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Mini Coke Bottle Pattern Knives

Since the Mini Coke Bottle pattern of knives is my favorite, I thought I would share some INPUT , that I have been compiling.

Many different Cutlery companies do have these swell center jack knives with of course different pattern numbers etc.

The majority of my mini's are Case cutlery, but I do not limit my collecting to them exclusively.

Please feel free to add any info you have on this type pattern.

I will be adding new INPUT as I get it here in this blog.

Sue

Below is one of my favorite mini's.

Mini Coke bottle Knives

Small Coke Bottle ( swell center jack knife) 251/2

This is a 3" swell-center style jack knife that most collectors call it a small coke bottle. They usually have a clip master blade, but older versions sometimes have a spear master, and a few pre 1964 25 patterns were made with a razor master blade. The second blade will almost always be a pen. Some pre 1940 25 patterns were made without left side bolsters. The pattern has been manufactured by Case since sometime prior to 1915.

A handle pattern with the center of the handle curved sharply outward at the center; shaped like an old glass COKE bottle. This is also called a "Swelled-Center Jack."

Jack knife

A term for a single-ended pocketknife. The blade or blades are hinged at one end of the knife. There are various pattern names applied to jack-knives; such as, Regular Jack, Sleeve board Jacks, Swell-Center, Equal-End Jack, fiddle back etc.

Swelled-Center Knife

A knife pattern with the center of the handle curved sharply outward at the center; shaped like an old glass COKE bottle. This is also called the " COKE Bottle Pattern." Also Swell-Center Jack knife.

Knives of the Viking Age - some considerations

Why do so many small sharpening stones turn up in burials? Because cutting edges were composed of *soft* iron - which required constant sharpening. This is obvious when you look at the condition of so many of the artifact blades - which show a distinctive 'half coke bottle' curvature, the result of repeated sharpening.

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Comment by Sue OldsWidow on February 14, 2013 at 12:13: COMING SOON.....Just hard to wait till they are done and dispensed to the dealers!............

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on February 12, 2013 at 15:58: I feel the Case 25 pattern has perfect proportions. I hope it comes back out soon!

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on February 8, 2013 at 21:27: Pattern 25

The 25 pattern is well known by Case collectors as the “Coke Bottle.” It is a small swell-center jack knife with a closed length of 3 inches and goes back to the early years of Case.

The 25 pattern has traditionally had a clip master blade and a small pen blade. During the Case XX era, the following principal variation was made: 6225 1/2, with bone handles, clip master blade and pen blade.

There is another rare variation that was made during the Case XX era, the 6225 RAZ, that had a razor master blade. Older XX examples of the 6225 1/2 with the clip master blade will sometimes be found with long pull on the master clip blade.

The 6225 1/2 in the CASE XX stamping will be found in several of the Case XX-era bone color variations including green, regular and red, as well as in rough black.

The use of bone handles on the 6225 1/2 continued into the 1970s. During the 1970s, delrin was substituted for bone on the 6225 1/2 on a random basis. It is possible the 6225 1/2 was changed to being handled 100 percent in delrin after 1973.

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Comment by Sue OldsWidow on February 5, 2013 at 16:01: yes you did smiling-knife....but it is such an excellent collection to look at....Thanks for sharing!

Comment by Smiling-Knife on February 5, 2013 at 14:45: I can't remember if I posted this one before. It seems relevant at the moment and I thought it might be of interest.

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on February 3, 2013 at 0:34: Yeah, I'm going to jump on one too!

Comment by Lee Smith on February 2, 2013 at 20:29: Thanks sue. I guess thats why I cant find one in red stag. going to be a Purdy knife when they start making them again.

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on February 2, 2013 at 20:26: Lee,

right now they are in the case vault......so they are not making them....if they bring them out in 3 years, we don't have long to wait!..........jan1st2010 they went in