Schrade Walden-Adolphus Bush-Cloissne Bartenders Knife

[Schradenut]

I had been searching for what seemed an age, to find a really good SW, AB knife. They do come up from time to time, but usually show plenty of battle scars from being dropped. Not that long ago i came across one that is in pretty good condition. The Stanhope viewer even works.
I don't know a lot about it, other than it was made by SW for AB in 1952, which he handed out as gifts as he tried sell his wares around America.
If anybody can add to this story, then i would be most grateful to enhance my limited knowledge.
Tony.

[royal0014]

Sweet!
Does it have the Stanhope viewer? I think that's the correct term....

[Schradenut]

Yes, it has the Stanhope viewer, which has a portrait of the great man.
Tony.

[orvet]

The knife is a beauty Tony and very rare, especially in such nice condition and with the Stanhope viewer working!

I have often pondered why Adolphus had a picture of himself in the Stanhope viewer?
Today we would expect a pretty girl in something like that, because Madison Ave long ago discovered that sex sells almost anything.

I wonder if Adolphus just had a big ego?

I think I need coffee. it is too early in the morning to be pondering abstract ideas.
I think I should stick to fixing knives.

[orvet]

The knife is a beauty Tony and very rare, especially in such nice condition and with the Stanhope viewer working!

I have often pondered why Adolphus had a picture of himself in the Stanhope viewer?
Today we would expect a pretty girl in something like that, because Madison Ave long ago discovered that sex sells almost anything.

I wonder if Adolphus just had a big ego?







I think I need coffee. it is too early in the morning to be pondering abstract ideas.
I think I should stick to fixing knives.

[Miller Bro's]

I have one of these, I found that the corkscrews on these later models were very soft and will bend very easily. They are pretty to look at but I don`t think they were made to use

[glennbad]

That's a stunner! Thanks for showing it.