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I wanted to share the little adventure I've had with my Curtin and Clark Cutlery Co. Kansas City, MO 3" cattle knife. Well recognized by the classic 4 C deep blade etch. They were only around for a short time, 1898-1910, (Levines has them around from 1890-1920). The company itself was a hardware wholesaler, the knives were likely made by another cutlery co. And that's what got me thinking and up until last night I wondered which company made this fancy little knife with it's pinched and slanted bolsters. Turns out the knife was actually made for CCC by the early Schatt & Morgan. Another knife I found online was the clue since it had the same "9" stamp on the reverse tang identified as made for CCC by Schatt & Morgan. I was able to find out from this collector that he had done some extensive research of the original S&M facility, now Queen, who still had the "9" and CCC stampings. Also I found many similar reissue S&M classics with the same pinched and slanted bolsters. It was nice to finally find out where this little knife came from!
