Coins, jewelry, stock certificates and your Case knife collection – most of us store all of these items away for safekeeping. There are many valuables at the Case factory, but the most prized would be the knives we make. Or more accurately, the knife patterns we make – like the Case Sowbelly, Case CopperLock or the Case Slab Side Hunter. All Case patterns (and there are more than 140) are treasures not only to Case Associates, but to our collectors as well. That’s why Case has built a special vault - the Case XX Vault - where the important tooling needed to produce these patterns is stored for safekeeping.

The new Case XX Vault program actually took effect January 1, 2008. It calls for several popular Case patterns and all related tool works to be locked away inside the “Case XX Vault” for a period of at least three years before being reintroduced to the public.  The process repeats itself as new patterns are added to the program.  As of July of 2008, eight unique Case patterns have been temporarily retired to the Case XX Vault.  
 
The reasons Case decided to institute this program was twofold. First, there are the manufacturing concerns involved in operating a factory with over 140 different knife patterns. Meeting the incredible customer demand for hand-crafted Case knives is a real challenge; one that grows considerably each year as we continue to introduce new knife designs. Second, and more important, is that this program will provide a tremendous benefit for Case Collectors, who will now have a chance to find those rare knives missing from their existing collections without having to account for new releases.  Additionally, the values of the knives already in their collections are likely to increase.