Augie, That Simmons EO is a fantastic example of yesteryears Cutler magic- Stunning Bone, Massive Swage work on that lovely full Blade- just a magnificent piece!
Longblade That small Tortoise shell beauty is such a magnificent example of the skill that Cutlers had in the day- there is an awful lot going on in that tiny wee Frame - something like that can keep me spellbound for some time!
Dan - once again you treat us to your lovely Knives! Those Pearl beauties are just that- Beauties! again- Cutler magnificence on display, I also really lkie that awesome Teardrop Pic Bone Jack my friend just a Great Knife!
North Shore, Ah what a Treat to see that Stockman, These Tang Stamped Knives that have STA-SHARP, S-R & Co are few and far between, I am sure that Tang stamp was used in the very early days - I am trying to find confirmation on the period of time of that use of Stamp, I am thinking it would not be very long at all. Yours being Stamped 7066, mine the 7065, they will definitely have been released the same year- possibly that one year only.
I have a very small example of the Catalog Page ( not a full page ) that sports the Two Bladed Jack 7065, but I want to see yours and mine - they will be on a catalog page somewhere- its one I don't have but sure want!
Thanks for sharing this knife matey.
aha! here is that small snippet of a Catalog page that has my Knife - if you see at the bottom of the nice illustrations they will have the number D7065 for example shown on my Knife - I just spied with my little eye - top left of the cut off page ( picture has been cut off) Northshores Knife number D7066.
If anyone has this catalog page I would be very grateful to grab a copy. I have many pages of stunning Catalogs pages from Sears, but this full one evades me, the illustrations changed as they got into the 40's and these particular illustration - as in their style and brilliant detail I think are "earlish".
Kastor Bros. started their relationship with Sears in 1902, selling Imported Wilbert Knives ( Napanoch ) to Sears, a few years later after change of internal management within Sears, Sears ceased buying from kastor's for a few years at the start of 1926, but resumed again in 1929- Camillus had ( apparently ) significant Wilbert stock left over, so when you balance things up here and look at the pause of buying from Kastor Bros by Sears, it kind of makes sense to suspect that this knife being a Camillus built Knife- not imported, would be more so the 30's or 40's, Albert Baer had Sears tied up in the very early 30's that Sears were almost exclusively buying from Kastor Bros at that time.
I don't think the Knife is earlier when you compare the catalog pricing that you see for my knife is $1.59, and Northshore's for $1.98, comparing prices in Catalogs seems to fit that time era.
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