Case Butternut Bone Russlock ~ 2001 ~ Vintage

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Case Butternut Bone Russlock ~ 2001

W. R. Case & Sons knife 61953L BUTTERNUT GS M3 is a 2001 RussLock pocket knife featuring Butternut bone handles and a single clip blade.

Case 61953L Russlock knife in Butternut GS (Gum Smooth) from 2001 is a highly collectible and rare, limited-edition knife.

The additional markings, including GS and M3, indicate details about the handle material and the blade stamp's manufacturing year and style.

Knife breakdown

61953L: This is the Case knife pattern code.BUTTERNUT: This describes the handle material, which is Butternut-colored bone.
- 6: Indicates the handle is made of bone.
- 1: Denotes a single-blade knife.
- 953: Refers to the "RussLock" pattern, which is a liner lock folder named after founder J. Russell "Russ" Case.
- L: Refers to the liner lock mechanism.
M3: Refers to the blade tang stamp used in 2001. After 2000, Case used a tang stamp system to denote the manufacturing year. In 2001, the stamp had "five X's and four dots," which can be identified by the "M3" designation in collector guides.

The RussLock pattern is known for the following features:

Designed by: Late Case Master Knifemaker Tommy Hart.
Mechanism: Features a liner lock and a gimped lever on the blade for convenient one-hand opening.
Debut: The pattern was introduced in the 2000 Case catalog.
Tribute: The pattern number originally included a tribute to Russ Case's passing in 1953, but is now simply identified as the "RussLock" pattern.