"Old Knives"

tongueriver said:
Quick question: Did those catalog prices from Keen Kutter, Schrade CutCo, et al reflect retail or wholesale prices? I think wholesale?
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Campbellclanman said:
Cal, $ per dozen, I think your correct thinking Wholesale?
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I believe that these were wholesale prices. I think they were used by salesmen to sell to hardware businesses. Besides, as you point out, they are listed in price per dozen, which is hardly how the average knife buyer made their purchases.
 
lambertiana said:
I believe that these were wholesale prices. I think they were used by salesmen to sell to hardware businesses. Besides, as you point out, they are listed in price per dozen, which is hardly how the average knife buyer made their purchases.
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Don’t forget where you are. I’ll bet I am not the only guy here who has bought knives by the dozen. Christmas, weddings, etc. Actually, I have only bought box of a dozen once, Opinel No. 8s as Christmas gifts. On another occasion, I distributed an assortment of Moras.
 
Those old catalogs were trade publications and, as such, not intended to get into the hands of the public lest the pricing (and profit margin) became known. Most were destroyed for that reason; which is why they're so hard to come by.
 
Hey a great follow up to Cal's MOP's :D:thumbsup: I picked up this beauty a couple months ago but haven't had time to post anything until now. It's a great little HS&B swell center MOP with etch intact. I was mostly intrigued by the "Eugene Flagler" etch on the pile side. Turns out he was a hardware store owner in Dwight, Illinois. I found a couple of excerpts about him in the American Artisan and Hardware Record; one announcing his death and the other announcing his hardware store being purchased. I couldn't resist owning a knife from someone described as kind, sincere and helpful :) Flagler died in Feb 1922.

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Beautiful. If I was a bettin' man I would say that Cattaraugus made that lovely, but I would lose. They made very close variants of each other.
 
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Cal, what can you tell us about those three Perls you just posted, who made 'em etc, very nice.

Your right Kev, that was a very fitting follow up on Cals post with that Nice one!

Whew...Luger - Stunning Old Whittler ! Just a great Knife!
 
Definitely Cal, Lyle mentioned one day and he is perfectly right as he knows a lot about Bone Handle Covers that he had never seen a USA Manufactured Knife with the Pressed Stag, he's right from my point of view- never have I seen one either- no matter how early you get, I wonder if the process was actually needed in the USA because of the Elk, Stag and other Materials - but then No one had better Stag than the Germans ( and Sheffield ) in the early days either.... so mmmm yeah I always wonder why this is.
That's one heck of a nice Knife Augie - very nice condition, been used long and lovingly - yet still in such good condition!
 
This knife struck me as old and well-made! Bought for very few dollars at a junk store, I may have asked before, but I can't remember!! My memory machine is getting old and cantankerous!:confused:
Anyhoo, it bears the trademark E (and) K around a dory with a penant!
Slim cross section and firm and snappy!:) Reddish fiber-type handle material like old SAKs!
Any help identifying??o_OE boat K 1.jpg E boat K 2.jpg
 
Charlie, I haven’t had a look into the Solingen Makers Markings, but E.K.Knecht May be the Cutler? If you google “Solingen Knife Maker Marks there’s an abundance of Charts( I’m just off to the gym- our gym downstairs lol )
 
That's the best I could think of when having a quick Breakfast with no references! I just had a good look through the Solingen Maker Marks, and there's nothing there ( That I could see anyway ), when looking at the lettering Charlie of that Knife- the Lettering doesn't seem to be amazingly perfect do they - rather untidy as if struck by Hand? - but the Knife is a beauty, the Blade looks so full as if never used! :) :thumbsup:
 
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