Old Keen Kutter Knives

[ea42]

Dang Rig those are beauties!!!!

Scott, shame about the nail nick, that's often a product of someone using the back of the blade like a screwdriver, NOT a good idea.

Eric

[shugy]

Hey owd wullie ,Is'nt pickup truck a double entandre?

[knife-nut]

Here is a old keen kutter postcard. I don't know exactly what year ,but it only needed a 1 cent stamp.

[msteele6]

That postcard is pretty politically incorrect. A postcard like that might get you a visit from the ASPCA.

[koldgold]

This one is a Schrad Old Timer "8OT"... Ken

[Miller Bro's]

Here is a pretty rare WWI era Keen Kutter military folding knife. I have seen several like the one I posted on page 5 but this is the first one this size and without the marlin spike blade.

Gotta love the bone handles on this one!

[tendots]

MB,check this one,at ten Euro(13USD),this one might go cheap.Gus.http://www.ebay.fr/itm/RARE-COUTEAU-PLI ... 1e7846ad40.

[tongueriver]

Only 3.25 inches but seriously cute.

[Miller Bro's]

Love the bolsters on that one

[Bret888]

Tongue, that is a great knife all around!

[wlf]

Love the bolsters on that one

Yea Dimitri,I do too. Those are good looking knives guys. I bet you can guess why. I like the bone ,swedges,as you said Tongue,she's cute.

I think those rat tails are not just aesthetic(they are pleasing to look at),I think they might aid in gripping. ???

[jmh58]

All sweet KKs shown gents!! John

[dirtyfonzie]

Simmons Hardware Co. horn physician's knife.

[dirtyfonzie]

1913 full product line Keen Kutter catalog. 3000 pages of pure awesome!

The cutlery section makes me drool!


Edit: how do I rotate these photos?

[msteele6]

I collect Keen Kutters and have just received these two over the last week or so. I thought the contrast between the two was interesting so I'm posting them here.

The small knife is shown in an old catalog cut with an etch "The High School Girl", hard to imagine this deadly weapon (it's about 4" long open) being marketed to the young women of America.

The top knife in contrast is almost 4" long closed.

[galvanic1882]

Now that is WAY COOL

[danno50]

msteele6, that is a pair of very nice knives.

Dan

[jerryd6818]

Back at the end of September, I finally got my hands on a Keen Kutter #78. The tang stamp is very, very light but I just feel fortunate to have her.

[msteele6]

Thanks for the kind words Galvanic and Danno.

Jerryd, That knife looks suspiciously like a Camillus 72 pattern Anytime I see those little horns sticking out of the top of the KK wedge, I immediately think Camillus. If the pattern number is stamped does it have the underlined "K", that's also a pretty sure sign of Camillus manufacture.

[jerryd6818]

Mark, it looks very much like a Camillus. It has the matchstrike pull on the main blade, the dark brown synthetic handles like Camillus used for a while and the handle pins are spaced farther from the bolsters than a Schrade/Ulster/Imperial.

After looking at the model number some more with the 45x, it looks more like there may be a "6" after the "8" so that would make it a 786 instead of 78. As far as the a line under the "K" in KEEN, I'd have to say no. If it's the 'K' in Kutter, the tang stamp is so faint and worn I can't tell.

Is it obvious I know nothing about Keen Kutters?

Ya know, I'll bet somewhere around 90% or more of the 72 clone tang stamps (the ones not made by Schrade/Ulster/Imperial) were made by Camillus.

[jon_slider]

1917 Catalog, note they call jigged bone "STAG", and the last line lists Spey as a blade option.
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... g19-36.pdf

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A Spey Keen Kutter Barlow model 105:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FR-u ... G_9549.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2P8N ... G_9553.PNG

[RobesonsRme.com]

How 'bout this one?

All blades stamped.

Wonder who made it?

It can be yours for $999.00, currently listed on our favorite internet auction site.

CNoyes

[peanut740]

Remington,New York Knife and Case all made a 5 blade sowbelly.NYKC did a lot of contract work but that bone don`t look like NYKC.But punch could be NYKC and they also ringed a lot of their bolsters.So??????

[timgreene48]

I have picked up a couple more knives over the last few months, so I thought I would revive this thread and show how my collection is growing. What I like best about these knives are the many different shield styles, and the various handle materials used. It makes for interesting collecting to say the least! Also, unlike case knives, you can find pretty decent examples at a fraction of the cost. Thanks, Tim

[jlw257]

Hey Tim, you're are finding some very nice knives. Larry