It's finally here

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Bridgeman

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I picked this up a little over a month ago and have been waiting patiently... Well, okay, NOT so patiently, for it to arrive.
Today was the day!
In that month (five weeks actually) I have picked up a few missing tidbits to make it complete. Thanks to my friend Michael for digging a couple tidbits out of who knows which buried box. The rest i found on my own.

I can quit anytime I want to, I just don't want to right now. :D

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Looks great! :thumbup:

You didn't drive your wife crazy during the wait, did you? By the way, I can't tell from the picture, but if any of your chrome mylar stickers are messed up, I think I have a spare sheet of them.

Now, to get out and find an empty three tier display case! From the '60's! :D
 
WOW! Greg, that's quite an accomplishment!!! That particular case has a heck of a variety in it:eek::eek::thumbup:

Eric
 
the OCD in me is wondering are all the knives from the same time? it looks great marvelous stupendous and out right fantastic. what a way to display our love.
 
Greg, i said it in the other thread but want to repeat it here:
Congratulations for completing this display ! it's also a great way to display your Schrade knives.
roland
 
delmas2nd said:
the OCD in me is wondering are all the knives from the same time? it looks great marvelous stupendous and out right fantastic. what a way to display our love.
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All of the patterns are contemporary and correct for the display. Some may have been sold from the display and replaced by the dealer between his acquiring the filled unit and the OP's acquisition. Only a few were missing from the display when acquired. And those few, IIRC, were only made a short while contemporary to the display.

It might make an interesting contest/mad skills research project for you guys to date the display. Bridgey and Codgey have already done so. Look at the production dates for those patterns/ dates of use of the logos. Locating the display itself in the dealer catalogs on COSRUS is cheating!
 
Thank you again to all. Like Codger said, it was mostly complete when I picked it up. It just needed a few odd bits. I so love it. And Roland said it well... twice. :) It really is a great way to display the knives. It also helped with the storage problem. In the storage area is a 165SM, a 158SM, a NIB 165OT, a spare 897UH and an SQ877.
 
Oh wow. That's something you don't see every day! Most impressive. Most impressive indeed. :thumbup:
 
Nice display, BM!

Now what are you going to do for your next quest????

Glenn
 
Before the rise of Albert Baer to the head of his cutlery empire, he began his tutelage at A. Kastor & Bros. on Duane Street in Cutlery Row, New York City. Adolph, his mentor and predecessor had established himself as head of his own transcontinental cutlery empire. As with Albert's later empire, Adolph's inventory included everything from the least expensive pressed steel handles "boy's Knife", to the finest pearl and tortoise German and Czech exposition knives.
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These pre-WWII knives are for the most part ignored by most modern collectors, and many good deals abound, with a bewildering variety of tang stamps. Ever heard of J. Koester's Sons? I know you've heard of Camillus.

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