"Old Knives"

afishhunter said:
Question:
How old is "old"? 🤔
50 - 60 years? Older?
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Most people would agree a man in his sixties is old, so why wouldn't a knife be ? Of course many sixty old knives look much younger than me. ;)🤣
Some mid-eighty year old friends that I have tell me I am still young at 69 ............ but, that's about it. 🤣

Augie said:
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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It looks even better in your pictures than before John. I neglected to mention the flush and square joints on my knife.
Both the Keen Kutter and Walden Knife Co. brands are a treat to have and hold, I.M.O. :thumbsup:😍
 
I was actually meaning to post this here last night when in the process I went astray, LOL.

I picked this one up a little while back and thought it was a unique looking knife for an oldie. Someone mentioned that they have one like this with Ulster tang stamps, so that could be who made it...punch is short, but a neat knife regardless.

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New additions to the old knife family. Imperial 1936-52, I love the covers on this one. It looks like Red/Black caterpillars crawling around. Premier Cutlery - Germany 1921-55. Remington 1935-40 Not much snap left but lovely gold pearl Pyremite covers. Pyremite seems to hold up much better than celluloid.Imperial Small Equal End Pen 1936-52.jpgPremier Cutlery Germany Gunstock 1921-55 .jpgRemington Small Cigar Swirl Celluloid 1935-40.jpg
 
Neat old knife, glennbad glennbad . I really like that old translucent yellow celluloid.
Nice Premier, M majorpain1 , and some beautiful celluloid. I thought pyremite was just Remington's name for celluloid? Also a fantastic collection of barlows, some great names in there.
Lovely Ulster jumbo jack, fishin1635 fishin1635 . As Duncan said, beautiful bone.
 
I just wanted to drop in here to say thank you to Vince for creating this thread and thank you to all who have made it so lively and engaging.

I grew up with pocket knives – was a poor Midwestern kid obsessed with Case knives that I couldn’t really afford. I stopped carrying a knife when I was in the Navy. After the Navy, I ended up in DC, and have been in NYC for almost twenty years. Neither cities are a big pocketknife culture. :p

But a couple of years ago, during the pandemic, when our Brooklyn neighborhood was shuttered, and we would hear ambulance sirens wailing 24/7, my Dad sent me a package. In it was his old Case Texas Jack and my childhood AG Russell Canoe. Man, the smell of those old knives and the heft of them in my hand just hit me hard. I started looking into pocketknives that I could buy online – places don’t really carry them here. Ended up with a couple Benchmades and a Giant Mouse, but I just didn’t click with them. They sat in a drawer.

Then I discovered GEC knives, started buying those when I could find a good deal, and I definitely connected with them. Probably a bit too much judging by all of the tubes in my drawers! GEC knives led me to creating an account here, and I’ve been soaking up decades of pocket knife knowledge from threads just like this. I don’t post a ton, but I read a LOT here on BF. I learned enough to accumulate a little collection (8-10) of really nice Case knives from the 1970s/early 1980s. These feel like home to me.

Of course, it hasn’t stopped there, I discovered this pinned thread a few months ago and started reading at page 500. Every night I would read another two dozen pages of this thread. Every night I discover so many amazing old knives from the early 20thcentury. Every night I soak up the history of these cutlery companies, several just upstate from my current Brooklyn home. I’ve started buying old cutlery catalog reprints, and have just finally purchased a couple old knives on Ebay. I would never have felt comfortable doing so, w/o the knowledge I gained from the posters in this thread. My first is arriving tomorrow – a Simmons Keen Kutter Congress with beautiful bone.

I know this is long-winded, and for that I apologize. I also feel kind of funny posting in this thread today. It’s like I’m posting from the future. I’m currently up to page 1083 – ironically just about at the time (Feb 2021) when I received that special package from my Dad.

So, again, thank you to Vince for starting this thread. And thank you to everyone who posts here regularly. I really enjoy ending my evenings reading through these pages and falling asleep with visions of old Camillus and Cattaraugus knives dancing in my head. I think too often we don’t realize the impact we may have on others as we go about our days, so I just wanted to let everyone here to know how much your posts have meant to me.
 
I just picked up this Majestic Cutlery (1904-1927 ?) in an interesting wood. Maybe cocobolo or some kind of rosewood. It bears similarities to this Wismar (c1900 ?) in "none more black" ebony:

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I think I can sharpen it into a short lambsfoot.
 
TheIncredibleHoke said:
I just wanted to drop in here to say thank you to Vince for creating this thread and thank you to all who have made it so lively and engaging.

I grew up with pocket knives – was a poor Midwestern kid obsessed with Case knives that I couldn’t really afford. I stopped carrying a knife when I was in the Navy. After the Navy, I ended up in DC, and have been in NYC for almost twenty years. Neither cities are a big pocketknife culture. :p

But a couple of years ago, during the pandemic, when our Brooklyn neighborhood was shuttered, and we would hear ambulance sirens wailing 24/7, my Dad sent me a package. In it was his old Case Texas Jack and my childhood AG Russell Canoe. Man, the smell of those old knives and the heft of them in my hand just hit me hard. I started looking into pocketknives that I could buy online – places don’t really carry them here. Ended up with a couple Benchmades and a Giant Mouse, but I just didn’t click with them. They sat in a drawer.

Then I discovered GEC knives, started buying those when I could find a good deal, and I definitely connected with them. Probably a bit too much judging by all of the tubes in my drawers! GEC knives led me to creating an account here, and I’ve been soaking up decades of pocket knife knowledge from threads just like this. I don’t post a ton, but I read a LOT here on BF. I learned enough to accumulate a little collection (8-10) of really nice Case knives from the 1970s/early 1980s. These feel like home to me.

Of course, it hasn’t stopped there, I discovered this pinned thread a few months ago and started reading at page 500. Every night I would read another two dozen pages of this thread. Every night I discover so many amazing old knives from the early 20thcentury. Every night I soak up the history of these cutlery companies, several just upstate from my current Brooklyn home. I’ve started buying old cutlery catalog reprints, and have just finally purchased a couple old knives on Ebay. I would never have felt comfortable doing so, w/o the knowledge I gained from the posters in this thread. My first is arriving tomorrow – a Simmons Keen Kutter Congress with beautiful bone.

I know this is long-winded, and for that I apologize. I also feel kind of funny posting in this thread today. It’s like I’m posting from the future. I’m currently up to page 1083 – ironically just about at the time (Feb 2021) when I received that special package from my Dad.

So, again, thank you to Vince for starting this thread. And thank you to everyone who posts here regularly. I really enjoy ending my evenings reading through these pages and falling asleep with visions of old Camillus and Cattaraugus knives dancing in my head. I think too often we don’t realize the impact we may have on others as we go about our days, so I just wanted to let everyone here to know how much your posts have meant to me.
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Well, in another month when you get caught up to this reply :p , just wanted to say welcome in and glad you are enjoying the old knives info and images. I share a lot of your same sentiments regarding all the beautiful and historic old cutlery brands and patterns from 60-120 years ago. Something about them just can't be replicated.
 
glennbad said:
I was actually meaning to post this here last night when in the process I went astray, LOL.

I picked this one up a little while back and thought it was a unique looking knife for an oldie. Someone mentioned that they have one like this with Ulster tang stamps, so that could be who made it...punch is short, but a neat knife regardless.

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Hey there Glenn my friend- Sir...could you post a photo at some stage showing the pile side with the punch open please - just interested- I think that's a very cool Knife! :) :thumbsup:
 
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