Antique New York Knife Company Knives and Company History

[waynorth]

Good to see you posting! Hope all is well!

@ Primble Hey Primble!! Let me echo that sentiment!!! Hope you get to stick around!!

 

[Waymon Buckley]

I looked through all 30 page’s on the New York knife company deal on here and I didn’t see anything on one of these knives I have this one and seams to be very early

 

[Thomas Linton]

"This one" without a picture doesn't convey much information.

 

[Mike Robuck]

I also scrolled through all 30 pages of this thread recently. It reminded me of Primble and it was good to see the great knives posted by Chuko (Charles Lamb), 1smartfella and others. I thought I would add a few in just to keep them all in once place going forward. If you have any NYK Co. knives that haven't already been posted please add them as well.

 

[Mike Robuck]

Scout knife. NYK Co. was the official scout knife for a while. There's faint salesman's ink on the back of the main blade. (I didn't make it very far in Cub Scouts.)

 

[black mamba]

Mike, I'm a big fan of that deeply jigged bone!

 

[Mike Robuck]

I am too Jeff! That's what first drew me to them.

 

[waynorth]

Achingly beautiful knives, Mike!!
You sure know how to pick them!!

 

[lambertiana]

Scout knife. NYK Co. was the official scout knife for a while. There's faint salesman's ink on the back of the main blade. (I didn't make it very far in Cub Scouts.)

As a scout leader for a number of years, I enjoyed collecting some of the older scout knives, but these NYKC scout knives eluded me, always going for more than I could afford. This one is in fantastic condition, too.

 

[Mike Robuck]

Thanks fellers. I started out buying NYK Co. knives that had cracks and worn bone just because I wanted to look at them. This one belongs to Tony Bose and Kerry Hampton took the picture.

 

[K33ncutter]

Sharpened plenty of times but knife was well taken care of and is still snappy.

 

[herder]

Scout knife. NYK Co. was the official scout knife for a while. There's faint salesman's ink on the back of the main blade. (I didn't make it very far in Cub Scouts.)

Fantastic knife and well presented!!!
Thanks for bumping an older thread showcasing some of the finest knives ever produced in the United States.

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[Mike Robuck]

Whoa, that’s a very fine example herder. Thanks for posting it!

 

[Luger1952]

Guys outstanding and beautiful NYKs you have posted Here are couple of pen knives.

 

[Mike Robuck]

Those are sweet Lloyd! Thanks for posting them.

 

[waynorth]

Great etched knives, Neal and Lloyd!! Together with Mike, you fellows are posting up one enjoyable thead!!!

 

[Luger1952]

Thanks Charlie and Mike for the kind comments!!

With the OKCA show where we would be right now if it was not canceled, I have taken solace in revisiting many of the outstanding old knife threads here and soaking up the images!

 

[kwackster]

Today i bought this old 2-bladed Hammer Brand folding knife with a blue leather pocket sheath.
Now these knives are not exactly my field of expertise, so what i would like to know is the model name and the timeframe in which it was built.

 

[TinyDog]

Kwackster...My thoughts are: (2)BladeJack perhaps a coco-bola variation of pattern 2169. 3 3/4" in length. Here is a pic of a similarView attachment 1402769 blade 3 3/8" in length which is a 2039 pattern

 

[ea42]

Today i bought this old 2-bladed Hammer Brand folding knife with a blue leather pocket sheath.
Now these knives are not exactly my field of expertise, so what i would like to know is the model name and the timeframe in which it was built.

I think what you have is model 2741 in the catalog image. Likely rosewood (they called it redwood) and I'm guessing around 3 5/8" long closed? It's hard to date those guys as they rarely changed anything on their knives during all the years of production. Could be anywhere from around 1878 to around 1930.



Eric