Old Craftsman Stockman

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This knife belonged to my grandfather. He was born in 1909 and died in 1989. My Dad kept his knife after his death and used it rarely. My Dad died almost 4 years ago, so this knife has come to me as an only child. It certainly looks well used and worn. I'm guessing it's carbon steel. I have no idea about how old it is. I'd never seen this knife before until after my Dad died. My Mom told me it belonged to my grandfather. My grandfather was always tight with money having lived through the Depression. I imagine that he probably had this knife for decades and apparently sharpened it to death. As a female, I definitely wasn't kept in the loop about family knives! Does anyone know anything about old Craftsman knives?




Alex
 
What a lovely old memento of your Grandfather Alex. You know these were highly valued things by our Grandparents and those of their generation, the amount of use and wear present on your knife is testimony to that. Here's one that belonged to my Great Grandfather that was handed down to my Grandfather and which shows the same signs of hard use. Items to be treasured I reckon.

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- Mark
 
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That is quite a lovely blade there, Mark! Death is a hard thing to endure for those of us left behind, but I like having meaningful mementos of loved ones. It's like having a small piece of them and a piece of history. Of course, a loved one's knife is even more meaningful to me. My Dad wasn't a knife-carrying kind of guy. Never was. However, my Mom told me that he carried this knife, his Dad's knife, very often but almost never used it. I had no idea. Perhaps he wanted to keep a piece of his Dad near him. I wish my Dad were still alive...I'd like to ask him more about this knife and why he never carried a knife of his own when I was growing up. He was born in 1936, so certainly young boys and men carried knives back then! The performance artist Laurie Anderson put it best, "When my father died it was like a whole library had burned down."


Alex
 
Nice old knife with a lot of use on it. If I had to take a guess, I would say that Schrade made that knife for Craftsman. It may be possibel to narrow down the age more by the craftsman logo on the shield, but I don't follow that history. Maybe someone else can offer more.

Thanks for sharing it with us.
 
I think your knife was made in the 1950s - a guess!
Nice memento, Alex!!
They were good quality pocketknives!!
 
Clean it with Dawn and a old toothbrush , rinse blast with WD 40 let dry overnight ,wipe down and oil the joints with 3-1 oil. Keep and imagine the stories it could tell if it could talk.
 
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