Greetings! I've "accumulated" several Canal Street Cutlery knives but don't know how to accurately date them. Example, one is the #09 Folding Hunter with reclaimed American Chestnut. Not found anything helpful on dating by scouring the internet. Any help would sure be appreciated.
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Dating Canal Street Cutlery Knives
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Well you definitely have a conundrum...Canal Street only supplied a slip of paper in each box providing the date, handle material and steel used ( besides Club Knives which had the date on the blade )....so considering when a handle material was used typically occurred all the same year hopefully someone jumps in that has kept the info
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Dating CSC's chestnut handled knives is tricky because CSC generally used chestnut on open runs -- meaning they used it on a pattern for a number of years rather than as a one time deal. Your best bet might be to watch ebay or like sites closely to see if a folding hunter with a serial # close to yours comes up with the original paperwork.
A quick ebay search of present and past auctions turned up two CSC folding hunters in ram's horn made in 2009, one in black buffalo horn made in 2010, and one in abalone made in 2011. There were a handful of others, but if they came with the paperwork noting the date, it wasn't pictured.
Given the low number on your knife, and the fact that chestnut was one of the first materials CSC applied to almost every one of their patterns, my guess would be you're looking at a 2009-ish date for your knife.
A quick ebay search of present and past auctions turned up two CSC folding hunters in ram's horn made in 2009, one in black buffalo horn made in 2010, and one in abalone made in 2011. There were a handful of others, but if they came with the paperwork noting the date, it wasn't pictured.
Given the low number on your knife, and the fact that chestnut was one of the first materials CSC applied to almost every one of their patterns, my guess would be you're looking at a 2009-ish date for your knife.
Thank you for your replies. Very helpful. I did finally find the same model, serial #048, which is close to mine, listing 2011 as date of manufacture.
Here's another one I'm hoping someone can help with. It's a Reverse Gunstock 3-Blade Amber Bone (4 3/8" closed). There is no serial number on bolster. Am I correct in assuming all Canal Street manufactured knives had serial numbers? If so, then could this be a 2005/2006 Queen manufactured knife under contract with Canal Street? It looks very similar to Queen issued models at that time.
Here's another one I'm hoping someone can help with. It's a Reverse Gunstock 3-Blade Amber Bone (4 3/8" closed). There is no serial number on bolster. Am I correct in assuming all Canal Street manufactured knives had serial numbers? If so, then could this be a 2005/2006 Queen manufactured knife under contract with Canal Street? It looks very similar to Queen issued models at that time.
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They didn't all have serial numbers. People ordering SFOs could request non serialization. For instance Eric's Jack, a boy's knife made in 2015, is unserialized.
You're right about the reverse gunstock, though. As far as I know, they discontinued that pattern entirely when they stopped using Queen supplied parts.
You're right about the reverse gunstock, though. As far as I know, they discontinued that pattern entirely when they stopped using Queen supplied parts.
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Cal Dave...
Canal Street never contracted Queen to manufacture their knives...as Shurke so kindly pointed out Queen Cutlery only provided parts with Canal Street doing all the assembly...
This was being done only for the first few years until Canal Street completed their own tooling.
Canal Street never contracted Queen to manufacture their knives...as Shurke so kindly pointed out Queen Cutlery only provided parts with Canal Street doing all the assembly...
This was being done only for the first few years until Canal Street completed their own tooling.