Knives from PA

edgy46 · Post by **edgy46** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:23 am

S&M Titusville coffin pen with wood scales.

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:58 am

Bill,

Nice knife, very DEEP tang stamp on that pen blade

edgy46 · Post by **edgy46** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:58 am

M.B.
thanks

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:34 am

I was going through knives today & came across a couple I thought I would post. The first one is stamped Baldwin Cutlery. It doesn't say if it's PA or NY though?

The second one is T. Hessenbruch. It really isn't necessarily a PA knife, but it is PA related. T. Hessenbruch was a hardware/retailer in Philadelphia. LG4 says USA/Ger made.

gino · Post by **gino** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:42 am

Knifegirl888, great lookin old knives. I love em.

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:40 am

Thanks, Gino.

Bret got me the Hessenbruch for Christmas. It's really a quality knife. The bear tang stamp is also cool!

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:04 pm

I am trying to load pictures on to a personal album, so I am taking all kinds of scans. I just scanned this Schatt & Morgan Dollar knife. At 5 inches closed, it's a big bugger.

Jacknifeben · Post by **Jacknifeben** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:50 pm

BRADFORD PA. on this one. TESTED XX 61096 on the back side.

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:05 pm

JKB,

I really like that shield! Nice piece!

Jacknifeben · Post by **Jacknifeben** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:20 am

check that knife in your price guide and tell me what it is worth. i havent bought a new price book for 20 years.

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:01 pm

I wish I could, but I don't have a current price guide either. Maybe one of the others might?

Jacknifeben · Post by **Jacknifeben** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:17 pm

Thanks, my last book said 450 and didnt even have a picture of one just an empty box.

Ramrod · Post by **Ramrod** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:36 am

JACKNIFEBEN wrote:check that knife in your price guide and tell me what it is worth. i havent bought a new price book for 20 years.

JKB, '04 Sargents has it listed at $900. And has a pic thats a dead ringer for yours, only yours is in better shape.

Mark

Jacknifeben · Post by **Jacknifeben** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:19 am

As they say on ANTIQUE ROAD SHOW, you got to be kidding. Thanks for the info.

PA Knives · Post by **PA Knives** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:51 pm

Is that S&M a true "DOLLAR KNIFE" if so it will be marked as such. There is a some misunderstanding out there on these knives. Just a side note the bear stamping on the Phila knife (LOVE IT BY THE WAY) is for "I Bear Inspection" a close up of the stamp would be self explanatory.

NICE knives

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:46 pm

Thanks, David.

I skimmed over the Dollar Knife book when we got it & I believe the book said that towards the end of S&M, Dollar knives were just stamped Schatt & Morgan. I don't have access to my book right now, but I can reread it later this afternoon. I could be wrong so I will recheck the book.

I can get a close up of the Bear tang tonight also.

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:02 am

David,

At the top of page 13, the History of Dollar Knives was what led me to believe my yellow S&M is a Dollar Knife. It says "At some time during their last years Schatt & Morgan marketed a Dollar Knives line using the classic Schatt & Morgan Titusville tang stamp exclusively." It does seem somewhat confusing to me, because on page 15, it also states that "But these synthetic handled knives which in the past have been (inaccurately) called "Dollar knives" by this writer and others, do not appear to be historical Schatt & Morgan "Dollar Knife Corporation" knives."

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:08 am

Here is the close up of the "I bear inspection" stamp & a picture of the back of the Hessenbruch. It was a nice gift!

PA Knives · Post by **PA Knives** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:14 pm

Nice knife and good example of that era. As for the Dollar Knife, you now see why I question your comment. I too have one similar and thought it was a "Dollar Knife" but now do not feel that way. I just bought last month a true "Dollar Knife" as it is stamped as such on the tang. It is S&M made, but for the Atlanta office of Dollar Knife. Lesson learned for all of us. David Clark is on this thread and may chime in again. If you search Dollar knife, you will see we have had this discussion before. NEAT STUFF