Advertising Knives

waynorth

waynorth

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Sometimes, advertising and slogans on knives can be a hoot; Let's see what you got!
I'll kick it off with a couple.
First, a Robeson (mechanic's?) knife, advertising motor oil;
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Next, a spay blade can be useful, trimming flowers without collateral damage!
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O.K, your turn!!:)
 
I don't have many knives with advertising. A friend sent me this picture, and I like it. Don't see too many gent's knives with a Holstein! Very nice Walden.

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The ones I have are similar though. Here's a group shot, of hard to photo knives, cracked ice and pearl. Seems like in the day, these were common advertising knives. Pretty generous.
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Schrade Cut Co (has milled liners), Walden, Walden, Ulster (with Imperial Logo :confused:). The bigger pearly Walden had no advertisement, but part of the family.
 
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You guys have figured out by now that I don't have a decent camera and every time I save enough for one, I see a knife I would rather have (or new ducts a heating and AC unit.) ;)

Anyway my first knife was a medium Imperial Stockman. My dad gave it to me and I still carry it on occasions. It had his business name and address on the handle. "East Chattanooga Auto Parts". I have had a lot of knives come (very few go from me) but this old imperial is very special. Tying into jackknife's other thread, it still represents the trust my dad had in me when I was 4. Kind and gentle as he still is, he was very stern when it came to firearms and knives regarding safety at all times and proper use. To this day I know that if I ever did anything in opposition to what he taught me, he would have no hesitation in woopin' my behind. :D.

Dad had a 40 year habit of giving knives to his customers at Christmas and during the early to mid 60's after he opened his parts warehouse there were still companies who would take on those types of small "contracts". Later on, he would ask me to come up with around 50 or 60 knives a year that would fit the bill as gifts for his customers. He continued the practice until he sold the business and retired at 79 3 years ago.
 
Gus, you've totally piqued my interest! We must see this knife!! Please send it to someone who you trust, to scan and post. Or bring it to Blade, and someone will surely have a good camera!!
 
Nice bunch, Thawk! The Holstien is a winner, and so are the others.
 
You guys show some beauties, Im not really sure If I should post the one and only advertising knife I own. Most of you, if not all, have seen this in jackknifes 'first knife' thread, but here it goes.

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A vic bantam with advertising from spax, which is a well known Screw manufacturer here in Germany. I got it from an uncle after my first pocketknife, a vic as well, finally gave in on me :D

Nothing special for anybody but me, but then it has an ad and it has a blade -> advertising knife.
(sorry for the crappy sharpening job I did when I was 10 or so)

Peter
 
I like the cap lifter profile on your "SPAX" stockman. Please show us your "HUGHES" knife, Foilist. We are into old knives!!
 
I remember tons of those little advertising keychain knives from the days of my youth. Alot of them were from Purina, who had a big place down the road from Cambridge, on the eastern shore.
 
I hope we see some Purinas here! I don't own one, but they give you that sense of nostalgia that an old knife collector like me relishes!
 
Very awkward to bring out the etch in the photograph, Schrade Cut Co, Walden NY.
" Yarnall Paint Co Philadelphia"


Rusty1

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Here are a few.
Munichem made/makes pesticides and chemicals.
The Michael-Todd folks are still in business and have the same phone#. Wow.
The Bowman Products Co was an automotive hardware wholesaler.

Just acquired these over the years from family and friends.

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Very awkward to bring out the etch in the photograph, Schrade Cut Co, Walden NY.
" Yarnall Paint Co Philadelphia"
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In your efforts to bring out that etch Rusty, you managed to bring out the pronounced swedge on that pen blade too.
 
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In your efforts to bring out that etch Rusty, you managed to bring out the pronounced swedge on that pen blade too.
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You're right about that thawk! busy setting up to get the etch I never even noticed the swedge, nicely spotted.

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My local crack dealer -- er, knife shop, has a box full of ebay Vic Classics that he got from some TSA thing or other.

Most of them have advertising logos. I got one that was for Cipro, from a drug company. Has a pen that will poke out one end -- little slider pushes it in and out. White handle. My 11 year old daughter took one look, said "oooh!" and in her mother's words, pounced on it. She already had a red Escort, but that white one just caught her eyes and made them pop out.

I didn't even bother worrying about it -- just laughed and told her to make sure she put a lanyard on it.

Got a green one that has a little pen filler that pulls all the way out, and has a golf divot tool on it instead of a nail file. Has a golf company logo on the pile side.

They are fun to play with.
 
Thanks Rusty and 2Bros!! Way cool! Arathol, I never knew the Purinas came in a blue checkered box!! Sweet!!
6gun, you got to get us some pics!

Here's a shoe advertisement; and. . . . . . .some swedges for you swedge lovers!
Don't let the condition fool you, this is an old knife!!
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Here's another of Camillus's pre-war knives, from Germany. Great design work IMO!
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Does anyone know how they make these?? Die-cast? Stamped/forged?
 
Those last 2 are great looking old knives, and yes, I got a bit of a swedge fix from them... Thanks for that CC. BTW, they do look as if they are cast handles. The detail is very clean and, yes, deceivingly(is that a word?) new looking. :)
 
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