Landers Frary and Clark

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Nice info on the site.
I really like the heater and the portable stove. Cool items!

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bestgear wrote:How about you Connecticut Yankees (Lee, Joe, etc.), have you visited this museum and can you offer any insight?

I haven't been there, Tom. It's just the kind of place I would enjoy. I would love to get there sometime.
Thanks for the link. I've got it on my favorites. ::tu::
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I posted a picture of the 9 LF&C service catalogs that recently found their way into my collection. Here's a few more pieces that came with the purchase, I feel very blessed to be the current conservator of these items. Sorry for the reflection of the bad photographer in the display glass.
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Display Case #1 Back Open
Display Case #1 Back Inventory Tag
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Display Case #2 Front
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Here's a few more pieces that came with the purchase that included the display cases above and service catalogs. I feel very blessed to be the current conservator of these pictures and genuine advertisements from the magazines.
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August 26, 1920 Hardware Age Advertisement
August 26, 1920 Hardware Age Advertisement
1920 Boy Scout Knife Advertisement
1920 Boy Scout Knife Advertisement
LF&C Factory
LF&C Factory
1915 Christmas Advertisement
1915 Christmas Advertisement
Meriden Cutlery Company Check, July 26, 1866
Meriden Cutlery Company Check, July 26, 1866
Literary Digest, May 8, 1915 Advertisement
Literary Digest, May 8, 1915 Advertisement
McCall's Magazine Advertisement, February 1919
McCall's Magazine Advertisement, February 1919
Farm and Home Boy Scout Knife Advertisement, May 1, 1916
Farm and Home Boy Scout Knife Advertisement, May 1, 1916
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Those display cases are sweet!!!!!! I hope you get them filled up and show them off. I really like them. Thanks for sharing.
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Incredible find, Tom! ::tu:: Great display cases, they appear to be in very good condition. Looking forward to seeing the catalog scans, to find that many catalogs from the same company is amazing to me.
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Fabulous find Tom! I love those cases and the catalogs are unbelievable. ::woot::
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Very nice Tom !
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Thanks Mike, I'm really happy how things turned-out.
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Just awesome Tom ::tu:: ::tu:: ... the landing of those beauties that are right up the LF&C alley for your collecting is a great find - congrats and enjoy!!
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Thanks Lee, I'm beaming with pride - so much to take in all at once - it's almost overwhelming but I think I'll make it ::nod::
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Here's a nice little pearl.
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Beauty Joe - that knife first appears in my 1914 catalog so she could be over 100 years old - thanks for sharing her with us.
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Thanks, Tom. It's nice to have an approximate date. ::tu::
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Beautiful knife, Joe! ::tu:: Nice to see an L F & C in pearl.
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Thank you, Dan. ::tu::
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LF&C Pearl Lobster with Candle Tip NS Bolsters.
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That's a very nice knife, TheMadHungarian. Nice photo too.

Here is a very nice Tuxedo that is quite well dressed. Unsharpened, crisp little blades. 3 inches.
Very slippery on the tooth, thus, celluloid.
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Really nice Joe, you know I'm all about anything LF&C, especially a well dressed man like that! Well played my friend.
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An un-used cattle knife with a little spiderystuffnotbad. The covers seem to be just like the Boker gumfuddy. This knife is snappynew!
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Nice looking old knife! ::tu::
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Sweet cattle knife! ::tu::
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Nice L. F. & C. Knives and other items. ::tu:: I have two L. F. & C. Universal knives. The first one is a pen knife with the #02275. I believe I made my intro to AAPK with this knife. There was a bit of a controversy with regards to the model number and the bone scales. The model number was never found in anyone's books so I sort of came in with a bang. :D I believe Lee (LongBlade), said it was probably made very early on - 1912 or so. The scales, as a consensus, were the result of a re-handling job. The second one is a pruner knife with cocobolo(?) wood, model #2132.
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Nice knives Felix. I have the following LF&C Catalogs:
(1) "Catalogue No. 48 1914"
(2) "Service Catalog No. 61 1919"
(3) "Service Catalogue No. 261 1922"
(4) "Catalogue No. 262 1922"
(5) "Jeweler's Catalogue No. 12 1926"
(6) "Sectional No. 1 1926"
(7) "Supplement To Cutlery Catalog No. 1 1928"
(8) "Sectional Catalog No. 31 1931"
and none of them list a model #02275 so Lee may be correct with the circa 1912 call.

Your model 2132 is listed in catalogs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 above and originally sold for $16/dozen (yup $1.33 each), was 4" long with cocobolo handles, glazed pruning blade, iron bolsters and iron lined.

Both knives are winners in my neck of the woods!
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bestgear wrote:Nice knives Felix. I have the following LF&C Catalogs:
(1) "Catalogue No. 48 1914"
(2) "Service Catalog No. 61 1919"
(3) "Service Catalogue No. 261 1922"
(4) "Catalogue No. 262 1922"
(5) "Jeweler's Catalogue No. 12 1926"
(6) "Sectional No. 1 1926"
(7) "Supplement To Cutlery Catalog No. 1 1928"
(8) "Sectional Catalog No. 31 1931"
and none of them list a model #02275 so Lee may be correct with the circa 1912 call.

Your model 2132 is listed in catalogs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 above and originally sold for $16/dozen (yup $1.33 each), was 4" long with cocobolo handles, glazed pruning blade, iron bolsters and iron lined.

Both knives are winners in my neck of the woods!
Thanks, Bestgear. ::handshake:: I thought I'd include a close up photo of the model number. I think I remember seeing a model #02276 but no #02275
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