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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 December 16, 2013 at 19:32

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on December 16, 2013 at 19:31

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on December 16, 2013 at 19:31

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Comment by Sue OldsWidow on December 16, 2013 at 19:29: Christmas 2013

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on September 8, 2013 at 11:11: More INPUT found online today...

"Collecting Case Knives Identification and Price Guide" (Krause Publications) by Steve Pfeiffer

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.

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on July 26, 2013 at 10:30

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on July 26, 2013 at 10:25: Collecting the small and unique shape of the coke bottle can be extremely challenging when dag nab it...Case still has them in the VAULT!............

Comment by jeff on June 19, 2013 at 15:58: very nice! i love that little black worm groove...sweet!

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on May 15, 2013 at 18:14: well the schatt & morgan keystone Med. coke bottle is lost somewhere with the pony express....maybe someday it will show up, till then....onward and upward with Mini coke bottles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!