them. Works like a charm........ once you get used to it. :madsmile:

Metal Stampings Limited in Canada (who Case bought and tried to run for a couple of years after WW2, so all Case marked MSLtd. XX marked knives are post WW2) copied this from a British knife made on contract for the Canadian government during WW1. Worst problem with the Case knives made by them at MSLtd. was the springs, they tend to brake. Other than that, they are pretty good knives with some variations. The British maker of the original pattern was, IIRC, Turner? I may be wrong but I think that's it. I'll check mine at home tonight.

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The British maker of the original pattern was, IIRC, Turner? I may be wrong but I think that's it.

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Yup, it was Thomas Turner who made them.

Good! You know what they say... the memory is the first thing to go. Glad my memory on this was right. :lol:

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Good! You know what they say... the memory is the first thing to go. Glad my memory on this was right. :lol:

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Yep it certainly was...mind you...maybe my memory has gone and we're both wrong!!:lol:

Uh..... I never thought of it like that...... :runaway:

I'll try to post some pictures of my two Canadian marked Turners and an MSLtd.XX this weekend. If I can remember.......:help:

The Marlin spike is indispensable for sailing, what reason did they give you for having it in the other services?