"Old Knives"

[Augie]

I could look at that Bone all day - beautiful Jigging! Nice pick up Augie.

Thank you Duncan, that bone with the hammered pins really does have the look.

 

[glennbad]

An early KeenKutter single blade sheepsfoot jack, all steel construction with hammered pins.



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Beautiful! That jigging is so deep, I could fill it with water and swim in it!!!

 

[Augie]

Little help here from my knife history friends.

I may have landed a pretty rare early Walden barlow, faceted bolster, hammered pins with pick bone. I seem to remember seeing these knives before but with a Keen Kutter bolster, I think Primble has one. I don't recall ever seeing a Walden one.

What can you all tell me about the history between Walden, Keen Kutter and Winchester I believe. Does anyone know if Walden made their own branded knives the same time as they made Keen Kutter?

Thank you for any input.

 

[danno50]

Fantastic find, Augie, beautiful knife. You sure find a lot of great knives. Below is a link to a thread on Winchester and Keen Kutter with quite a bit of information. I am fairly sure that information in Sellens book on Keen Kutters says that the Walden Knife Co. stamp was still in use after Simmons gained controlling interest in Walden in 1902. I am away from home and do not have any of my books with me.

Antique Winchester Knives and Company History 1919-1942

While the primary focus is 1919-1942 Winchester-branded knives, I don't think it would be out of place to discuss E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter-branded knives made during the Winchester era. Additionally, for comparison/discussion purposes, if you have any Napanoch and/or early Walden knives, feel...

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[waynorth]

Little help here from my knife history friends.

I may have landed a pretty rare early Walden barlow, faceted bolster, hammered pins with pick bone. I seem to remember seeing these knives before but with a Keen Kutter bolster, I think Primble has one. I don't recall ever seeing a Walden one.

What can you all tell me about the history between Walden, Keen Kutter and Winchester I believe. Does anyone know if Walden made their own branded knives the same time as they made Keen Kutter?

Thank you for any input.


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Great Scott!!! Do you read tea leaves, John?? Do you cast chicken bones??
How do you come up with all these exquisite old knives??? Magic - it must be magic!!
Abracadabra!!!

 

[Augie]

Fantastic find, Augie, beautiful knife. You sure find a lot of great knives. Below is a link to a thread on Winchester and Keen Kutter with quite a bit of information. I am fairly sure that information in Sellens book on Keen Kutters says that the Walden Knife Co. stamp was still in use after Simmons gained controlling interest in Walden in 1902. I am away from home and do not have any of my books with me.

Antique Winchester Knives and Company History 1919-1942

While the primary focus is 1919-1942 Winchester-branded knives, I don't think it would be out of place to discuss E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter-branded knives made during the Winchester era. Additionally, for comparison/discussion purposes, if you have any Napanoch and/or early Walden knives, feel...

www.bladeforums.com

Great Scott!!! Do you read tea leaves, John?? Do you cast chicken bones??
How do you come up with all these exquisite old knives??? Magic - it must be magic!!
Abracadabra!!!

Thank you Dan, Charlie, appreciate it. Charlie I do the chicken bones, smoked 2 big ones the other day and bam just like that this knife pops up on the magic auction site,, a friend notified me of it so it pays to have friends that help the addiction.

I'm hoping Rob sees this, would love for him to post his Keen Kutter, pretty sure it's the same knife.

 

[waynorth]

German "EYE" brand, by Carl Schlieper! I love picking up corkscrew knives, especially when they are cheap!! This one has the typical steel pins and vertical bone-to-bolster finishing of the 20th century German fitting. Nice bone jigging, and the pile (back) tangs are stamped with the EYE!!

 

[Primble]

I'm hoping Rob sees this, would love for him to post his Keen Kutter, pretty sure it's the same knife.

My Keen Kutter ................ looks identical to your Walden Knife Co. Barlow John ..... except the bolster stamp.
Fantastic find !!

 

[Augie]

My Keen Kutter ................ looks identical to your Walden Knife Co. Barlow John ..... except the bolster stamp.
Fantastic find !!

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Thank you for posting Rob, always thought that was a fantastic barlow and have looked for one for years. Nice to put a bit of Walden/Keen Kutter history together.

 

[waynorth]

My Keen Kutter ................ looks identical to your Walden Knife Co. Barlow John ..... except the bolster stamp.
Fantastic find !!

Thank you for posting Rob, always thought that was a fantastic barlow and have looked for one for years. Nice to put a bit of Walden/Keen Kutter history together.

Nice job, you guys!!!
Winners, winners, Chicken Dinners!!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Charlie that Carl Schlieper is in amazing condition- they knew just how to make a knife so well didn't they! Taking some time looking at that Jig work- gorgeous!

Augie and Rob - two very nice Barlows- they seemed to go that extra mile with those Barlows didn't they- Barlows in those days being predominately the basic work knife - these two fine examples of yours both look almost to be a fine fancy Sunday carry of a Gentleman!

 

[afishhunter]

Question:
How old is "old"?
50 - 60 years? Older?

 

[Campbellclanman]

afishhunter I am not sure what you mean- as in Old enough to place into this Thread?

I kind of look at the Knives and think- " well, we are 2023 now, - so a 1950 Knife is a whisker off 75 years old, so placing a 1950's, 40's knife or earlier would be right at home here in the Old Knives Thread, in saying that my friend, I could be way off and of course others may / will have a different view of this.
To be honest, if I picked up a very nice 1960's Knife I would still place the Knife here ( depending on what type of knife it is of course), and I would add a comment in the post to say something like....." Hey I may be pushing boundaries of this Knife fitting into the Old Knife Thread...."

 

[waynorth]

Question:
How old is "old"?
50 - 60 years? Older?

When I was in my 30s, my daughter thought I was ancient!!
Now she's 51, and I tell her she's still young!!
It's all a matter of perspective!!!

 

[black mamba]

The switch from bone to synthetics (Delrin) occurred in the American cutlery field about 1960-'62, and Schrade Walden became just Schrade in 1973: two pretty important events in the traditional knife timeline. To my way of thinking, anything from the 1960s or earlier qualifies, but it's definitely not a hard date.

 

[Augie]

The Walden barlow showed up today, really blown away by it. All steel construction, flush and square joints, really nice pick bone covers and a very faint etch that says "Cherokee". Did not see the etch until checked it with a magnifying glass.
Petty sure this barlow is very old, pre 1900.

 

[lambertiana]

The Walden barlow showed up today, really blown away by it. All steel construction, flush and square joints, really nice pick bone covers and a very faint etch that says "Cherokee". Did not see the etch until checked it with a magnifying glass.
Petty sure this barlow is very old, pre 1900.



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Fantastic bone on this one!

 

[Adam5]

All I can say about the Walden Barlow is... WOW!

 

[Rookie82]

Really amazing bone! Pick bone draws me in every time.

 

[danno50]

Very nice Schlieper, Charlie.
Love that Keen Kutter barlow, Rob. Sellens says that one was in the Simmons catalogs from 1905 through to 1920.
Wow, Augie. Great pictures! In my limited experience I believe that you don't see clean and square joints on a lot of American made pocket knives?