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Tony said he didn't think it was incredibly old...maybe 40s-50s. It does look like it has Camillus DNA.
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Tony said he didn't think it was incredibly old...maybe 40s-50s. It does look like it has Camillus DNA.
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nice peanuts.
...just checking to see if you guys have me set to "ignore"
Oh! Ummm . . . .Hi Kerry!!
I didn't see you arrive! You shouldn't sneak up on me like that!!Now, what the heck is Van Camp Stamp????
All kidding aside, that's a nice knife. I'll compare it to what I have and see if any more DNA shows up.
You bring up an interesting phenomenon, Kerry, about how a posting, without reference to what came just before it, can sever the previous one's connection!
I try to remember to make a reference before I launch into my (much better of course
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National Cutlery Company, 1910 - 1930, very early stainless knife, 3 1/4" closed, nickel silver bolsters and shield, brass lined and pinned.
Typical German fit and finish, very tight and snappy.. A rather commercial, pedestrian sort of knife that's well built, but not finished to a very high standard, but it has that great old German wormgroove bone that's still sharp to the touch, as the knife remains uncarried, unsharpened and unused. The scans didn't really pick up the color very well. It's a sort of a medium strawberry color in person.
Typical German fit and finish, very tight and snappy.. A rather commercial, pedestrian sort of knife that's well built, but not finished to a very high standard, but it has that great old German wormgroove bone that's still sharp to the touch, as the knife remains uncarried, unsharpened and unused. The scans didn't really pick up the color very well. It's a sort of a medium strawberry color in person.
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The heartbreak of Postus Interuptus
Oh. . . . . . . . Nice knife Vince!! So eloquently German; steel pins; very symmetrical! Where would this thread be without Vince and his anonymous provider of pulchritudinous penknives!
I like "seegars"! In fact, in honor of your German equal ender, I will post some more!!
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I posted this Winchester EO jack over in Levine's forum a while back where there was some discussion as to whether the etch is real or not. Not sure what the final answer there was. The bone is darker than what the scans show.
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Tony and I had the pleasure of visiting with a dear friend of his and this guy had the audacity of teasing us with this knife. 
It is Congress Jack made some time between 1870 and 1914, when the factory burned in Hotchkissville, Connecticut. The company started in 1853 making shears and added pocketknives to their line of products in 1870. The company was heavily influenced by Sheffield cutlers, probably due to the fact that they employed a lot of Sheffied cutlers
It's hard to find good examples of this company's knives, let alone mint, unsharpened examples. A lot of the history of this knife is known. It was given to a doctor as a gift upon his graduation from medical school. He apparently wrapped the knife in cotton and put it in a box. The knife was purchased from an antique store about 10 years ago and that's the way Tony's friend found it. The store owner said the doctor was 93 when he died and we don't know exactly when that was.
The knife is 3 1/2" long closed.
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It is Congress Jack made some time between 1870 and 1914, when the factory burned in Hotchkissville, Connecticut. The company started in 1853 making shears and added pocketknives to their line of products in 1870. The company was heavily influenced by Sheffield cutlers, probably due to the fact that they employed a lot of Sheffied cutlers
It's hard to find good examples of this company's knives, let alone mint, unsharpened examples. A lot of the history of this knife is known. It was given to a doctor as a gift upon his graduation from medical school. He apparently wrapped the knife in cotton and put it in a box. The knife was purchased from an antique store about 10 years ago and that's the way Tony's friend found it. The store owner said the doctor was 93 when he died and we don't know exactly when that was.
The knife is 3 1/2" long closed.
(AND NO YER NOT SEEIN DOUBLE)
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Kerry,
Whoa!. The cats pajamas to be certain.
You don't see very many of that CJ pattern these days, let alone an AS&K in that condition. What a treat to see it. Glad you brought you camera along for the trip to Tony's friends home.. Obliged for sharing it!
Anthony
Whoa!.
The cats pajamas to be certain. You don't see very many of that CJ pattern these days, let alone an AS&K in that condition. What a treat to see it. Glad you brought you camera along for the trip to Tony's friends home.. Obliged for sharing it!
Anthony
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That is such a splendiferous Knife!
It is one of those rare pieces that is sculptural from every angle. Amazingly balanced proportions, and inviting ergonomics.
I just want to run to the top of the mountain with it, and whittle sticks for the rest of my life!!
It is one of those rare pieces that is sculptural from every angle. Amazingly balanced proportions, and inviting ergonomics.
I just want to run to the top of the mountain with it, and whittle sticks for the rest of my life!!
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That is such a splendiferous Knife!
It is one of those rare pieces that is sculptural from every angle. Amazingly balanced proportions, and inviting ergonomics.
I just want to run to the top of the mountain with it, and whittle sticks for the rest of my life!!
Let me know when you do that 'cause I wanna see that.
That knife is a beautiful thing. I'd like to know how that tiny little bit of the point on the main blade came up missing. Maybe the good doctor wasn't much of a knife person and snapped it off the first time he used it. Then, in self disgust, wrapped it up and put it away to save it from himself....we'll never know exactly but I'm glad we got to see it.
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The secondary blade is offset, as if they used the same blade in a three-blade knife as well. Very nice, Kerry, thanks for the show!
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The blade is straight though. What you are seeing from the top on the pen blade is the inside cut swedge which is there to make it easier to get to the pull on the master blade.
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Super knife. Love the big swedge on the main blade and the stag out to the edges. Here are some American Shear catalog scans from a page I sent to Charlie a while back.
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Not only a wonderful knife but also the history behind it and the fate of the knife company.
Wonder exactly WHEN it burned down in that fateful year of 1914? Did the company revive afterwards at all?
Beautiful pattern with an impressive set of blades (must be a very tiny bit of the main blade missing, hardly shows)
Let's say it was made 1910, the doctor got it 1912 aged 24 he died aged 93 in 1981/2 it lay around a few years got sold in 1998 in an antiques shop and there you have it. Maybe it was unused because the doctor wanted a Doctor knife and had a fit of pique lasting near 70 years Our gain!
Wonder exactly WHEN it burned down in that fateful year of 1914? Did the company revive afterwards at all?
Beautiful pattern with an impressive set of blades (must be a very tiny bit of the main blade missing, hardly shows)
Let's say it was made 1910, the doctor got it 1912 aged 24 he died aged 93 in 1981/2 it lay around a few years got sold in 1998 in an antiques shop and there you have it. Maybe it was unused because the doctor wanted a Doctor knife and had a fit of pique lasting near 70 years
Our gain!I just finished reading this thread, after spending all my spare time for a week or so to do it. You guys have shown me that there really are some high condition knives out there!
I will try to post some pictures of one we got this past weekend at a flea market. I haven't seen another pictured anywhere. It is a Clay, Andover New York. It is 4.5" long closed, English Jack? One book says Clay Jordan was A.J Jordan's brother. A search produced a very informative article by WILILIAM A. GREENE.
Does anyone here have any Clay knives they can post pictures of?
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/coun.../TownAndover/Andover Knives/AndoverKnives.htm
I will try to post some pictures of one we got this past weekend at a flea market. I haven't seen another pictured anywhere. It is a Clay, Andover New York. It is 4.5" long closed, English Jack? One book says Clay Jordan was A.J Jordan's brother. A search produced a very informative article by WILILIAM A. GREENE.
Does anyone here have any Clay knives they can post pictures of?
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/coun.../TownAndover/Andover Knives/AndoverKnives.htm
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