Half-Congress Makers

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For some odd reason this pattern has caught my eye. Saw a thread here where a poster showed his Queen Half-Congress & it started me looking. Besides Queen & GEC who else offers a nice Half-Congress pattern?

Thanks - Pat.
 
Case has a half congress pattern but I'm not sure how long it's been since they last made some. Maybe late 70s?


-- Nate
 
It's a great pattern..though with a little effort searching you'll find a few....not many companies have one in production right now..
Try these:


Weidmannsheil ( Google Search ) 3 5/8" damascus, 2 sheepfoot blades
Boker 3 1/8" pen,sheepfoot
GEC more coming
Canal Street showed one on their web page,off now not sure what that means

And if you want to chase a few:
Northwoods
Marbles ( 00/01 )


That's all I can think of right now besides the one's already mentioned
 
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I collect 4-blade Congress knives and a "half-congress" always seemed like a halfvast design for any Congress to me. Then I got so intrigued with A.G's version I bought one of 'em just to try out. YEP, I was wrong, it is a fine knife that handles like a champ and has an odd 'congressy" look about it like no other.
 
Take a look at the Carl Schlieper German Eye Brand half congress knives - I think they're available in both 3 3/8" and 4" versions. These are still made in Germany. You can usually find several floating across the Bay at reasonable prices.
 
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Case has a half congress pattern but I'm not sure how long it's been since they last made some. Maybe late 70s?
-- Nate

They make a 62052 version now - or at least in recent years. However these have two springs instead of one and are all stainless as far as I know. I think if you're wanting carbon steel blades, you'll have to go back at least to the 70s versions.

There's also the Case 6269 half congress (~3 1/8") -- but I'm not aware of any modern versions of the 6269 pattern. I think the 70s versions were the last made.
 
I recently picked up the Joe Kious/Schrade collaboration from shortly before Schrade went down. They are fairly hard to come by but are pretty awesome looking imo.
 
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