Carbon Steel Congress

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grumpyxtreme

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I've been searching for a congress knife with some thing like 1095 carbon steel blades and made in here in the USA. So far i havent been able to find any thing other than Boker or Hen and Rooster that make them and so i thought i could ask here and get some help thank you.
 
CASE has a yellow handle Congress out right now with their CV blades. I think it is the 3 1/4" version of their Congress knives. I do believe I saw it at KNIVES PLUS in Amarillo.
I too collect Congress knives but I like the large Congress knives the best. Dang !!! I wish they made a CV Congress in their large version. Maybe I should buy the small one and feed it Wheaties...
 
Queen makes a nice-looking 2-blade congress in D2 steel with cocobolo handles. 4" long closed, I think.
 
I dont really consider d2 carbon steel even though it is. Im looking for something that will get a patina on it. I like that Case but i hate paying shipping and sales tax. I just saw a Moore Maker over at cumberland knife works that has 1095 blades. I am just having problems with paying 88.00 for it. Are Moore Makers worth what they cost or should i keep looking.
 
Bulldog makes one also. Moore makers are made by camillus and queen.
 
what size and how many blades? It sounds like you need to buy a slightly used old Case knife from the 70's or earlier.
 
The Last Confederate said:
If your want 1095 carbon steel and USA made, I think Mooremaker is gonna be your best, or only bet.

http://catalog.mooremaker.com/viewProduct.cfm?item_id=392442
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I agree, that is really it for a current production, USA made, carbon steel, 4 blade congress. That Moore Maker is of course made by Queen.

Camillus has made a few limited runs of small 2 blade congress patterns in carbon steel and with celluloid handles in recent years, but I don't believe that they are still in production.

The list of US knife companies that actually make slipjoints is a pretty short one...Case, Camillus, Queen, Bear & Son, Buck, Colonial, and Utica.

Of those, only Case, Camillus, Queen, and Bear have offered congress patterns in recent years. Bear uses stainless steel 100% as far as I know....all of Cases congress offerings are SS these days....Queens are D2...and for Camillus, see above. I think that Case may have offered their 2 pattern 4 blade congress in CV for a few years, but that was maybe in the late 90's. Other than that they have not made a CV congress pattern since 1981. Queen makes some limited run Schatt & Morgan and Robeson congress patterns, but in 420 stainless.
 
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