Anybody Seen One Of These Before ?

Former Schrade President Walley Gardner and principal Joe Hufnagel joined with nine master cutlers to form a group of US craftsmen with over 300 years of combined knife making experience to create Canal Street Cutlery. It was first located in upstate New York where a long and rich tradition of quality knife making dates back to the 19th century. Unfortunately, the company closed its doors in 2015, but not before making some great knives. The brand was resurrected in 2018 as Canal Street Cutlery Co-Op & focused on making very small batches of high quality traditional knives. As a Co-Op, it was owned by the knife makers who worked there. Unfortunately, the business model couldn't hold up & the entity again ceased production.
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I spotted this knife on ebay and there are a couple of things that set off my radar. First, I've never seen another Canal Street knife in this pattern in any handle material. Second, the tang stamp just doesn't look right to me.

I may be all wet on this one, and to be honest I hope I am, because if it is what I suspect then I've just spotted my first fake Canal Street. Somebody tell me if it's real or not.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canal-Street-Cu ... 58a418a8e9
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Phil -- The guy claims, " It was purchased at the 2005 Blade Show from the Canal Street booth. They had made a whole set of Mother of Pearl knives for display." That should be easy enough to verify. Call CSC this morning and ask them if they made the knife. ::shrug::

So I just called CSC and 2005 was too long ago for the lady that answered the phone so she said she will have Walter Gardiner (the owner) to call me back. I'll let you know what he has to say.
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Phil -- Gina (I think) at CSC just called me back. She said Wally told her he can't remember specifics but the knife looks like some stuff they did for the Blade Show that year. It was made within the first couple of months after CSC start up and at the time they were buying parts from Queen and finishing them in-house. She said she had looked at the auction and that knife is a Queen pattern which would fit right in with what they were doing during the start-up period. She wouldn't commit herself (can ya blame her?) but was pretty sure the knife is genuine and one of the first knives CSC made. Her parting comment was, "I'd snatch that knife up."


For posterity, this is the text of the listing description: "This Canal Street Cutlery Co. Dog Leg Jack Knife is beautiful. It was purchased at the 2005 Blade Show from the Canal Street booth. They had made a whole set of Mother of Pearl knives for display. I was lucky enough to get one of them. The knife is 3 ½ inches long closed. It has two polished stainless steel blades, polished stainless bolsters. It has scalloped liners. The mother of pearl is great looking. It had never been used or sharpened, comes with all original paper work, box and pull string jewelers pouch. Just as it was in 2005 at the blade show. Canal Street knives are hand assembled in the USA at 30 Canal Street, Ellenville, NY."


Edit: I almost forgot. She also said the tang stamp is correct for the period. She told me that during start-up they were etching the tang stamp on while they waited for the stamps to be made and delivered.
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Excellent detective work Jerry. I really appreciate you taking the time and trouble to dig into this.

Now tell me where the money tree is so I can pick me a few "leaves" and buy that knife. :lol:
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LOL, it is a great knife but a bit overpriced. Unless like Phil said you have a money tree
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philco wrote:Excellent detective work Jerry. I really appreciate you taking the time and trouble to dig into this.

Now tell me where the money tree is so I can pick me a few "leaves" and buy that knife. :lol:
I could finance ya Phil. Just $99.99 down and $5.37 a month for the next six years.
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jerryd6818 wrote:
philco wrote:Excellent detective work Jerry. I really appreciate you taking the time and trouble to dig into this.

Now tell me where the money tree is so I can pick me a few "leaves" and buy that knife. :lol:
I could finance ya Phil. Just $99.99 down and $5.37 a month for the next six years.

::doh:: ::doh:: Let me get back to ya on that Jerry.
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Well guys, after more than a year of off and on haggling over that knife, I finally managed to purchase it at MY price! :mrgreen: It has been listed several times on ebay with a Buy It Now or Make an Offer listing. I'd make an offer and the seller would reject my offer. The last couple of times it came up, I didn't even bother doing that. Then last week it showed up again. Same deal as before, Buy It Now price or Make an Offer. I made my standard offer and to my shock and amazement this time the seller accepted my offer promptly.
The knife arrived in my mailbox yesterday and I'm tickled with it. The seller even included the original purchase reciept from the 2005 Blade Show. It's in perfect condition, and now, thanks to Jerry's excellent research, I'm confident I have the earliest Canal Street in my collection.

Don't ya just love happy endings? ::super_happy::
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Congrats Buddy! ::tu::
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Awesome Phil! Very happy for ya!

Good on you Jerry...you're a stand up dude for sure. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Patience wins the day. Congratulations Phil. That's almost the Holy Grail (or at least one of them) for a Canal Street guy.
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Congratulations Phil! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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CONGRATS Phil !!!!!________and a big salute to tha' ''MARINE"" ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks guys. I'm very pleased to finally be adding this one to my collection.
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Wow, score one for the good guys.
I never would have thought that knife was legit with the acid etched tang.
Good find. ::tu::
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Good for you Phil! :D
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Phil, that's great you got that knife.
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Nice snag Phil!!!! ::tu:: ::super_happy::

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Great knife Philco, glad it's going to a good home. I did post an early proto with an etch instead of a stamp. These knives are scarce and worth keeping an eye out for.
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Way to go, Phil!
I got an erics jack, first csc knife I really like.
Pics are in post for it.
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