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Hi y'all, I'm needing some info on this CS knifes. The gentleman that I bought it from knows I'm that I'm looking for answers on this site. He is selling his late father-in-law's collection and does not know a whole lot about the knives. I was concerned about this knife never owning a CS that the shield side of the knife has polished blades and the back side were not polished out, the same on both blades. Any other info would be great. Thanks!

Eric is your guy for all things Canal Street, I'm sure he'll see this. I have some Canal Streets that are only mirror polished on the Mark side, not that uncommon with CS. Maybe Eric will tell us why.

Gorgeous knife for your first post.

Barry that's the way Canal Street did their early knives. Polished mark side, satin finish pile side. It was the way a number of old cutleries did their blades so Canal Street was trying to mimic the old ways with that method. Nice knife for sure and definitely legit. Canal Street didn't make a lot of those red stag knives, probably under fifty of each pattern. Looks like you have a pretty low serial number on that one.

Eric

ea42 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:11 pm It was the way a number of old cutleries did their blades so Canal Street was trying to mimic the old ways with that method. N

Eric

Eric you beat me to it. Before more modern polishing methods like rag wheels and tumble polishing were common many old cutleries “crocus polished” only the mark side of blades. The pile sides often were not polished but had what’s called a glaze finish, which is not a “mirror” polish.

Beautiful CS knife BTW! Welcome to AAPK.

Ken

some people use to sharpen just the pile side of the blade.

Thanks guys, your comments are a big help.