Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Hi Lyle, the knife appears unused to me never sharpened the color looks pretty consistent with what I have seen.


Do you have a knife from Schrade that is darker?
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It must be just the lighting in the picture. Mine seem more yellow.
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Group of old Jacks and a Catt Whitler.
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How about a Dunlap (Sears).
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And an Imperial Scout (1946-1956)
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Here are four pre-1960 Schrades -- 1937, 1948, 1953 and 1958
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This Schatt & Morgan has been around since the early 20th Century.
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I'll quit for now with a Syracuse Knife Company EZ-Open 1935-1940
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Super looking knives JohnR and Jerry ::tu:: ::tu::

JohnR - Your pile of jacks is awesome - each and everyone - nice wood and jigged bone ::tu:: :wink:... I can't quite make out the maker stamps - what have we here?? :D I think I am seeing a nice Challenge Cut Co jack on bottom if I am not mistaken....
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LongBlade wrote:Super looking knives JohnR and Jerry ::tu:: ::tu::

JohnR - Your pile of jacks is awesome - each and everyone - nice wood and jigged bone ::tu:: :wink:... I can't quite make out the maker stamps - what have we here?? :D I think I am seeing a nice Challenge Cut Co jack on bottom if I am not mistaken....
Thank you, you are right, it is a Challenge, going clockwise, a Lawton, 1900 or so, an Electric, a New York Knife Co, Cattaraugus and a Dwight Devine Ulster.
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I believe this catt fits in here.
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This Bruckman fits also
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Nice knives Scott, Lyle, Jerry and Montemogo! John, that is a real nice pile of old jacks! ::tu:: Good to see this thread coming back to life.
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wlf wrote:It must be just the lighting in the picture. Mine seem more yellow.
Must be, here's the back side, looks pretty close.
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JohnR wrote:Group of old Jacks and a Catt Whitler.
Excellent selection John ::drool::
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jerryd6818 wrote:I'll quit for now with a Syracuse Knife Company EZ-Open 1935-1940
Keep em coming ::tu::

Jerry, you have every year in the Miracle Whip knives yet?
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Beautiful old knives, everyone.
JohnR, great bunch of jacks.
Jerry, nice old Miracle Whip knives. I remember seeing them some time ago.
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Miller Bro's wrote:
jerryd6818 wrote:I'll quit for now with a Syracuse Knife Company EZ-Open 1935-1940
Keep em coming ::tu::

Jerry, you have every year in the Miracle Whip knives yet?
As far as I know. Kind of hard to tell when there's no documentation on them.

I have 1937, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1988.

Makes a real nice historical progression for Schrade tang stamps.
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I like the tang stamp on this one :D
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Old knives are the best knives, here's a few of mine. The keen kutter jack in the top photo is possibly my oldest knife 1905-20.
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8) ::tu:: ::tu::
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Pic dump! I believe all of these are pre-1960...
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Some more. If I'm not mistaken, the M. Furness Barlow is my oldest knife.
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Some nice knives here but I really like that KeenKutter jack and the pearl smokers knife!
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I think that pen knife is the Bees knees!
Looking for the magic penny!
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Some oldies that should be in this thread........
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Nice Dimitri! Give me a knife with a little character. ::tu::
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MB your on a roll! ::tu::
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gsmith7158 wrote:Nice Dimitri! Give me a knife with a little character. ::tu::
Thanks Greg! I like your Barlow with the Tip Top marked bolsters ::tu::
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