A.C. Penn Pen!

[waynorth]

I meet once a month with a few knife-minded individuals, and we trade/buy/sell, and yak about, pocket and other knives.
I flat out bought this nice pen knife. A goodly size at 3 3/8", it has the right stuff! Rodgers bone, nice swedges, good walk and talk, and a certain presence that just makes you want it!!
I am sure Primble could make it look even better, but I will enjoy it as is for now.
It appears to have been made between the World Wars - any more info would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Pipeman]

Beautiful pen Charlie, great Rodgers bone. Never heard of AC Penn.

Best regards

Robin

 

[Primble]

That is a beauty Charlie. Not much to do on that one.

I love the knife and bone color! :thumbup:

From a Knife World article (maybe a clue?):

Anthony has done a fine job of relating the history of the various Tidioute related firms, together with the colorful related tales of the town and its past residents. Antique knife aficionados will recognize the names of the Tidioute Cutlery Company (of which there were two basically unrelated iterations), the Baldwin Cutlery Company, Penn Cutlery Company, and of course Union Razor Company, which became Union Cutlery Company in 1909 and in 1911 left Tidioute for Olean, New York, where it still exists today as Ka-Bar Cutlery Co. Among the others whose stories are interwoven with these firms are Brown Bros., A.C. Penn, American Hone Co., Pennsylvania Knife Co., John Brown Sons Co., Booth Brothers, Vern and Bill Atkins (the last Tidioute cutlers), and of course the Case family companies (the Cases and Browns were connected by both family and business ties.) Great Eastern Cutlery, the current Titusville-based manufacturer of “Tidioute” brand pocket cutlery, is also addressed.

 

[chuko]

Nice find!

 

[RobbW]

Really beautiful knife in beautiful condition. A great acquisition!

 

[blademan 13]

Very nice. I'm a big fan of vintage pens and this one is no exception. Stellar bone!

 

[Gevonovich]

What a beauty! Definitely one for the Unusual and Unique tang stamp thread!

 

[Chris Montgomery]

I really like this little beauty. It does have an appeal to me that many other more common knifes do not. But I do have a liking for the older classy pens. Thanks for showing it.

Chris