Fayetteville Knife Company - Manufacturers of Small Barlows

Peregrin said:
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Very interesting, Rob. I see a Central City Knife Co. In Phoenix, NY, and a Canastota Knife Co. In Canastota, NY. Both are about 30 miles from Syracuse. My grandkids live in the Fayetteville-Manlius School District.

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As I've said before, Charlie, the water in Green Lakes is cold on a 90 degree day in July! My teeth are chattering just thinking about it!

Great knives guys!
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Thank you Gary and Charlie. When I was about 10 years old, my parents took us kids up to Cape Cod in July, about 1964. My brother and I decided we would run in the ocean and have a swim. It was like ice water, so I can relate to the swims ! We came out of the water faster than we went in. 😂 Charlie - thank you for posting those. I really like the Bolster stamp they used. I bet those small Barlows sold like hotcakes in the area where they were available.☺️ I wish the factory had not burned down in 1911 and maybe there would be more examples available today.
 
Picked up a baby barlow with the Fayettville bolster stamp interestingly enough it has Carrier Cutlery tang stamps. Cronk&Carrier were in Elmira NY and made tools, they sold knives but as far as I know did not make their knives. I wonder if Carrier contacted with Fayettville to make barlows for them? Fayettville and Elmira are roughly 90 miles apart.
Will try to add better pictures tomorrow of tang stamp.

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Augie said:
Picked up a baby barlow with the Fayettville bolster stamp interestingly enough it has Carrier Cutlery tang stamps. Crunk&Carrier were in Elmira NY and made tools, they sold knives but as far as I know did not make their knives. I wonder if Carrier contacted with Fayettville to make barlows for them? Fayettville and Elmira are roughly 90 miles apart.
Will try to add better pictures tomorrow of tang stamp.

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Oh man! I did NOT need another thing to need. Absolutely loving those round bolsters, what a beauty!
 
Primble said:
Probably don't need to worry. Very very hard to find ! 😊



Very nice find Augie and I suppose your theory is possible. 😊
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So true! Sometimes it's nice when a thing I want is likely just totally out of reach due to scarcity or price. Lol kind of like when I find some customs I really like and think "can I talk myself into spending the money?......oh good it's WAY more than I can even consider, now I don't even have to worry about it."
 
Augie said:
Picked up a baby barlow with the Fayettville bolster stamp interestingly enough it has Carrier Cutlery tang stamps. Crunk&Carrier were in Elmira NY and made tools, they sold knives but as far as I know did not make their knives. I wonder if Carrier contacted with Fayettville to make barlows for them? Fayettville and Elmira are roughly 90 miles apart.
Will try to add better pictures tomorrow of tang stamp.

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What an awesome find, Augie! I can't wait to see more info about this knife.
 
Augie said:
Picked up a baby barlow with the Fayettville bolster stamp interestingly enough it has Carrier Cutlery tang stamps. Crunk&Carrier were in Elmira NY and made tools, they sold knives but as far as I know did not make their knives. I wonder if Carrier contacted with Fayettville to make barlows for them? Fayettville and Elmira are roughly 90 miles apart.
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Nice one, John; much more so than my relics!! Different tang stamps??
I'm interested to hear what you find out also!!!Fayetteville relics 1.jpgFayetteville relics 2.jpgFayetteville relics 3.jpg
 
Augie said:
Picked up a baby barlow with the Fayettville bolster stamp interestingly enough it has Carrier Cutlery tang stamps. Crunk&Carrier were in Elmira NY and made tools, they sold knives but as far as I know did not make their knives. I wonder if Carrier contacted with Fayettville to make barlows for them? Fayettville and Elmira are roughly 90 miles apart.
Will try to add better pictures tomorrow of tang stamp.

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Unbelievably perfect and awesome. How do you do it John? (rhetorical question my friend) Congratulations.
 
that's a great looking old knife.. you did a good job bringing it back to life...
Wonderful write-up about the history of the company, as well...
 
Here are some better pictures showing tang stamps, also showing it next to a regular barlow from the same era. Another picture from the same era shows a Miller Bros bolster with Maher&Grosh tang stamps just to show it was done by some companies, Miller Bros was a supplier for Maher&Grosh.



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