Old and Obscure Brands
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My pictures do not do them justice. The bone on the folding hunter is Beautiful. Thank you. Mark.
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Here's what we have so far:
Bower
United Cutlery
Sorge
Coca-Cola
W. Bingham
Kamp Cutlery
Valley Forge
Ostdiek
A.E. Fuller
S.& A.
Hollinger
F.GG & Sawyer
Case
Edward K.Tryon
M.Klaas
Samuel Robinson
E.M.Dickinson
Wm.Congreve
Tonerini Scarperia
Vom Cleff
Jack Knife Ben
K.& B. Cutlery
Nippel
R.Bunting & Sons
Silver Steel
W&G Vogel
A*1 Tyler Celebrated Cutlery
G&J Allen Superior Cutlery
Lockwood Brothers
Quaker Cutlery
Mcknight Cutlery
North American Cutlery
If I missed any, my humble apologies. It's been a pleasure looking at every one.
I'd say we're off to a good start. Still fourteen-hundred or so to go before we have all of them in the book. Anybody have a Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden? What about a Severin R. Droeschers? Or an EKCO?
Bower
United Cutlery
Sorge
Coca-Cola
W. Bingham
Kamp Cutlery
Valley Forge
Ostdiek
A.E. Fuller
S.& A.
Hollinger
F.GG & Sawyer
Case
Edward K.Tryon
M.Klaas
Samuel Robinson
E.M.Dickinson
Wm.Congreve
Tonerini Scarperia
Vom Cleff
Jack Knife Ben
K.& B. Cutlery
Nippel
R.Bunting & Sons
Silver Steel
W&G Vogel
A*1 Tyler Celebrated Cutlery
G&J Allen Superior Cutlery
Lockwood Brothers
Quaker Cutlery
Mcknight Cutlery
North American Cutlery
If I missed any, my humble apologies. It's been a pleasure looking at every one.
I'd say we're off to a good start. Still fourteen-hundred or so to go before we have all of them in the book. Anybody have a Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden? What about a Severin R. Droeschers? Or an EKCO?
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FRJ wrote:Knifegirl, what a beauty of a knife. What a nice wide blade, and georgeous coffin handle. Looks to be an early design for sure. Would the tang be tapered?
Mike, thank you. It looks to be something you would like.
Thanks, FRJ. I agree with Mike. Your knife is a beauty also!
It doesn't appear to be tapered. It was a cool flea market find.
I am still debating whether it's stag. It kinda reminds me of winterbottom bone?
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These are really sweet! Do you know anything more about Quaker Cutlery?knife-nut wrote:Quaker Cutlery Co. with a deep etch on the blades "Kanokla"
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I've never found any info on Quaker Cutlery, but I found a listing in Goins for Hockaday Hardware Co. 1902-1904 in Wichita Kansas that used the trademark "Kanokla" with the etch of a Indian. I think Kanokla was a combination of kansas and oklahoma. Mark.knifegirl888 wrote:These are really sweet! Do you know anything more about Quaker Cutlery?knife-nut wrote:Quaker Cutlery Co. with a deep etch on the blades "Kanokla"
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I just looked that up, only two years in business. There can't be too many out there...
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I've found 3 Quakers in 40 plus years of collecting. I hunt for any knives from Kansas, especially Wichita since I was born and raised there. I don't think any were ever manufactured here, but there were several companies that were headquartered in kansas that sold knives with their own stampings. Hard saying who actually made them. Still a lot of fun too collect.
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I understand the "local" aspect of knife collecting, for sure. Being from Western Pennsylvania, I am attracted to the Pennsylvania brands. I love the old Case's, Queen's, Schatt & Morgan's but the more obscure ones like Hollingsworth, Kane Cutlery, etc. really capture my heart. I even like the Ohio ones like the Hollinger, Freemont, OH that I pictured because I am only about 40 miles from the Ohio state line.knife-nut wrote:I've found 3 Quakers in 40 plus years of collecting. I hunt for any knives from Kansas, especially Wichita since I was born and raised there. I don't think any were ever manufactured here, but there were several companies that were headquartered in kansas that sold knives with their own stampings. Hard saying who actually made them. Still a lot of fun too collect.
Quaker Cutlery actually had a Pennsylvania sounding name, and I was curious.
I actually bought Bret a Cutino for Christmas. I know that Kansas City had some nice knives for sale.
The North American folding hunter is gorgeous. It certainly looks extremely well made. Bret cherishes his big hunters. We have a Winchester 1920 and a couple of Cattaraugus King of the Woods. He is always on the lookout for knives like those!
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Gotta love a folding hunter!
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Here's one stamped Fidelity Knife Co. New York. Goins says a Simmons Hardware trademark c.1939. Not near as nice as most of the others posted so far, but a different stamp.
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That's a neat one. I have never seen it before.
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knife-nut that big ole fh is just !!
If you ever get tired of lookin' at her, I could give her a good home!
If you ever get tired of lookin' at her, I could give her a good home!
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Nice to see some fine older brands. Got a couple or 3 to post
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I agree knifegirl!knifegirl888 wrote:
I am attracted to the Pennsylvania brands. I love the old Case's, Queen's, Schatt & Morgan's but the more obscure ones like Hollingsworth, Kane Cutlery, etc. really capture my heart.
Very nice knife danno, I like it.
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Thanks, the scales are Ivorytheblindog wrote:that EL TORO got a fine scales Doc!
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Here is a Sterling L.G.H. Co. I asked about it on another forum. Levine believes it is perhaps a version distributed by McIlwaine, Linn & Hughes, which were importers located in New York. LG4 states made in Ger./Engl., but this one just feels American made to me?
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There was an Alpha brand made by Harrison Brothers & Howson back around 1900 that is highly sought-after, but this battered old rigger probably has no relation. I would guess this is from after WWII when Germany was trying to get back on it's feet through exports. It is built on the American pattern and looks a lot more like a Camillus, Buck or Case than an ABL, Currey or Ibberson.
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Roberts Bros. ANY info welcomed.
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Here is an old American knife co.........Plymouth, Ct.
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Willie, there was a big Roberts Brothers department store chain that evidently had stores in England and the United States.
http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/department_stores.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stor ... 0736.shtml
I wonder if your knife might have been made for them.
http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/department_stores.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stor ... 0736.shtml
I wonder if your knife might have been made for them.
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PETERS BROS CUT CO. CHICAGO ILL. is the tang stamp on the master blade. I can't find this in any of my books. My jeweler says the handles are 10 carat gold with black enamel inlay. It is heavier than most whittler of this size.
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I find a Peters Cutlery Co. Chicago IL, circa 1876-1886, a Peters Bros Celebrated Cutlery Solingen 1876-1886 and a Peters Cutlery Mfg Co Solingen 1876-1886, in Price Guide to Collector Knives.
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Owd Wullie,
Nice stuff! The A.J. Jordan has very pretty bone.
JKB,
Wholly geez! What a fantastic looking knife.
FRJ,
American Knife Plymouth is a really old name. Those old pruners are a handful. Levine did an article a few months ago in Knife World which included American Knife Co.
We have this little ivory quill. The little tip is chipped on the handle though.
Nice stuff! The A.J. Jordan has very pretty bone.
JKB,
Wholly geez! What a fantastic looking knife.
FRJ,
American Knife Plymouth is a really old name. Those old pruners are a handful. Levine did an article a few months ago in Knife World which included American Knife Co.
We have this little ivory quill. The little tip is chipped on the handle though.
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Thanks for the help on my knife. Has any one ever seen handles like this one?