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a sm kife
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:31 pm
by blueangel
hello i am new here i found this little knifetoday at a flea market and i never here of it and i cant find it in any of my books and i was wondering if any of you have it looks like it might be pears handles it real small and it two blades andit made by brown bros and it made in germany
Re: a sm kife
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:36 pm
by lvaughn
You know the saying a pictures worth a thousand words
But without a pic I can tell you this according to Levine's Guide to Knives and their Values 5th Edition:
BRAND: Brown Brothers: (Mfg. Co.)
TRADEMARK OR REF. : Union Razor Co.
LOCATION: Little Valley NY
MADE IN: Ger./USA
TYPE OF FIRM: Whol. & Import
DATES: c1890-1902
Hope this information helps.
lvaughn
Re: a sm kife
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:09 am
by blueangel
thank you so much for the ance i will pit a pic in here as soon as i can get one
Re: a sm kife
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:11 pm
by orvet
Moved to appropriate forum.
Re: a sm kife
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:58 pm
by PA Knives
Brown Bros,
W.R. Brown and his brother Emerson. Started in Little Valley NY with the help of their dad John W. Brown. Married to two different CASE women. The family was in Tidioute PA for the UNION Razor then Union Cutlery Co. then moved back to NY into Olean. That later became KABAR.. Side note KABAR wasn't about killing a bear as many believe. Andrew CASE of the Case family thought it sounded like the competition Case Bros. He was getting back at the family for not including him in some business. the Brown Bros did include him with Union.
Brown Bros knives were made by Argyle Cutlery in GERMANY. They imported razors as well, but many were made in Little Valley NY by CAT or George Korn. The brothers worked for a short time for CAT, there Uncle before starting back up in Tidioute, PA.
The Brown name was used on imports well into the 1910's.
Want to know more? Read my book
Thanks