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Is there any way to tell when my Case Mini Blackorn was made.  The only markings on it is this tang stamp and "Case" on the handle.

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I'm only guessing but Case used the Long Tail 'C' in the name with the Lightening Bolt 'S' beginning in 1993- 99 but there were dots with it and usually the 'S' in USA was also a Lightening Bolt 'S'.

Case also used the Long Tail 'C' again in 2010 but they also use dots and x's with it and remove one every year.

Hmmm, I wonder if Sue would know for sure?

my guess is , it is a current knife since the usa has no ligntening s; due to the size there is no room for any dot system.

Looks like the 2010-present tang stamp

I just picked up one, from Lowes, recently. Has the same markings.

J J

I got mine at Lowes too.  They are a great little knife for every day carrying.  It is small and light but handles all of my normal cutting chores just fine.  Another thing I like about it is that it is not expensive because I have a tendency to lose knives.  In fact, this is my second Mini Blackhorn.  I lost the first.  Then I lost the second one too!  I went back to Lowes to buy another one but they didn't have any more.  So I bought a Case Caliber to replace it.  Then an amazing thing happened.  Two weeks later I was walking back to my truck after deer hunting.  I spotted a knife laying in the grass.  It was my Blackhorn.  Even though that area had been bush hogged after I lost the knife, it wasn't damaged.  It is now safely (well, maybe not to safe) back in my pocket.  But I keep the Caliber handy as a backup, just in case.  The Caliber is a very similar knife but the Blackhorn just feels better to me.

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