Antique Cattaraugus Knives and Company History

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Yes - spot on Charlie and thank you - the 32409 model number is listed as the sleeveboard whittler pattern on the Cattaraugus identifier page on the AAPK site. ;):thumbup::)
 
MercyfulfateXX said:
Primble,this is an amazing thread! and now if you don't mind I would like to introduce my Catt offering. just bought it today and I love it. real MOP and I feel if this knife could talk well, I would talk back to it.:)
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Thank you Tom and a nice MOP Catt you found - it was a great old company. I think I hear mine mewing (quietly) every now and then. :thumbup::D
The 22763 pattern looked very similar to yours except it had a spear point main blade. ;)
 
Primble said:
Thank you Tom and a nice MOP Catt you found - it was a great old company. I think I hear mine mewing (quietly) every now and then. :thumbup::D
The 22763 pattern looked very similar to yours except it had a spear point main blade. ;)
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Thanks Primble, now I have found myself looking deeper into the world of Catts.:D I like the area of the companies history where Case was involved. good history.
 
I picked up a fixed blade Cattaraugus knife at a flea market, black plastic/rubber handle with guard broken and blade rusted brown but I'll try to get an edge on it. They were also made by Kinfolk when they had an K on the handle; does anyone knife if this K-less knife would have been still made by Kinfolk due to the same handle or made by Cattaraugus? It has the circle in the middle of the handle like a Kinfolk but no K whatsoever.
 
SirJames said:
I picked up a fixed blade Cattaraugus knife at a flea market, black plastic/rubber handle with guard broken and blade rusted brown but I'll try to get an edge on it. They were also made by Kinfolk when they had an K on the handle; does anyone knife if this K-less knife would have been still made by Kinfolk due to the same handle or made by Cattaraugus? It has the circle in the middle of the handle like a Kinfolk but no K whatsoever.
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Have any pictures to show us of that knife ? It might be helpful to get you an answer. :)
 
I strongly suspect, based upon the likeness to the Kinfolks brand and based upon Codgers post in that thread, plus the fact that Kinfolks was operating in the same town as Cattaraugus Cutlery, that your knife was made by Kinfolks for Cattaraugus. I have a Cattaraugus book on order and maybe it will tell us more. Wonder what Cattaraugus made for Kinfolks? :confused::)
 
SirJames said:
Cattaraugus in general seems to be rare in the knife world; I wonder why they were not more common than the other brands at that time? There was not the 1,000 plus knife companies then that we have now.
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That might be true for the fixed blades, but you can find traditional folders today. I have one coming in that I might have to part with :eek::confused::barf:
 
More Catts in the house. I got a few more nice old Cattaraugus knives in this week and spent some time cleaning them up a little.

Cattaraugus model 32879 jigged bone large Carpenter Whittler at 3 & 11/16ths inches closed, circa 1886-1963::



I also received a re-printed copy of the 1910 Cattaraugus Cutlery Catalog, 144 pages of purely beautiful knives and great information!! 👍👍;)
 
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Two wondrous specimens, Primble! Great work on these and so amazingly photographed. Both have striking bone and jigging. Your cabinet is going to be unbelievable!! Ah....what a joy
 
I'm really liking the wormgroove bone on the Coke bottle jack. Thanks for showing them!
 
A pair of gorgeous knives. :thumbup: I like them both, a lot, but oh my, that Carpenter's Whittler really sings to me. Wonderful combination of striking bone scales, beautiful shields and interesting patterns. Great work, and congratulations on the new additions!
 
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Thank you for the nice comments Gevo, Gary, Jeff, Stephen, and Tom. Very much appreciated. :thumbup::)
 
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