America's "Little Sheffield"

[LongBlade]

Sweet knife Roger !!!!

[peanut740]

Thanks Lee.

[ObsidianEdge]

I agree with Lee but I’m giving it three

[peanut740]

Thanks Mike.

[KAW]

Shameless bumping back to the first page...
Here's a couple of Ulsters that are suppose to be the same knife... Despite both knives being stamped "1010" on the pile side, they are obviously not the same knife. The more recent acquisition is larger with the blade sitting much prouder. The pins & their arrangement is different. Even the shape of the handles are different. There is so much of a difference between the two that now I'm wondering how could they both be identified an the 1010 pattern?



P.S. My apologies for the blurriness of the last image

Also picked up this nice little gentleman's pen... also an Ulster Knife Co.

Sorry for the flash photography, but the lighting was really poor & I wanted to capture the details of the bone handles.

[Ivoryman]

Here are some that I think will fit into the history of this thread. First is a NYKC Tree scribe. Second is an Electric Cut Co with the Walden stamp. Third is a US made knife contracted for Wester Bros.New York that I feel certain was made by NYKC. And finally a whittler that I believe was made in Germany for Friedman and Lauterjung who were the originators of the Electric brand which later became Electric Cut Co. Newark, NJ. in1890 and and later bought NYKC.

Ha ha, surfing through ancient posts and saw yours on page 3 of this thread. Still have the third one down? Incredible bone and condition on the Wester Bros. What would that age be? Fabulous whatever it is, pics a little blurry on my end. Thanks and if you ever want to dump that one let me know. Wow.

[KAW]

Came across this 1950's equal end jack with a Kingston tang stamp in an antique shop while on vacation in Virginia last week.
Was only a $12 price tag on it before the dealer told me there was a the 50% discount on it!!!

[doglegg]

Congrats KAW, that is a wonderful pick up.

[danno50]

Nice find for a nice price, Ken!

[FRJ]

Here are a couple from "Little Sheffield". Love this thread.

A Waldon Knife Co. lobster. 2 3/4"
A New York Knife Co., Walden. 3 3/8"

[JAMESC41001]

Very nice Joe! I especially like the Walden

[danno50]

Very nice finds, Joe! I also really like the Walden.

[FRJ]

Thank you very much, James and Dan.

The little Waldon is so well made. It is a pleasure to open and close and just to hold. A real beauty.

Some one liked the pen blade on that Hammer. It is a solid knife and I have been packing it for a few days.
With that large spear it is a decent light duty knife which is all I need any more it seems. I'm OK with that.

[danno50]

The little Waldon is so well made. It is a pleasure to open and close and just to hold. A real beauty.

I have this almost identical lobster, stamped EC Simmons St Louis with a Keen Kutter blade etch. I believe it was made by Walden.

[FRJ]

What a great little knife, Dan.
In better condition than mine. Mine has the "spidies".

When you get in to these lobsters and other small "dress knives", if I can use that term, you really come across
attention to detail and refined craftsmanship that cutlers loved to produce for their brand. In my opinion.

[KAW]

Hey Joe... Those are certainly worth digging this thread out from the cobwebs...
I was also about to say that the Walden seems a bit unusual of a pattern with those scissors... but then Dan brings another to show & tell... if it was made before 1921... then it was definitely made by Walden... You guys are making me & with envy!

[danno50]

Thanks Joe and Ken.

[FRJ]

Thank you, Ken, glad you liked them.

[KAW]

Well... I've spent the last year also amassing a small collection of the last generation of America's "Little Sheffield"... Canal Street Cutlery. While I have been posting over on their forum, I have neglected posting them here... so to correct that...



I already pick up a CSCo-op pinchback with Chestnut handles... but @ 5" this "Sqeeze" lock is really impressive...


...and my favorite (partly due to the green bone) & first of the Cannilter pattern for me to own...


I really do like the looks of their mica pearl handles... so when this doctor's knife was offered, I just had to pick it up...


so here's the above addition with the very first CSC knife I had acquired... a stockman with the same kind of handle...


I did check off the list another type... the English Barlow with neat red, white & blue Kirinite handles thanks to a fellow AAPK member, Coreysbu...


...also was lucky enough to pick up this Hawbaker Special. According to Rich Langston, whom I bought the knife from, it is a prototype for a special set of seven display knives commissioned by Red Hill Cutlery in 2009.


I'm tickled to have obtained this one... 2009 AAPK stockman...
It was only after I purchased it that I found it was the first year AAPK started offering limited edition annual issues & that the shield came from Schrade.


Next is one of their ubiquitous patterns... the single blade Half Moon Trapper. What attracted me to this one tho was the Cream Soda (Carmel) colored jigged bone handles. On the description label, "Cream Soda" is typed, but someone handwritten "Carmel", so I'm not sure if the company changed its mind on what to called the handle material or if someone else didn't like what they called it.


Never thought I'd be able to get one of these type of knives... the 2009 Friends of NRA (FNRA) D'Holder (CSCC Bowie Hunter) with a Gold blade etch of a moose (My girlfriend's nickname is Moose.) and peened genuine leather handle. My only disappointment is that it didn't come with a leather sheath... only a cardboard one with the CS sticker on it, but then again it's more for display than to carry...


...and finally getting around to posting my Red Trout Boy's knives... one in the Green bone & a clip blade... the other in Mahogany bone & sheepsfoot blade (I really do like this blade)... made by Eric Albers (ea42). A former Canal Street cutler, who to my knowledge, is the last in the area to still be making knives commercially. The Red Trout branding was for Rich Lanigan (also from the area), who most unfortunately passed away last June.


That may be it for me for a while as my collection as well as all my other stuff is getting packed up for the BIG move to Virginia soon...

[danno50]

Very nice Canal Street collection, Ken! That mica pearl handle material is very eye catching.

[JAMESC41001]

Very nice Ken. Thanks for bringing these Canal street knives and the work that Eric is doing to more people’s attention. They deserve it. Your collection is awesome. I may have a sheath for your knife. I will send a PM after I do some digging.

[ObsidianEdge]

My third Schrade knife from the Nilo Miori collection. He was president of Camillus for man years and had over 4,000 knives in his collection. Schrade Cut. Co., Walden, NY. 4 inches closed.

[Duffer]

Mike, an outstanding example with great provenance Wonderful addition to your collection!! Congratulations

[JAMESC41001]

Very nice! Congrats

[kootenay joe]

Great old Schrade Cut Co. single spring Muskrat. Just a top example, has not changed since it left the factory over 75 years ago.
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