EC Simmons Keen Kutter Blades

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EC Simmons Keen Kutter Blades

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I know this is a long shot but thought I'd post anyway. Recently got this knife and thought I'd try to bring it back to life if I can find the blades. Snap is still awesome on all three but sadly someone wrecked the blades. The bone is still in great condition and it would be nice to get this thing fixed up. I have posted a pic of my knife along with a pic I found on our forum here for reference. Please feel free to message if you happen to have anything. Much appreciated!
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SEArkHog wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2026 1:25 am I know this is a long shot but thought I'd post anyway. Recently got this knife and thought I'd try to bring it back to life if I can find the blades. Snap is still awesome on all three but sadly someone wrecked the blades. The bone is still in great condition and it would be nice to get this thing fixed up. I have posted a pic of my knife along with a pic I found on our forum here for reference. Please feel free to message if you happen to have anything. Much appreciated!

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I have a nice one, but I wouldn't part with it. One of my favorite cattle knives. Found it in a $5 box at a gunshow. It is the only 3 spring Keen Kutter I have ever seen, so yes I would think your chances are not good. The pattern # is 738 3/4.
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I should have asked, is yours 3 spring and 3 and 11/16 inches OAL closed?
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They are such awesome knives. Yes mine is a three spring and the same size as yours. I figured it never hurts to post and see what happens. Maybe someone out there has a parts knife somewhere. Thank you for replying.
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SEArkHog wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 1:31 pm They are such awesome knives. Yes mine is a three spring and the same size as yours. I figured it never hurts to post and see what happens. Maybe someone out there has a parts knife somewhere. Thank you for replying.
One thing I noticed is that the pull on your example with the broken master blade goes all the way back to the shoulder grind and mine is shorter. Wonder what's going on there? Sometimes you see these called whittlers because they have the master blade on one end and 2 smaller blades on either side of the master on the opposite end. I have always called this a cattle knife. You may end up with 3 donor knives to find all the replacements you need from similar Keen Kutters.
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OLDE CUTLER wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 1:48 pm
SEArkHog wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 1:31 pm They are such awesome knives. Yes mine is a three spring and the same size as yours. I figured it never hurts to post and see what happens. Maybe someone out there has a parts knife somewhere. Thank you for replying.
One thing I noticed is that the pull on your example with the broken master blade goes all the way back to the shoulder grind and mine is shorter. Wonder what's going on there? Sometimes you see these called whittlers because they have the master blade on one end and 2 smaller blades on either side of the master on the opposite end. I have always called this a cattle knife. You may end up with 3 donor knives to find all the replacements you need from similar Keen Kutters.
This is such an interesting pattern and when I got it, I looked at it for a second trying to figure out what pattern it could be. This will probably be a long search but I hope to get it fixed at some point. It still has gator snap and the punch is in great shape. Really it is baffling to me that someone would destroy the two blades like that. I might have cried a little when I opened the blades. :D
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