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great old knife, JohnR, love the bone.
Dan

Thank you everyone, appreciate the comments and information.

Here is another one I picked up this week, a very nice Electric Cutlery Co easy open jack, pretty nice condition considering 1920 or before, this one also has very nice bone.

....bone on this one is prettier than the other one, JR!!!!!..... ..........

If that knife was just on Ebay, I was very tempted to put in a bid.

I had it on my watch list.

Very nice.

Charlie

Thanks guys, I love these old knives.

Charlie, that is the one, sellers pics were not that good, I almost passed also.

Another beautiful old knife, JohnR! I have one with a clip blade.
Dan

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This is a stamp used by Wabash Cutlery

That's a pretty one edge. Is it ivory?

No. Celluloid "French Ivory".

That seems to be the best celluloid.

John,
Seems you guys have been searching hard and long. And it is paying off,couple more nice ones.Hope to see y'all soon.

wlf wrote:John,
Seems you guys have been searching hard and long. And it is paying off,couple more nice ones.Hope to see y'all soon.

Thank you Lyle, Donna and I are having some fun collecting these old knives, it is a challenge finding ones in decent condition as you know.

This one showed up yesterday, from what I can find the tang stamp only used 1935 to 1940.

Nice one John , I love the old easy opens!!!

Tom

Case 8151L SAB Case & Son's 1903-05

Thanks for looking.

Tom

Another nice one John,tell Donna I'm looking for something to tempt that Wostenholm from y'all,and I said hi.Hope to see ya in Titusville,that was fun.

Tom , what can I say....

I believe this is a rare one.

Krakauer,Zork & Moye's Suc.'s ElPaso Texas Goins says Soc's,but stamps seem to say Suc.'s. c 1895-1914

I'm pretty certain it is a Challenge made knife.

Interesting side note.They were etched "Krack-A-Jack",which is where Bob Roark and Charlie Dorton got their etch for the cotton sampler GEC SFOed them.Bob told me Charlie found it and they used it.

.....what a beauty!!!!.........love the bone on that one!!!!.......... ...................

That is yet another beauty for sure Lyle!

You mention that you think it was made by Challenge - based on a Challenge Farmers Jack that looks similar or ?? Just curious.... is it the jigging pattern or something along those lines?

Nice one, Lyle.

You are living proof that the movie Field of Dreams could be reality.

"If You Build It, They Will Come"

You built that farmer's jack collection and now they just keep coming, don't they?

Here's a K, Z & M letterhead.

Currently listed on Ebay, but it's an expensive piece of paper.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/El-Paso-TX-1916 ... 1047017914

I think that is "SUCS, Inc."

And there is an apostrophe in "Moye's", indicating possession.

So, what exactly does "SUCS" mean?

Possibly, "Successors".

Charlie Noyes

Thanks Tommy.

Lee,all comes into play when IDing,as you know in other knives,but the most noticeable differences in farmers jacks are in the frame and especially the small bolsters. I'll get some comparative scans Lord willing.

Thanks for the eBay letterhead Charlie.

Charlie, I asked Roger Russell about showing my knives,as I was hesitant.He advised me to and said exactly what you alluded to. Friends like you have led me to a great part of my collection.

And you were right,it is exactly Successors and it was made prior to 1920. As evidenced by this post in 1920 "Hardware Review":

https://books.google.com/books?id=yOIcA ... ny&f=false

Posting a couple of knives found at an estate sale. The 1st knife is a Brown Bros Knife Co, Olean, NY bone handled sleeveboard pen, and the 2nd knife is a Baldwin Cut Co, Tidioute, Pa. small wood handled jack knife.


Thanks for looking.


Tom

olderdogs1 wrote:Posting a couple of knives found at an estate sale. The 1st knife is a Baldwin Cutlery Co, Olean, NY bone handled sleeveboard pen, and the 2nd knife is a Baldwin Cut Co, Tidioute, Pa. small wood handled jack knife.


Thanks for looking.


Tom

Tom, that Brown Bros. is a rare one also!

Ken

Thanks, Ken

Tom

Tom,I like the Brown Bros.

They sure are nice Tom!