New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:30 am This afternoon I added this, "THE W & H CO - USA - NEWARK NJ", single blade, 2 7/32" closed, all metal, fob/key ring pocket knife to my collection. This is my second fob/key ring pocket knife advertising this particular company. The main side says "NATIONAL ARMATURE & ELEC. WKS. - BLUEFIELD, W. VA." and the other side says "MANUFACTURERS - ARMATURE COILS-FIELD COILS." It needed a little cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
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Here's the link to the other, same style/pattern, same advertised company, pocket knife (previous page):
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=70226&start=105#p938584
That's about 15-20 minutes from me. I've heard the name, but I don't know where exactly. Likely downtown.
Here's one from roughly the same area. Bluefield Hardware went under in the 1980s, and their building was purchased by the neighboring Citizens Building Supply, an Ace Hardware affiliate. Their main storefront is in the former Bluefield Hardware.
I never knew a Reg Wickham, and my Granddad got the knife secondhand many years after it was produced.