Info on Empire electrician's knife

[dave308ek]

I replied to Codger's excellent info on electrician's knives but realized it was in the Schrade Knives Collectors Forum http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/435806-Electrician-Knife-Pattern-Research and should have put it in the Traditional sub-forum. Please excuse a newb if this is unorthodox.
I found this knife recently and would like to know if anyone has any information on this Empire electricians knife. I was amazed at the Empire display of Charlies's and see a couple of electricians knives in the 11:00 position of Charlie's Empire display. I also love Ken Erickson's custom rendition of the Empire electricians knife that has a lockback. The knife I have looks like the S.C. USA easy open knife that TRZ posted in the above thread with the exception of the shield and the screwdriver blade does not lock. Codger says that "Cattaraugus is credited with a 1909 patent for the liner lock used on the screwdriver blade. Some knives of this pattern are described in catalogs as being without the lock" This knife also has Central Electric Co (and Chicago under it) on the main blade so I searched for that company and found catalogs from 1898 to 1917. Thanks for any additional information

Dave







Here is what I could find
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/435806-Electrician-Knife-Pattern-Research
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/438398-Empire-Knife-Company-Research/page2
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/852569-Electricians-knife

 

[paulhilborn]

That's nice Dave:thumbup: I had the same knife minus the blade. The screwdriver had a company logo printed on it as well but was to faint to read in it's entirety. Whatever the company it was located in Los Angeles.

Empire knives are somewhat special to me as we had a family owned furniture store for nearly fifty years named "Empire Home Furnishings":thumbup:

Thanks for the thread

 

[dave308ek]

Thanks Paul, I can see why Empire is special to you, 50 years is a long time to have a family association with that name.