"Old Knives"

Has the look of a Cattaraugus. Grooved bone and long and short pulls.
Mike Robuck said:
Here's a one you don't see every day. Pine Knot (made for Belknap) toenail recently acquired by Tony Bose. Pictures by Kerry Hampton.

pineknottoenail-sm-4-1_zps4600608b.jpg


pineknottoenail-sm-2-1_zps293cd126.jpg


pineknottoenail-sm-1-1_zps68c8fbe3.jpg


pineknottoenail-sm-3-1_zps976ef340.jpg


pineknottoenail-sm-5-1_zps9c8caf53.jpg
Click to expand...
 
Hello,
Here is my Grandpa' old Case. My prized possesion....
Nathan

That toenail above is real nice.

9800586544_ebec95d4d2_b.jpg
[/url][/IMG]
9800643923_ec08d54537_b.jpg
[/url][/IMG]
 
That's a beauty Navin! I tell ya, that old Case redbone is hard stuff to beat... Thanks for sharing!
 
I agree,that Case red bone ,especially with a little pocket wear is beautiful(and even more special,since it was Papaw's pocket) Navin.

That Wharcliffe frame gets me,lovely,lovely knife Chouse.
 
I have no idea how old this is, but it is not your ordinary Craftsman knife, as these pictures show. I have never seen another knife of any make with massive stag like this.
CraftsmanFatStagWittler6_zps57fb8969.jpg

CraftsmanFatStagWittler5_zpse83188ae.jpg

CraftsmanFatStagWittler4_zpsd46bd313.jpg

CraftsmanFatStagWittler2_zps69d50b4e.jpg

CraftsmanFatStagWittler3_zpsb48bb8ea.jpg
 
I suspect this was a composition handled knife that was recovered with customized stag.

It appears as a carpenters whittler that is about 3 7/8",my guess.
 
wlfryjr said:
I suspect this was a composition handled knife that was recovered with customized stag.

It appears as a carpenters whittler that is about 3 7/8",my guess.
Click to expand...

You are right about the length, and I agree that it may be a re-handled knife. Nonetheless, it is so drop-dead gorgeous and feels so good in the hand I am madly in love with it.:emmersed::love_heart:
 
If it was rehafted then I wonder if the bolsters were modified as well. Double grooved bolsters on a Craftsman knife strikes me as odd.

Impressive stag in any case. A true handful.
 
Possibly Lyle, but I have seen, and owned a few untouched factory knives that have had the same thickness, one even thicker! - it gets too bulky after awhile, I think that the knife is factory scales-what are you seeing that makes you think its been re-handled? ( please don't take this question as a challenge, I am genuinely interested as it looks good to me )
 
I meant no disrespect dma,it is worth more and more striking as is. I understand your love of it,this pattern was my first love.I have about 14 or 16 of them.I owned a Craftsman like yours with stagalon covers once,it also had ringed bolsters,wish I had kept it to go with the others.

It was like this Craftsman 9554 that sold on that auction site a couple weeks ago,which is the same number as yours.No worries Campbell,I should be plainer about my thoughts,I expect people to read my mind.:)

I guess they could of made it in stag,but I have not seen it.I have seen a Craftsman stockman in a Japanese stag,which was not as nice as stag as dma's.Those are nice covers.

Craftsman 9554
_________________________________________________


 
Last edited:
Howdy Lyle, I doubt that anyone could take any of your posts as disrespectful!, as you are one heck of a great guy, and thank you for the informative answer, I too have owned Craftsman knives ( and I think they are darned good knives too imo ), and not seen any with Stag as such.
The knife just looks so good!
 
I don't know,but the one I had was like a Schrade 804 carpenter whittler,without the saber grind master..Those stagalon handles should give it away for someone.I have seen Westerns like it also.

All of the ones I have are Case '80 patterns.I would like to have a nice 804,been lookin'.
 
wlfryjr said:
I meant no disrespect dma,it is worth more and more striking as is. I understand your love of it,this pattern was my first love.I have about 14 or 16 of them.I owned a Craftsman like yours with stagalon covers once,it also had ringed bolsters,wish I had kept it to go with the others.

It was like this Craftsman 9554 that sold on that auction site a couple weeks ago,which is the same number as yours.No worries Campbell,I should be plainer about my thoughts,I expect people to read my mind.:)

I guess they could of made it in stag,but I have not seen it.I have seen a Craftsman stockman in a Japanese stag,which was not as nice as stag as dma's.Those are nice covers.

Craftsman 9554
_________________________________________________


Click to expand...

No disrespect taken. I paid a grand total of $75 plus shipping for the knife, and the stag alone is worth that to me. In fact, I find it so striking that I might having custom stag handles put on a knife in the future. I personally find it hard to believe that this would be factory, but the double fluted bolsters are the first I have seen on a Craftsman knife. I only wish I knew the history of this little beauty.
 
Craftsman had those 9554 Carpenter Whittlers made back in the 1960's or 1970's I believe. Probably by Schrade and they are definitely original handles. There were other patterns handled with that same material too, etched, and had the same shield. Here is a picture of a stockman, with the original box and pamplet.





Same Carpenters whittler with the etch.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top