"Old Knives"

Nice array, Dan. No-names can be cool, especially for pondering the maker. Camillus? Imperial? Japan? Germany?
Here's one with a name that looks for all the world like an American made knife; Robeson? Cattaraugus? But Goins and LG4 both suggest Germany!! Hmmmmmm???
It was made for Farmer's Guide Magazine, maybe a promotion.
Used, but someone knew how to sharpen it! A nice thin razor edge, both the blade and the punch!!
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That Farmers Guide knife is great. No way that that is a German made knife. It really looks like a Cattaraugus to me. - Dan
 
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One more.....
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what are these? My grandpa gave me one that looks just like one and I would like to research on it and see what it is I have..... I havent ever researched or collected knifes before and am getting interested in them now. its the little one with the two little blades under the the big blade on top over to the left
 
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Hmmm...seeing how fixed blades are not prohibited in this thread.

Something other than a slipjoint.

A Kinfolks,Inc. model 925 from their 1939 catalog


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Call it a 'sheath knife' and we're OK with it :D

Great lookin knife, Todd. If they could only talk... :thumbup:

Peter
 
Here's an old Hubertus sheath knife that a friend of mine from Austria sent me a few years ago:

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This 4" single blade folder is in nearly new condition with the exception of some spotting. The blade has not been sharpened and has that wonderful crocus brushed finish you see on old knives. EC Simmons Keen Kutter stamped, iron bolsters and liners, Bone jigging is still sharp which to me indicates this knife has probably never been carried. I also thought it was interesting that the jigging was a little different between the two sides. Tony says that back in the days of hand jigging, there were folks whose job it was to jig bone and that maybe the covers on this knife were jigged by two different people.

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I love that old Keen Kutter, thanks for sharing. Not many around in that condition, why if it was on the bay, it would have been cleaned hard and called "Mint" :eek:
 
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This 4" single blade folder is in nearly new condition with the exception of some spotting. The blade has not been sharpened and has that wonderful crocus brushed finish you see on old knives. EC Simmons Keen Kutter stamped, iron bolsters and liners, Bone jigging is still sharp which to me indicates this knife has probably never been carried. I also thought it was interesting that the jigging was a little different between the two sides. Tony says that back in the days of hand jigging, there were folks whose job it was to jig bone and that maybe the covers on this knife were jigged by two different people.

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Boy, is that KK a nice old knife! It is so magical to find one in that condition.
Near mint is when the original finish is still visible and intact. Polish it off, and it may be a nice knife, but it loses its history, its roots. When you see it still there under the patina, it is like a beautiful woman in an old dress!
Buff it round and shiny, and it is like a painted tramp!!
Often a larger sheepfoot knife like this one had a bail for a lanyard, as it makes a decent rope knife, and so may need to be secured against the "deep six"! I see it seems to be drilled for one. Of course if a "lubber" owned it, he may remove the bail to make it more pocketable. Avast!:D
 
I'm not too familiar with Winchester knives, but I wonder if this was made in the "Winchester Era" of KeenKutter?? Do any Winchester collectors recognize the bone jig?? Might be older also. Note the peened rivets.
 
Seeing nice old examples like that Keen really gets my engine turning!!
I have a question for you Kerry; when I look at the tang stamp picture, I see finish "lines". Now, a crocus finish is essentially a mirror polish. A lot of old knives had it, especially on the higher end ones. A bright finish is less prone to corrosion, and of course is beautiful to most eyes. It is also better for etching, as it provides optimum contrast.
The next shiniest finish is a "glaze" finish which is a bit coarse, showing a very fine texture of lines.
Can you tell me if it is a glaze finish I am looking at, or a fine crocus polish, with some "lining" at the tang??
 
I thought it looked like a glazed finish too, Charlie, but I'm still looking for that danged lanyard hole. :confused:

Great knife, no matter what !

Fran
 
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I thought it looked like a glazed finish too, Charlie, but I'm still looking for that danged lanyard hole. :confused:

Great knife, no matter what !

Fran
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Those big Buddy Holly glasses need new lenses!;)
Fran, you have the same holes in your A. Field Progress. In the bone, ahead of the bottom rivet!;)

The bottom right knife has the bail in place, with a chain and button keeper (for bib jeans maybe!).
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Charlie, Kerry stands corrected. This knife has a glazed finish. I never done anything to it, it's just like I got it. The springs are dead flush in all positions, great bone, hammered iron pins, rat tail iron bolsters, and iron liners. I believe this knife is older that the Winchester period.

It's a great old knife that has you not knowing wheather to scratch your watch or wind your ass.
 
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