Moore Maker drop point by Canal Street?

Former Schrade President Walley Gardner and principal Joe Hufnagel joined with nine master cutlers to form a group of US craftsmen with over 300 years of combined knife making experience to create Canal Street Cutlery. It was first located in upstate New York where a long and rich tradition of quality knife making dates back to the 19th century. Unfortunately, the company closed its doors in 2015, but not before making some great knives. The brand was resurrected in 2018 as Canal Street Cutlery Co-Op & focused on making very small batches of high quality traditional knives. As a Co-Op, it was owned by the knife makers who worked there. Unfortunately, the business model couldn't hold up & the entity again ceased production.
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Moore Maker drop point by Canal Street?

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I would be grateful for opinions as to whether or not Canal Street made this Moore Maker branded drop point hunter. It is approximately 8" long and is a model 6101.
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The Canal Street drop points had two large compression rivets in the handles, not the spun on pins. Their guard was also smaller. The knife in the photo definitely isn't Canal Street, maybe Queen?

Here are a couple of examples of Canal Street drop points, if I recall correctly I think the only one we made for Moore Maker was a mesquite handled one. Pretty certain I don't have one but I'll check tomorrow. Top knife is the older style. This one's a proto but they were just like it:
Canal Street Proto Fixed Blade 2.jpg
Next up is the newer style handled in moose, this is the style that was used for Moore Maker's mesquite knife:
CS DP Moose_382.JPG

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Could be a Utica

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ea42 wrote:The Canal Street drop points had two large compression rivets in the handles, not the spun on pins. Their guard was also smaller. The knife in the photo definitely isn't Canal Street, maybe Queen?

Here are a couple of examples of Canal Street drop points, if I recall correctly I think the only one we made for Moore Maker was a mesquite handled one. Pretty certain I don't have one but I'll check tomorrow. Top knife is the older style. This one's a proto but they were just like it:

Canal Street Proto Fixed Blade 2.jpg

Next up is the newer style handled in moose, this is the style that was used for Moore Maker's mesquite knife:

CS DP Moose_382.JPG


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Eric, thank you for clarifying how the Canal Street drop point was constructed. ::handshake::
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My pleasure Ralph, I'm always happy to help ::handshake::

Tom, I think you're right, it looks exactly like Utica construction.

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here's a Moore Maker swell center trapper made by Canal Street
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My guess on the posted knife would be Queen. Though I don't think that Queen ever used that pattern for their own knives. Maybe they did?

Utica would be a guess, as others have said, but I have not seen Utica make any stag handled knives.

If it was my knife I would send pics to Moore Maker - they would probably tell you who made it.
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