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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Beautiful example of a later Keen Kutter! I believe made by Schrade?
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You've been busy Roger. ::tu::


The other day I got this keen kutter waterfall celluloid stockman made by schrade walden. Good knife to carry.

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Very nice addition to your EDC rotation, Paul! ::tu::
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danno50 wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:47 pm Beautiful example of a later Keen Kutter! I believe made by Schrade?
Yes,thanks Dan.
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KnifeSlinger#81 wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:50 pm You've been busy Roger. ::tu::


The other day I got this keen kutter waterfall celluloid stockman made by schrade walden. Good knife to carry.


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Nice addition Paul! Congrats! ::handshake:: Ya know, you can never have too many knives made by your favorit brand. :wink:
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This book is another good resource for Keen Kutter products in general, including some knife information.
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A few more EC Simmons Keen Kutters I forgot I had… And a Keen Kutter razor kit I just received recently …I found the knives in my safe in the door pockets… I forgot I stored some there a few years back when I ran out of room in my knife cases…
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Two lovely pen knives, Stanwade! ::tu:: It is hard to believe you could have forgot you had those.
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Thanks Danno! Since joining this website and being active on here the last few weeks has got me looking at all my knives and my other collectibles again believe it or not I have found quite a few things I forgot I had because I have so much stuff!!
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KK 879 (Shapleigh)
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KK (E.C.Simmons) maybe K2765BL
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The old EO looks even better with the blades open. ::tu::
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treefarmer wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:01 pm The old EO looks even better with the blades open. ::tu::
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Love that ebony easy open..sweet knives!👍👍
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Correct on the K2765BL, David. And I agree, very sweet. ::tu:: ::tu::
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1967redrider wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:48 am Correct on the K2765BL, David. And I agree, very sweet. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Very nice additions to the thread, David! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Love those ebony scales! Sweet knife David!

Here’s a Keen Kutter I posted a few months ago that I cleaned up a little..
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Stanwade wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:17 pm Love those ebony scales! Sweet knife David!

Here’s a Keen Kutter I posted a few months ago that I cleaned up a little..
Looks good Ryan! ::tu:: Cleaned it up real nice! ::handshake:: Did you clean the scales? They look nice-n-shiny! ::tu::
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Thanks Tom!! I might make this one an EDC ...Still Can’t believe I missed it in my pile of clunkers somehow…I used rust erasers on the blades, 20 minutes in my sonic cleaner then just dried and wiped with a little Quick release oil, oiled joints too..here’s the before picture from my original posting of this knife ..
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Stanwade wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:21 pm Thanks Tom!! I might make this one an EDC ...Still Can’t believe I missed it in my pile of clunkers somehow…I used rust erasers on the blades, 20 minutes in my sonic cleaner then just dried and wiped with a little Quick release oil, oiled joints too..here’s the before picture from my original posting of this knife ..

Rust erasers. ::hmm:: Glad I asked. (found some on the bay) Learned something new again. Good deal. ::handshake:: ::super_happy::

And..., that would be a great EDC! ::super_happy::
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Dale (Orvet) turned me on to rust erasers.. I used to just use scotch bright pads but rust erasers make much quicker work as long as you’re careful not to go too far and careful not to use the wrong grit..If you read this thanks again Dale!
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Couldn't find anything by pattern number in Sellen's or Sargent's books, Ryan. But that's sometimes the case; they have a lot of knives but not every one ever made. ::shrug::
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Thanks for looking John!👍🤝
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Nice job cleaning that one up Ryan, will make a good EDC! It was probably made by Schrade in the 1950s. Sellens only had 3 catalogs from the Shapleigh era to work from, 1940, 1942 and 1958.
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