Pics of your Parker Cut Co traditional knives...

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

Please post pics of your Parker Cutlery Company traditional fixed or folding knives, (including any having their other brands/logos, like Eagle or Parker & Son).

Here are a few of mine that were made in Seki, Japan...






The following is a screenshot I took off the internet of a page out of a 1980's vintage Parker replica Bowie knife brochure. It's a bit blurry, but shows the series of Bowie knives that my three Parker Cut Co Bowie knives shown above were a part of. The three Bowie specimens I have, represent the only fixed blade Bowie knives in that series.



I've yet to find any vintage brochure information on my Parker Tanto model.

But, as for my three Parker Bowie knives, they seem to be part of a series titled 'Bowies of Legend!'.
I'm a big fan of these Parker Cut Co Bowie knives, they were very well executed


The two in the display shown above would seem to be full tang, but... They are in fact made using the framed tang method. I guess that was also a quite common construction method for many of the originals during the heyday of Bowie knives.

 

[joeradza]

 

[meako]

 

[Hickory n steel]

The only markings are GERMANY etched on the back of the main blade but I was told this office knife reproduction was made by Olbertz for parker cutlery.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Damascus lockback
Curved barlow, I'll try to get a better pic tomorrow of both together.

 

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Thanks to Misplaced Hillbilly -

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Thanks to Misplaced Hillbilly -

I actually loved the color and jigging on that one,but I loved the appaloosa bone a tiny bit more at the time.

 

[euroken]

I love my Parker though this is the only one I have...I think they are underrated...they can definitely refine the process slightly on finishing the blades (easing the sharp spine edges a bit for example), but I suppose that would add to their costs.

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

It seems that James Parker dabbled in offering a pretty wide range of patterns in fixed and folding blade knives. He also offered different quality levels, which were likely sold at a wide range of prices. It was obviously a shotgun method, trying to hit as much of the knife market as he could. He was definitely a controversial fella, but there is no denying that he had his hands in much of the knife industry.
During the past couple/few years, I've seen and handled some Parker knives that were both on the "mickey mouse" side of things, and on the really nice side of things, (and everything in between). It was probably a "we have something for everyone" type of wheeling and dealing.
Based on recent transactions I've seen of them on the "flea bay", it does seem that they are starting to gain more traction with collectors. Prices seem to be creeping up.
With the different levels of quality that they offered them in, some are obviously going for more dollars than others.

 

[black mamba]

A mid 1970s Parker-Frost Coke bottle pattern with some deeply jigged bone.

 

[Burnt Stag]

Parkers were the ones I could afford back in the late 80's. I could always find one or two to grab up at a local gun show for cheap. They hold a special place in my heart and my collection. And as stated above many are made quite well too.

 

[Burnt Stag]

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

Parkers were the ones I could afford back in the late 80's. I could always find one or two to grab up at a local gun show for cheap. They hold a special place in my heart and my collection. And as stated above many are made quite well too.View attachment 1592310

That's a nice specimen!

 

[Burnt Stag]

 

[Burnt Stag]

 

[Burnt Stag]

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Here's a better pic of the barlow
Almost forgot about this big 5 blade sowbelly, I wish mine was that awesome blue like the one Burnt Stag posted

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

Here is my only Parker Cut Co knife in folding flavor...

 

[rhino]

Parker was the mainstay of my late 1980s early 1990s knife acquisition habits. Even Sears sold some Parker as Craftsman products, albeit not always marked. They honored the same Craftsman warranty on them, though!

 

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