Old Keen Kutter Knives

Keen Kutter was first used as a knife brand by Simmons Hardware Company in 1870. The trademark was used on the highest quality tools and cutlery Simmons offered.
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Thanks Tom and Paul.
Tom, that $1.00 price is from someone elses Marshall. Mine was a tad more than that.

What great knives here. Really nice stuff.
That's a heck of a stamp, Dimitri. It's nice to see it.

Well, I've got these three. I may have one or two more but if I do they didn't surface in my search. Thanks.

Three distinctly different jigged covers on these.
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msteele6 wrote:O.K. you asked for it.

I showed the back of the last knife to illustrate one of KK's inked on pattern numbers. You can get the pattern numbers by referring to the jpeg filenames.
Oh my goodness, mssteel, I just loveeeeeeee that smooth bone peanut......to coin a phrase(I`d arm wrestle you for that knife) :lol:
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Nice ones Joe ::tu:: ::drool::
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Sweeeeet knives Joe! ::drool::
I like them both but really dig the first one ::envy::
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Thank you, Dimitri and Gino.
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Lot of really good looking knives in this thread. I'll add a couple of E C Simmons Keen Kutters.
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Here are the 4 Keen Kutters I have. The first three are E. C. Simmons and the forth is a schrade made peanut shown with a schrade walden 810 contemporary.
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Those are awesome Paul! ::drool::
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Bill that KK is unusual with a brass bail ::hmm:: Very nice condition too ::tu::

Paul, nice looking group of knives :)
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It's time to revive this great thread with so many fantastic knives.
Here's E C Simmons Keen Kutter EO.

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Well, I'm game, here are a few recent and not so recent acquisitions (the pattern numbers are in the file names):
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i just got this one i think its ivory
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This is butcher knife is my only Keen Kutter.

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One of the few Keen Kutters I own.Obviously rehandled,poor job,look at the shield.So I'll send her to a friend for a make-over in African Blackwood.
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msteele6 wrote:Well, I'm game, here are a few recent and not so recent acquisitions (the pattern numbers are in the file names):
If you want twins I"ll trade for the Bone,I might even give boot. :)
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Here's a big ole Keen Kutter i picked up yesterday.......

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smiling-knife wrote:This is butcher knife is my only Keen Kutter.

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Looks just like the catalog cut Steve ::nod:: ::tu::
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Thanks very much for posting the catalog photo MB ::tu:: . From what year is that? s-k
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Great knives guys! Here`s one I finally got photos of.

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smiling-knife wrote:From what year is that? s-k
I believe 1915 ::nod::

trutemper wrote:Here`s one I finally got photos of.
Nice one Bob ::tu::
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Thanks MB!!


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My small collection of Keen Kutters. I would like more but competition for the few good ones that come up on ebay has gotten pretty stiff.

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Miller Bro`s wrote:
smiling-knife wrote:From what year is that? s-k
I believe 1915 ::nod::

Thanks very much MB. I didn't think it might be that old. :D s-k
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Here is a WW I era Keen Kutter...........

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A barlow I got recently
I'd be glad to have time frame estimation :)

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