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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The previous page is loaded with sweet Cattaraugus treasures! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::groove::
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Thanks guys. I got an assist from Galvanic (Mike) on this one.
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Wow Mike, that is a beauty!
Thanks for posting!
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Thanks Derek. I blame you for my recent Catt. addiction.
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Added this sweet little Tuxedo.
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::tu:: ::tu::
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Very nice John ::tu::
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Niiiice Tuxedo!
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Mike, Roger, Ike, thanks guys.
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Beautiful bone on your knives Paul and Mike.

Unusual PD. ::tu:: ::tu:: No idea of value.

Cool John.
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Beautiful tuxedo, John! ::tu::
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Digging out some Cattaraugus that I have had for over 30 years.
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Digging out some Cattaraugus that I have had for over 30 years.
What great tiger stripe handles on that old Catt! Reminds me of the Bengal Tiger handles Case offered some years ago.

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I think Case and Cattaraugus worked together back in the old days, cousins?
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Jacknifeben wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:07 pm I think Case and Cattaraugus worked together back in the old days, cousins?
Case got back the ownership of all of their "family" brands (with the exception of Cattaraugus, owned by AG Russell) some time after the year 2000.
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Jacknifeben wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 3:58 pm Digging out some Cattaraugus that I have had for over 30 years.
That is an interesting, great looking old Catt. ::tu:: Is that tortoise shell cell? Really eye-catching.
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Two beautiful jack knives here.

Jacknifeben, that Catt is a charmer. So glad you brought it out.
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Very striking Catt, Jacknifeben! ::tu:: I like that bright tortoise celluloid.
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Thanks for the comments, never seen another like it.
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A couple of celluloid out of my collection.
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Nice pen knives.
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Anyone know what has happened to the jbfchamplin.com website? I can’t seem to get to it anymore. There was some real interesting things there.

Thanks!
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Two more nice ones, Jacknifeben! ::tu::
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Hello Rugmar and JBF Champliln fans,

I'm the fellow who was running the JBF Champlin web site.

Unfortunately, the site was hacked and became infected with malware earlier this year.
The company who hosts the web page shut us down to prevent the spread of malware to our visitors.

Fixing the malware problem was expensive, so we elected to leave it shut down for the time being.

I hope to have it back up and running in the next 30 days.

I am truly sorry for the situation and apologize for any mysteries this may have caused.

Here are a couple large JBF jacks that belonged to Michael Lossico when the photos were taken.
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Great looking old swedged spear bladed jacks. ::tu::

I picked up this 32189 bone Serpentine Cattle knife. The Bomb shield caught my attention. 3 7/16" and pretty pristine in my opinion. Judging from the pocket lint, someone carried this knife but I don't think it was used much at all. Great snap on all the blades.

Information on this knife from Price & Zalesky's 15th Edition.
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