That’s one beautiful piece there Ike . Found myself looking at your pics multiple times. That main with that frame and bone is just a perfect picture.
Hope things are treating you well down there .
That’s one beautiful piece there Ike . Found myself looking at your pics multiple times. That main with that frame and bone is just a perfect picture.
That is a one really special knife, the bone is beautiful
Interesting knife
Great Post and wonderful new resource.Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:40 am This wonderful thread got me to thinking, and with it being a lousy weather day here (low 20s, windy and sleeting ) I started a project. Im making a list the more commonly seen cutlery stamps of hardware companies, be they retailers or distributors, their approximate dates of operation (courtesy of Goins’ or Levine’s). And based on research or best guess, who made knives for them. Please add or correct any errors or omissions you see.
Ken
Thanks John. I added Bingham to the list - now we need a resident expert here to identify who made knives for them.
Thank you. But I can’t take credit for anything but trying to consolidate and compile the information provided by others.
Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:40 am This wonderful thread got me to thinking, and with it being a lousy weather day here (low 20s, windy and sleeting ) I started a project. I’m making a list the more (or less) commonly seen cutlery stamps of hardware companies, be they retailers or distributors, their approximate dates of operation (courtesy of Goins’ or Levine’s). And based on research or best guess, who made knives for them. Please add or correct any errors or omissions you see.
Missing a lot, including many manufacturers that contracted to make knives for these hardware firms. If you know any of the missing cutlery manufacturing firms, any other related info please advise.
Ken
Possibly. Do you know if it was a Sears house brand? I find. "T.T.C. (inside a diamond)" in Goins' but it doesn't give any info other than a date of 1908.Papa Bones wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:41 am Great job Ken. I appreciate this. Also, With Sears Roebuck & CO, should the T.T.C. Diamond brand be added? They were listed in the 1905 to 1910 Sears Catalogs.
I cannot say for positive if it was a house brand, but the only advertisements or catalog pages I've ever seen it in was Sears, mainly in the early 1900's. I have searched for years as to what "T.T.C." was an abbreviation for. But have found nothing. Some have wondered if it could have been Thompson Turner & CO. from England, but that was speculation. Here is a copy of a 1905 Sears Catalog page featuring them.Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:25 amPossibly. Do you know if it was a Sears house brand? I find. "T.T.C. (inside a diamond)" in Goins' but it doesn't give any info other than a date of 1908.Papa Bones wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:41 am Great job Ken. I appreciate this. Also, With Sears Roebuck & CO, should the T.T.C. Diamond brand be added? They were listed in the 1905 to 1910 Sears Catalogs.
Several of these hardware firms offered knives other than their internal "house" brands.
Ken