Cannitler Collection

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've always liked certain older knife designs, like stockman, whittler, and canoe patterns. I liked the concept of merging a canoe with a whittler and was so impressed by the quality and workmanship of my first cannitler that I bought a few more to keep.
From the top down the scales are mastodon ivory, red jigged bone, smooth brown bone and jigged brown bone.
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Beautiful knives and an awesome collection, the red jigged bone bone scales are amazing. 8)
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Wow! Ditto to Johnny but I really like the smooth brown bone. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thank you, gentlemen for your comments. I do believe that Canal Street is making some of the finest knives in current production anywhere.
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Beautiful canittlers Spectrum!! ::tu:: ::tu::

Say, what's in the box? I do believe it's a little too large for a canittler :wink: :D

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Nice Collection Spectrum! Sweet. I love the Cannitler it's a great knife.
Should we throw up a couple more pictures of these guys to share with you all?
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WOW WEEE GR8 looking. I like the first one... ::tu::
Who carved the bolsters?

Looking in my files I even found one. CS Cannitler 312524 Dark Amber Jigged bone # 002. I do not remember it but, it looks like I am on a new hunt. Just to hard to get out of my safe.

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Well here's a new one:
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Beautiful knife you have there. That is one that I haven't seen. I know Canal Street has made some limited editions for dealers like A.G. Russell, that company has listed some unusual ones in their catalog.
The mastodon ivory knife with the scrollwork on the bolsters was a limited edition in 2007 for the members of another knife forum. The blade is etched "1 0f 57" and the serial number of this knife is 007.
I bought it from the original owner who decided that he didn't care for canoe pattern knives. I have no interest in collecting some knife types, too- but the canoe is one of my favorite patterns.
I just followed the link to the D.P. Hunter website and saw many great products. I will keep the site in mind when making new purchases. Feel free to forward my unsolicited testimony to the quality of their products on your next visit to the factory.
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Thank you Spectrum ~ will do!
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Nice bunch of canitlers guys. ::tu::

Spectrum, glad to have you join us at the CS drool bucket. :lol:

Mike, looks like you got your own shield now. Way cool. 8)

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Thanks for noticing Phil ~ yep we sure did!
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Got this beauty yesterday...2-1/2" Three Blade Cannitler, Mahonghany Buffalo Horn, #1 with both the CSC Shield and the Drop Point Hunter Shields. Better hurry and get a CSC Knife from Michael with the double Shileds fellas...Michael has informed me that he will not have any more produced with the double shields. What he has is what there is...COLLECTOR!...lolololo

Here's a picture of this little beauty.

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Got a new cannitler out today guys... Will post it shortly ... Amber Tortoise Shell .... Also we have improved the action of the blades
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I think I have a Canal Street problem. Can't get enough.
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I almost reviewed this knife last week when I met with Mike Seigel of CSCC. It was such a cool knife.......I ended up selecting and reviewing the Sunsey Smooth Bone Moon Pie Trapper.
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Thanks to this thread I now have a stag handled Cannitler on the way ::ds::

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Hello all, I just became aware of Canal Street knives, good reviews here. I have always been partial to Whittlers. Is the Canal Street Cannitler a two spring knife?
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RSD100 wrote:Hello all, I just became aware of Canal Street knives, good reviews here. I have always been partial to Whittlers. Is the Canal Street Cannitler a two spring knife?

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The answer to your question is yes. The two smaller blades each ride on a separate back spring. The main blade rides on both springs in true whittler fashion.

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Thank you Philco, I think I will try to order one from the D P Hunter store. I saw Chestnut and Amber Stag in stock. The Canal Street knives seem to get better reviews on quality than Great Eastern, so they must be nice. Maybe I should order two; one for using and one for putting away. ::tu::
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RSD100 wrote: Maybe I should order two; one for using and one for putting away. ::tu::
Now THAT sounds like a great plan to me. ::ds::
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I ended up ordering chestnut and tortoise shell. Wow, these are great knives, the fit and finish is excellent! The D2 steel blades can shave right out of the box - now, can I bear to use one?
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