Model 489, Dexter

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FRJ
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Model 489, Dexter

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This old kitchen knife has been laying around my shop for months on end.
It's a 489-8 Dexter. I picked it up somewear hoping to make it usable. i'm glad I finally cleaned up the edge.
These are very good knives and they probably won't come cheap in that auction.
I did this hurriedly but I did make the knife satisfactorily usable.
Some before and after pictures and shown with my 489-12 and 489-14.

Dexter knives were produced by Henry Harrington, Harrington Cutlery in Southbridge, Massachusetts.
Harrington Cutlery, 1818. First cutlery in the United States. Wickipedia.
The Dexter brand was established in 1884. Named after one of his sons, Dexter Harrington.

Thanks for looking.
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Re: Model 489, Dexter

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Nice ones! Definitely an oldie with that tapered tang. ::tu::
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Re: Model 489, Dexter

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Thank you, Ray. All three of those knives have a tapered tang. That was one of the unique things about the 489 model.
And that flared bolster at the heel. Plus great steel.
I ground that out on a carborundum wheel. That's hard steel.
Joe
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