All About Pocket Knives

Sittin' here this afternoon, readin' the forum and noticed the thread, "Not Necessarily A Knife"
Well I read through it and by the time I got near the end, I said I have a couple of items that will fit this thread very well and nobody else has shared one like it. However on the last page I discovered knife7knut had beat me to it :

knife7knut wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:43 am Not a knife but it has rotary blades.An old L.F.&C. food chopper.

I have a small collection of these small meat/food grinders and two of them have knife manufacturers names: I see a lot of Keen Kutters and Universals in the antique stores and had been searching for a Winchester for quite a while, finally found it.
Treefarmer

Here is a sharpening stone that was given out by the Clay Exports For Co. Chicago Ill. next is a strop from the Winchester store from the 1920s

Thomasg wrote: ↑Sun Apr 16, 2023 10:37 pm

knife7knut wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:43 am Not a knife but it has rotary blades.An old L.F.&C. food chopper.

When the farmers almanac read it was hog butchering time grandpa would put the pork up . I spent a lot of hours turning the crank on a meat grinder making that sausage ! Dried red pepper and sage from last years garden. For seasoning . Make my taste buds water just thinking about how good it tasted at breakfast time .

I can practically taste fresh pork sausage now . . .


Cool finds, tree and gordonjohn.

I have one of those old LFC's with 3 or four different discs. I guess for different meats and cuts. It was my Grandmother's. Around here in Ocean City they're "chum grinders" and do a good job preparing chum bait. J.O'.

This thread has been asleep for seven years, time to wake it up with a pearl handle buttonhook by Ulster

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:18 am This thread has been asleep for seven years, time to wake it up with a pearl handle buttonhook by Ulster

Those silly things are always so appealing to me. Either the shoe ones or the glove ones.

Thanks Floyd, I can't seem to pass them up especially when they were made by an American knife company!

Few things I keep in my desk organizer, and probably rarely use (except for the scissors)

Carson's Nut and Bolt, Greenville SC letter opener.

The company was founded in 1969, so the letter opener has to date to 1989 as it's marked "20th Anniversary".

https://www.carsons-nbt.com/company/history
Suspended in the top is is a hex-cap screw and a nut.

Shapleigh's (Hardware) 7-inch scissors. Usually the ones I grab for general use.

I'm thinking these are pretty old--'30s?


Kai sewing scissors--made in Japan.

I bought these for ten bucks on sale at Tuesday Morning ages ago. They mostly get used for paper, sewing, and other fine tasks. They are my best scissors.

I've posted this a couple times on different threads. Someone thought it might be a typesetter's tool. The handles says, "Use Victor's" and the "blade" is stamped."NO.62". It's still a mystery to me. It looks like a COLONIAL piece, rather small for a hoof pick. The end is not sharp but its edges are not square but "rolled" or "tapered". I've searched "VICTOR'S" and found nothing. ?? J.O'.

Picked up these nifty little sharpening stones

Back in 2019, I obtained these print blocks that were used to advertise the various CAMILLUS knives that were being offered in catalogs, fliers, magazines, newspapers, etc. The pattern #'s are: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(2), 22, 27, 28, 40, 41, 42(2), 46, 48, 60, 63, 64, 67, 69, 72, 75, 76, 80, 83 & 99. There are two with no pattern # (first picture, the bottom two blocks). There is a block that advertises a half dozen, Camillus P-2, Sheepfoot Paring Knives (last two pictures).
The pictures are not in any particular order.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Outstanding Skip

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 11:00 pm Outstanding Skip

Agree.

That is so awesome!

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 11:00 pm Outstanding.....

Thank you, Dimitri.

doglegg wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 11:01 pm Agree.....

Thank you, Floyd.

Reverand wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:07 am That.....

Thank you, Scott.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:23 pm I've posted this a couple times on different threads. Someone thought it might be a typesetter's tool. The handles says, "Use Victor's" and the "blade" is stamped."NO.62". It's still a mystery to me. It looks like a COLONIAL piece, rather small for a hoof pick. The end is not sharp but its edges are not square but "rolled" or "tapered". I've searched "VICTOR'S" and found nothing. ?? J.O'.

Victor made typewriters and printing presses and are still in business with printing. Type setters tool would fit with the name.

Thanks. I'm going to check them out. I don't know a thing about printing and I 'd like to. J.O'.

I exchanged e-mails and pics with Victor's owner about the mystery tool. They are a typesetting printer. He said it was nothing they ever used or gave out and had no idea what it is. The mystery goes on. O'.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 3:13 am I exchanged e-mails and pics with Victor's owner about the mystery tool. They are a typesetting printer. He said it was nothing they ever used or gave out and had no idea what it is. The mystery goes on. O'.

Well dang! I wonder how long he has been there or if he knew how old that was. That is to say he may be thinking in the last 30 years he’s been there they haven’t been given out. Did he think it was a type setters tool?

The company's owner replied to my e-mail and pics. Here's his answer. "It doesn't look familiar to us at all. It doesn't look like anything ever used here either. Sorry! Happy Hunting."
I have no experience or knowledge of typesetting. I have seen pics of some typesetters' tools but I don't know how they are used. I was a little disappointed that my "Victor's" was not their company. I haven't found any other info on the name. The item sure looks like a Colonial piece. Thanks for your efforts. J.O'.