new york knife co

[edgy46]

Thanks M.B. My first NYK and the largest.

Bill, what does it measure closed?

3 7/16 not as big as it looks in the picture.

[bonehead]

Bill, I hope I don't go into withdrawl. I am getting used to this

One thing I see a lot, NYKC made a lot of knives which have varied pin materials between the center and end pins as in you last stockman. I wonder why?

[edgy46]

Alan I feel your pain. Here is an Electric made in the NYK factory. Good example of NYK bone.

[bonehead]

Bill,

I do have one very similar to yours. Although Electric was to be a tier 2 I would love to find more. I think they are more difficult to find than NYK's

[ole_muddy]

This one's my latest acquisition of a New York. I had one of these years ago and let it get away from me. This one goes in the keeper pile. It's nowhere near mint but it's not that bad either. Buffalo Bill utility knife. Some of the etch is still there but it's really faint.

Eric

[edgy46]

muddy
Great old knife. ::drool::Love them NYK's

[bonehead]

Eric,

Gotta love that one!!! As a lover of NYK Got to say the angle and density of a lot of the jigging they used is unique. Often I can recognize a New York at first glance. Sweet Knife, Never seen one like that come around

[knife7knut]

Here's a really unusual one I picked up several years ago;the scales are actually PINK! Not faded red either.Snaps like a bear trap too.

[edgy46]

K7K
That is a beauty. If that is pink. then i like pink knives

[ole_muddy]

Here's another recent pick-up of mine.

Eric

[orvet]

I guess I should post a few of my NYK knives in this thread.
I think I have posted them elsewhere in AAPK, so you may have seen some of them.


This is just a simple Jack pattern with some sort of composition handles, maybe celluloid or even Bakelite.

I saved this old knife with two broken blades just because the handles are so stunningly beautiful!
The handles are celluloid. I am not sure how they achieved such an interesting pattern in the celluloid, but I find these handles simply stunning! The knife is a Hammer Brand, NYK's top of the line brand.

This is a Timber Scribe or Raze (or Raize- not sure which is the correct spelling) , used for marking logs.

This is an Ebony handled Jack-

When you see these knives, handle them, carry and use them it is easy to see why they are considered by some to be among the finest knives ever made.

This is a start of my New York Knives.
Next week I will post some of my favorites with bone handles.
Have a great weekend.

Dale

[singin46]

Really great knives Dale! There's a whole lotta history in those babies!

[old timer1990]

I am lucky I have three nykc I have jack and small whittler and a big hawkbill the highest I paid was 20 that was for the whittler all of them are in great shape but the jack blade are wore down but has a great snap tho

[Miller Bro's]

I am lucky I have three nykc I have jack and small whittler and a big hawkbill

Haven`t seen any pictures yet

I like pictures

[msteele6]

Orvet,

Your NYK with celluloid handles is really nice, I have a whittler that NYK made for H.S.& B. that has the same pattern celluloid. I think that NYK was the only company that made knives with that particlar celluloid, it has the pinkish tint on the edges and is quite distinctive.

[old timer1990]

If anybody want to see a pic of my nykc knives email me at. jrbaker90@yahoo.com I can't post pic anymore

[ObsidianEdge]

I've always liked the jigged bone on these knives. It's one of my favorite jigging patterns. (Never seen it in red before.)

Hopefully I can get one without cracks some day:

[FRJ]

Those are beautiful scales!

[edgy46]

O.E. Great NYK I too love that bone.

[ObsidianEdge]

O.E. Great NYK I too love that bone.

Thanks. The cracks on the shield side are kind of hard to see in my scans, but they're there.

[ObsidianEdge]

Here's an Eagle harness jack I won off of eBay last week. New York Knife Co. made it for Eagle. Harrison patent punch blade dated June 10, 1902 (No. 701,878): made by New York Knife Co. 3 5/8s closed.

It's in better shape than I thought it would be. Aside of the scanner lines, there are some real light sharpening marks on the blade.

[msteele6]

I think that Eagle was a company that bought seconds, restamped them and sold them.

All of the Eagle knives that I have seen (at least the ones where the original stamp could be made out) were from NYK. Normally, you can see some portion of the Hammer Brand stamping under the Eagle stamping.

Sometimes, you can't make out any of the original stamping under the Eagle stamping, but I don't believe that I have ever seen one that I didn't believe was an NYK although I wouldn't really be surprised if they bought and restamped knives from other companies (such as Schrade, which was located in the same town as NYK, Walden).

Great old knife.

[ObsidianEdge]

Thanks for the info. The Eagle stamp side is much rougher than the numbered side of the blade on the pile side, so it does look as though something was ground off before the Eagle stamp was put on. All I know about Eagle was what I read in Levine's Guide, but I would be happy to stumble across more seconds if that is the case.

I'm sure it would have went for a lot more with the New York Knife Co. stamp on it.

[Miller Bro's]

Nice looking knife.

I have several with the ground tangs and restamped Eagle.

here is an old thread:

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... =35&t=9983

[ObsidianEdge]

Looks like there were several companies that used "Eagle" in their stamps. This one is "Eagle, Phila," which Levine wrote was by George F. Creutzberg, wholesale and seconds, 1875-1943.