My Grand Dad's Dunlap

Wonderful stuff. Not just family history but our history as well.
 
Thanks again for the comments, fellas.

And Codger, the documentation you have provided is very helpful in illustrating the history. It is always interesting, imho, to see old magazine advertisements and catalogues, as they provide somewhat of a snapshot of the social consciousness of their time. Thank you, sir.:)

I'm editing this post to restore the pics provided by Codger 64 above that show the Sears catalog, etc.:

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Great photographs of Grand-Dad as well! And with the additional assistance from several other members like Codger this thread just becomes more interesting. I love it..:)
 
Here is the latest Dunlap I found, "Farmer's Stock Knife" boldly stamped into the master blade. Given the short timespan in which Dunlap knives were produced, I find the variations very interesting. The blade stamp on this one reminds me of the "STREAMLINE" deep stamp on the Camillus Sword Brand knives of the same era. Stockman pattern knives were one of the few exceptions to production limitations on civillian pocket knives during WWII. Since Goins lists the Dunlap (actually, he mis-identifies it as "Dunlop") mark as active from 1938-1942, I have to wonder if this knife might have been marked so as to bolster it's acceptance during wartime civillian cutlery restrictions. Sears had to keep selling knives, if they could. Anyway, other than the blade stamp, this one is like the other stockman I previously posted.



Codger
 
Codger

Thanks for showing another Dunlap, and for sharing another bit of Sears/Camillus/Dunlap history. Nice Stockman. :thumbup:
 
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