Executive Lock back Pocket Knife with locking drop point blade and brushed stainless steel handle provides extra portability without sacrificing knife durability or function. Each is amply equipped to serve as an everyday carrier or part of a collection. W.R. Case and Sons Cutlery Company has been a leading American manufacturer of premium, hand-crafted knives for more than a century. From hunting and pocket knives to the V-42 Stiletto carried by U.S. Army soldiers in World War II, to the M-1 Astronauts knife carried on the Gemini and Apollo missions, Case knives have been a trusted companion, as well as a tool, for generations.