"Old Knives"

" This XX cattle pattern knife was built from 1940 - 1965, 3 11/16" closed, slick black scales, nickel silver fittings throughout, including the liners. This example is identical to one I showed you a few years back, except this one remains unused, just some handling marks from sitting around in a coffee table drawer since it was purchased new. The other had some pitting and sanding done to it's near full blades.... these are still factory shiny and bear their factory edge. This is probably my favorite cattle pattern, as the sheepfoot is hidden by the clip when viewed from the front, and the pen ( in lieu of a spey ) is nested low in the frame with an ease to gain access to the nick.... no blades sticking up way above the others like many cattle knives, and with the sunk joints and handles and bolsters rounded all the way to the liners ( unlike Case's modern knives ), is a very pocket and hand friendly knife. The spines of the sheepfoot and clip sit at an even height above the frame, for a nice smooth feel in the hand. Shown along with the previously seen example and a few knives of recent manufacture for scale. "

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Yes, a beautiful pattern I was unaware of. Very practical size and blade combination.

It is however interesting to me that whenever I see these older Case 3-blades they invariably have blade rubs, usually on more than one blade, and yet everyone touts them as the pinnacle of quality in American knife mfg. Recent Case knives are at least as good with respect to blade rubs in my own experience, yet they get little love compared to the older ones. Maybe someone like Tony Bose or Don Hanson, who have handled many, many of the older ones, could comment on this?
 
I usually don't go in for stockman/cattle knives/3 bladers in general, but that 2345 1/2 is awesome! I especially like the low profile when closed - no middle blade sticking way up.
 
Some of my older solid Cells. From left to right, Ulster, Imperial, Kent, Kent, Schrade cut, Imperial and Hammer Brand.
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Beautiful knives there Perry, thank you for showing us!

Vince, That Case is something else, - make sure you don't carry that around when Brad is near, otherwise it will not be a pretty scene! :D


I would like to get me hands on that myself- yeessssssirrrrrrreeeeee I would!
 
Here are a couple of old Westerns I bought this weekend. I'd like to have seen this stockman in its glory days. The sheepfoot still needs work, having had a practically flat edge, and the remains of the clip may never be sharp for the whole length, but all in all it will be a good hard-use whittler.
The pen-knife is in pretty good condition, and has a nice rakish shape to it, I think.
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Two nice Westerns here. I like the shape of the longer blade on the pen knife. I think the top knife is rather stockman than whittler.
What is the handle material?
Mike
 
Yes, that Pen-Knife is an interesting well used example. I have a contemporary Schatt Keystone Half Whittler that is very similar: square bolsters, Turkish Clip and Coping blade.

Those Cell knives shown earlier were an impressive treat as was the CASE Cattle, great to have Equal End and sunk-joints on the knife. There's a pattern badly needing to be re-called from obscurity, it has a lot to like about it .

Thanks, Will
 
Some old Remingtons, Same pattern with different handle options. One of my favorite patterns. 3 3/8" R4143 bone, R4144 pearl, and R4145 pyremite.
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My Thanks to all.

This thread is a continuing delight.

Chouse, your Remingtons are charming.

Mike H.
 
mike Berkovitch said:
Two nice Westerns here. I like the shape of the longer blade on the pen knife. I think the top knife is rather stockman than whittler.
What is the handle material?
Mike
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Sorry, I meant that I'll use it for hacking away at things I wouldn't do with a pretty new knife, not that it's a whittler pattern .

I think they're both bone, from the grain and the feel. If they're synthetic, I've got no problem with the quality.

Those Remingtons are handsome.
 
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