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It might be interesting to collect knives made by one company under another company's name. The practice is very common in the knife industry. Here are a few:
The stockman at the top says New York Knife but was actually made by Schrade long after NYK went out of business. The Barlow on the left, of course, is Schatt & Morgan but made by Queen Cutlery not long ago. The one on the right is a Cripple Creek made by Blackjack. The big congress says John Primble on the tang but was made recently by Bluegrass Cutlery. Next to it is a Winchester congress made by the same company. The small congress at the lower left is a C Platts made just this year by Case. The little pearl congress next to it is another Case product but is stamped Crandall Cutlery. Actually, Case spent quite a while and went through a lot of effort to acquire its competitors in Eastern Pennsylvania - companies like Crandall. One popular technique was to have one of the Case women marry a principal of the competitor. So you can find Case knives with the names of nearly every knife manufacturer that ever did business in Eastern Pennsylvania somewhere in the company's history.
If you have some knives that were made under another company's name, show us or tell us about them. I think it makes an interesting subject. Take care.
The stockman at the top says New York Knife but was actually made by Schrade long after NYK went out of business. The Barlow on the left, of course, is Schatt & Morgan but made by Queen Cutlery not long ago. The one on the right is a Cripple Creek made by Blackjack. The big congress says John Primble on the tang but was made recently by Bluegrass Cutlery. Next to it is a Winchester congress made by the same company. The small congress at the lower left is a C Platts made just this year by Case. The little pearl congress next to it is another Case product but is stamped Crandall Cutlery. Actually, Case spent quite a while and went through a lot of effort to acquire its competitors in Eastern Pennsylvania - companies like Crandall. One popular technique was to have one of the Case women marry a principal of the competitor. So you can find Case knives with the names of nearly every knife manufacturer that ever did business in Eastern Pennsylvania somewhere in the company's history.
If you have some knives that were made under another company's name, show us or tell us about them. I think it makes an interesting subject. Take care.
