Southington Cut. Co.

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Joe, is that from Southington Connecticut? It just hit me why I recognize that. I did some work at the Southington YMCA about 15 years ago. Installed some hardware and the membership software of the company I worked for at the time.
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Yes, Jerry. Southington, Connecticut. Another good old, long gone, Connecticut cutlery. And there were many.
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Tsar Bomba wrote: The "old gold" in my navy & old gold combo is a well-used brass-handled Southington jack
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Here's a sweet little Southington pen knife. 2 3/4".
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HEY Guys, Here is my Southington I posted in the 3-backspring section but feel it needs to go into this thread too.
Very BEEFY Knife,,3 5/8" closed
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There is a nice Southington Wharncliff on Ebay right now.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/352043486043?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

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Mark, that's a great old Southington gunstock. It looks solid.
Thanks for showing that here. ::tu::
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Its my pleasure FRJ and Many thanks Sir for the Compliments!!
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Hey GUYS, The only other Southington I have right now to post, is this English Jack,,Well used but still super solid
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Nice big jack, Mark.
I wonder what gets those old Southington bones orange.

Here's a 3" pearl. Used a little. Dig them pulls. ::woot:: ::super_happy:: ::drool:: ::drool::
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Sweet Southington's, Joe, really like the pearls and agree with you on the appeal of the long pulls on the last one. ::tu:: Also beautiful worn bone on the jack. Nice old brass handled jack, Tony! Very sturdy looking gunstock, Mark, and very nice bone and great bolsters on the English jack!
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Nice Southingtons Mark and Joe ::tu:: ::tu:: .. a big old gunstock jack, English jack and a MOP pen - nice variety !!!

Joe - I haven't looked thru all my Southington knives but my Southington MOP whittler has long pulls through the tang and with the same curved tang stamp, but than again I have long pulls stopping at the tang on a big stabber jack and a swell end smooth bone and a match-striker long pull (not through the tang) with the same curved stamp.. My Southington MOP pen which I will get pics of eventually has long pulls but they stop at the tang and it is the straight-line Southington stamp... I'll have to check my others noting tang stamps - though in the end whether the knife has curved or straight-line stamps is most likely NOT going to lead to dating those knives during Southington's years in the business :lol: ... it perhaps was related to the cutler doing the work ::hmm:: ::shrug:: ....
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Thank you, Dan and Lee.

Lee, I agree the curved or straight line stamp may not tell us much.
I think the long pull through the tang may indicate an early production.

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Here's a Southington with a straight stamp.
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Another nice one, Joe, bareheaded ebony, what's not to like! ::tu::
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Nice knives fellas.

That bone on the jack of Mark's looks like early NYK,Schrade,etc. bone

I think these early companies had the same sources
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Thank you, Dan and Lyle. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thx Guys for the Compliments and I totally agree with WLF
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I recently posted my Empire Stabber Jack and got some photos of my Southington Stabber Jack. Closed length of 4" and ebony handles with all metal components... long pull on a spear point, stamp is abit worn on top of curve, and while the choil indicates little sharpening it is the way it was sharpened with emphasis on front half of blade.. funny thing is I originally thought someone "played" with the choil to make it look less sharpened but looking earlier at many Southington knives it appears that is how other Southingtons were made in terms of a steep and well formed choil... nonetheless - well used but not abused knife with deep double swedges & still hard snapping and tight! Again I like Stabber Jacks - just remind me of jumbo Boys knives :D ...
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Another famtastic knife Lee! Those Southingtons are hard to come by. ::tu::
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Thanks Greg - much appreciated ::tu:: ::tu:: ... I like Southington knives but as you said hard to find them in what I consider decent condition - seen quite a few that didn't deserve consideration :)
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That is a real beauty, Lee. Love that blade and pull. ::tu::
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Thanks Joe ::tu:: ::tu:: ....
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Re: Southington Cut. Co.

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Great Southington's everyone, not an easy knife to find.

Here is an unusual large jack I picked up awhile back, bone on the mark side, stag on pile side, straight line tang stamp on main and curved stamp on remnants of the pen. No evidence knife has ever been apart.
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Re: Southington Cut. Co.

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Great old jack, Lee! I am very partial to bareheaded ebony jacks. ::tu:: ::tu::
Interesting handles on a very nice old jack, John! ::tu:: ::tu::
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