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Codger_64

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one heck of a nice knife! Can anyone guess the maker and the merchant?



Codger
 
The serial numbers with the "N" in them should be a clue, but I haven't been able to spot any in my various books. Don't tell yet, Codger!
 
I think that serial number has to do whith the catalog company, I was thinking the same thing till I saw the "N" on the Great Western also. Wish I had an old Sears catalog.I'm guessing that chain knife was made by Hammer Brand.Or would that be NY Knife Co?
Eric
 
I agree with you Eric, the numbers are catalog numbers. I have an '02 Sears reprint, and found an interesting page or two. Here's a sample;
SearsCat.jpg

Note all the tang stamps. I wonder if they were the same on the actual knives??
The catalog numbers have a letter in them, but not an N, maybe reflecting the age. The prices are lower than yours Codger, so maybe this is earlier ('02).
Still can't answer your puzzles though :grumpy: !
 


In 1923, a very young and ambitious A. Kastor & Sons salesman acquired the Sears Roebuck & CO., account. Camillus used Sta-Sharp, Dunlap, and Kwik-Kut brands on Sears knives at that time. Albert Baer was 17.
 
Don't go too far out on that limb! :D

Schrade encompassed quite a few different companies! Ulster, Dwight Devine, Schrade Cutlery Company, Schrade Walden, Imperial, Imperial Schrade, and by relation, even Adolph Kastor and Brothers, now known as Camillus! Er...and they also imported knives from Germany, Austria, and Czecoslovakia. And Poland. And there was also Durol of France and.....

Codger
 
So, probable merchant Sears Roebuck!?
Possible makers; Camillus, New York, Napanoch, Schrade or ???? Napanoch seems to be associated with Sears at some point. Kastor&Bros?? All these tenuous connections:-(
 
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