"Old Knives"

waynorth · Jan 18, 2025

Interesting old Catt!! Only 3 1/16" long, but set up like a full sized whittler, not a manicure knife!!! It has wedged, split springs, and it has ink on the main blade!!!
A Cattaraugus Cutler with fine fingers made this one!! My thuggish fingers can barely make sense of this beautiful knife!!

Oldy · Jan 18, 2025

waynorth said:
Interesting old Catt!! Only 3 1/16" long, but set up like a full sized whittler, not a manicure knife!!! It has wedged, split springs, and it has ink on the main blade!!!
A Cattaraugus Cutler with fine fingers made this one!! My thuggish fingers can barely make sense of this beautiful knife!!
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That's a real cool looking knife,now would I whittle with it?

Augie · Jan 19, 2025

Not as nice as Charlies but another Tuxedo whittler, a 3 1/2" Miller Bros, pretty sure an early one, all blades have arched Miller Bros tang stamp.

WinMag775 · Jan 19, 2025

waynorth said:
I'd like to CE and CF that knife!! Interesting subtle details!!

Charlie, I'd gladly send you the knife for some chicken eye'd coon fingering. Who knows, maybe it would give you some ideas for a future collab!

Augie · Jan 19, 2025

Found a Camillus 3 line easy opener, decent shape with remnants of an acid Easy Opener etch which is not as common as the Sword Brand etch.

SteveC · Jan 19, 2025

Augie said:
Found a Camillus 3 line easy opener, decent shape with remnants of an acid Easy Opener etch which is not as common as the Sword Brand etch.

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What a find ! That jigging is exquisite

Oldy · Jan 19, 2025

Augie said:
Found a Camillus 3 line easy opener, decent shape with remnants of an acid Easy Opener etch which is not as common as the Sword Brand etch.

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I'm struggling to find what the difference was in dye used in the early traditional knife making when it was so deep dark and rich compared to today,I can't help but think that one of the older processes has been deemed an environmental Hazzard,or maybe they did the jigging and then saturated the bones in drums for a few weeks i dont know,but it sure is different.

danno50 · Jan 19, 2025

waynorth , beautiful little Cattaraugus Charlie!

Augie , another beautiful tuxedo! I like the cover screws and what a great drawn swedge on the main blade. Great bone on the easy open!

danno50 · Jan 19, 2025

Not a whittler, but another small tuxedo. It is 3" closed. A Keen Kutter gifted to my by

galvanic1882 some time ago. A very delicate little knife. The width is only about 3/8" at the bolsters.

Oldy · Jan 19, 2025

Campbellclanman · Jan 20, 2025

WinMag775 said:
NYKCo. 4 1/8in Rope knife. The blade grind is interesting. The Show side has a swedge while the pile side is flat ground.

Never have I seen one.......
Until now :thumbsup:

Oldy · Jan 20, 2025

Campbellclanman said:
Never have I seen one.......
Until now

Surprised how many are not familiar with this cotton knife,how old approximately is it and was it made in really small numbers,because with its size and shape it would be hard to forget,actually 4.25 isn't really that big.

Campbellclanman · Jan 20, 2025

Charlie that little Catt is a stunner - love everything about it, and it's in incredible condition!- Wow!

Augie that Miller Bros is a beauty, that Swedge!!

As well that Easy opener!! What a gorgeous Knife my friend, early Camillus had some outrageous Bone didn't they!

Dan, that Keen Kutter sure is fine! Nice work between you and Mike there!

I saw these stunning Tuxedo's being shown and it sparked a memory, so I searched through my photo's, Found this one....

Pre Ban, Tuxedo, it's within darkness so hard to get right now, I haven't had this one out for some time so finding it may be a chore, I would guess the same approx length as the others shown here?

William Rodgers "I cut my way"

waynorth · Jan 20, 2025

Campbellclanman said:
William Rodgers "I cut my way"

Beauty of a tuxedo, Duncan!!

Campbellclanman · Jan 20, 2025

Thank you Charlie!

Pt-Luso · Jan 20, 2025

afishhunter said:
Beautiful.
I wish MAM still offered (or would bring back) carbon steel blades.

Thank you very much, Steve.

Pt-Luso · Jan 20, 2025

Augie · Jan 20, 2025

Campbellclanman said:
Charlie that little Catt is a stunner - love everything about it, and it's in incredible condition!- Wow!

Augie that Miller Bros is a beauty, that Swedge!!

As well that Easy opener!! What a gorgeous Knife my friend, early Camillus had some outrageous Bone didn't they!

Dan, that Keen Kutter sure is fine! Nice work between you and Mike there!

I saw these stunning Tuxedo's being shown and it sparked a memory, so I searched through my photo's, Found this one....

Pre Ban, Tuxedo, it's within darkness so hard to get right now, I haven't had this one out for some time so finding it may be a chore, I would guess the same approx length as the others shown here?

William Rodgers "I cut my way"

Thank you Duncan and thank you all for the comments.

Duncan you are right about that early Camillus bone, I have a few examples and they are all excellent, deep jigging with great color.

Beauty of a Tuxedo too Duncan.

black mamba · Jan 20, 2025

Duncan, one of the nicest small knives I've seen!

wlfryjr · Jan 20, 2025

WinMag , I really enjoyed your knife and it engaged the big dogs.

To steal Duncan's words:

Charlie that little Catt is a stunner - love everything about it, and it's in incredible condition!- Wow!

Augie that Miller Bros is a beauty, that Swedge!!

As well that Easy opener!! What a gorgeous Knife my friend, early Camillus had some outrageous Bone didn't they!

Dan, that Keen Kutter sure is fine! Nice work between you and Mike there! Mike has gifted me more than one Dan.

Thanks for your words Duncan , and was that exquisite tuxedo a Roland's ?

You can't go wrong with a J Rodgers Jose'.

All hands on deck. Opinions wanted and needed on this knife. It is not mine, I would have bought it ,but it was already sold . I was permitted to photograph it at the Central KY Show in Aug. It is a beautiful stag Russell I don't know what. 4" wharcliffe frame like a farmers jack, with a rope or cotton sampler main blade. It looked antique and very unusual.