Cattaraugus Cutlery Co. Little Valley N.Y. 1886-1963

The Cattaraugus Cutlery Company was started by John Champlin and his son Tint in 1882. It was first incorporated under the name J.B.F. Champlin and Son as a wholesale distribution company based in Little Valley, New York. The business proved to be a successful endeavor, and it soon branched into a knife production company named Cattaraugus.
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John,that bone is fantastic!Nice knife.
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peanut740 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 1:03 pm John,that bone is fantastic!Nice knife.
Thank you Roger ::tu::
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JohnR wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 10:45 am Who knew there was mail on Sunday, brought me a very nice Cattaraugus toenail 22929, full blades, been cleaned but edges not rounded, very nice Indian Trail bone. Was happy to obtain this one, most of this pattern seem to be very beat up.
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JohnR wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 10:45 am Who knew there was mail on Sunday, brought me a very nice Cattaraugus toenail 22929, full blades, been cleaned but edges not rounded, very nice Indian Trail bone. Was happy to obtain this one, most of this pattern seem to be very beat up.
Whoa, very nice. That bone is beautiful John. Congrats on such a nice find. ::tu::
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Nice Cattaraugus 22929. I bought this one 20+ years ago from Joe Seale.
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Good lookin old toenail JKB!
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Thanks for showing the toenail! Catt bone has to be some of the most beautiful ever. ::tu::

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They don't get any better than that, awesome knife! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:37 pm Nice Cattaraugus 22929. I bought this one 20+ years ago from Joe Seale.
Gotta love that bone. Very nice!! ::tu::
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Cool knife
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The old saying, never open more than one blade at a time, you don’t have to worry with this knife. Thanks for the nice comments.
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JKB, Nice one. This one came from Steve Pfeiffer in 2013. Hadn't taken part in much on AAPK for so long just wanted to post this along with JKB's outstanding old example.

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Love the big Catts
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Harold ::tu::
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Great toenails guys! ::tu:: here’s my latest Catt pattern 42369, Bartenders knife with a Korn pop up corkscrew. I posted a Pearl Henry Sears one not long ago and this is the only one I have ever seen in all my years of chasing Catts
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Nice find Mike. ::tu:: I’ve read about that corkscrew but never had one in hand.

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Nice find, you must have guys all over looking for knives. Going to be a hard one to clean up.
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Wish I did have guys sending me leads but no I usually find this stuff myself! As far as cleaning it goes it will be left as it is. Got oil soaking on the blades now but nothing else. Hate buffed knives.
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stockman wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:25 pm JKB, Nice one. This one came from Steve Pfeiffer in 2013. Hadn't taken part in much on AAPK for so long just wanted to post this along with JKB's outstanding old example.

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Here is a stockmans knife and a cattleman’s knife. Both Cattaraugus 32189 and 32189G.
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Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:06 pm Here is a stockmans knife and a cattleman’s knife. Both Cattaraugus 32189 and 32189G.
::tu:: ::tu::
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Beautiful!
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This is my only 5 blade CATTARAUGUS knife.
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Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 5:48 pm This is my only 5 blade CATTARAUGUS knife.
Nice looking Knife ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks.
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