If you could bring back one cutlery company

[Un-Chained]

There are no GEC knives in Charlie's waynorth Empire Knife Co. display. Nobody sends a private plane across country for a GEC knife.

Hopefully, Charlie will chime in here with a description of that display.

Well, not yet anyway lol.
I meant that the one on display reminds me of the GEC #97.

 

[waynorth]

I'd bring back the availability of Great Eastern Cutlery.

 

[waynorth]

Empire Knife Co. West Winsted, Conn!!
~1858-1929View attachment 1540883

All of these knives are Vintage Empires, many from the 1800s!
The company also made Razors, and Scissors, all Made by Empire in the display!! Empire also made many knives for other companies, including Shapleigh!
My favorite Shield is the one I call the "double bump" shield!
My favorite knife of theirs is this Washington Bolstered Harness Jack!!
These are all knives I have collected after I sold the Display!! Old Habits die Hard!!

 

[rpstrimple]

All of these knives are Vintage Empires, many from the 1800s!
The company also made Razors, and Scissors, all Made by Empire in the display!! Empire also made many knives for other companies, including Shapleigh!
My favorite Shield is the one I call the "double bump" shield!
My favorite knife of theirs is this Washington Bolstered Harness Jack!!View attachment 1541339 View attachment 1541340 View attachment 1541341 View attachment 1541342 View attachment 1541343
These are all knives I have collected after I sold the Display!! Old Habits die Hard!!

I'd have to agree with bringing Empire back. They had some great ones. And I've always loved looking at photos of that display. I live in the northeast corner of CT, I've always wanted to plan a weekend trip to the Winsted area to see if I can find any mingling in antique stores. Here's a photo of my "double bump" swell center. Snappy knife.

 

[Invoice]

So far 44 posts and no mention of Queen or Schatt & Morgan. So I'll bring them up. Not the bad years but when they were on their game. Even during the not so good times they could put out a great knife.

 

[Augie]

I particularly like this picture of your knife Augie . Your knife is very nice but it's the acorn hull just below the knife that got my attention. When I was a kid, we used to hold those hulls between our fingers under our thumbs and blow into them. They made excellent whistles. Although not intended by you, thanks for the reminder.

Thank you Ed.

 

[waynorth]

I'd have to agree with bringing Empire back. They had some great ones. And I've always loved looking at photos of that display. I live in the northeast corner of CT, I've always wanted to plan a weekend trip to the Winsted area to see if I can find any mingling in antique stores. Here's a photo of my "double bump" swell center. Snappy knife.

Nice Empire!! I have a friend in Winsted who has found several of those Empires for me!!

 

[HEMI 49]

I'd like to see the original Maher and Grosh knives made again.......

 

[Ernie1980]

I am going to cheat and wish for one US and one Sheffield knife maker! New York Knife Co for the first, and Joseph Rodgers for the second. Since I got to bring back two companies, I will forgo the bonus knife and stay by my email for the notice of each new drop

 

[Sacto]

I'd bring back the availability of Great Eastern Cutlery.

I was thinking the same thing. I was going to say bring back GEC circa 2015.

 

[Old Engineer]

I was thinking the same thing. I was going to say bring back GEC circa 2015.

2015 was in fact a very good year with 77 Barlows and 73s in Stag .

Harry

 

[Sacto]

2015 was in fact a very good year with 77 Barlows and 73s in Stag .

Harry

Yes. I got a Soda Scout and a stag 25 that year. And they were available long enough to ponder the purchase for a while before buying.

 

[JC024]

Another vote for the original Maher and Grosh. I love the GEC pattern versions but the originals are just so cool.

 

[Patrick Robbins]

I wish Henkel was still making pocket knives in Solingen. And US made carbon steel old timers

 

[Old Traf]

Wade and Butcher, not so much for their knives, but for outstanding straight razors.

-Mel

 

[Jon0385]

Because I’m from St. Louis I’d go with Shapleigh