Cattaraugus Cutlery Co. Little Valley N.Y. 1886-1963

The Cattaraugus Cutlery Company was started by John Champlin and his son Tint in 1882. It was first incorporated under the name J.B.F. Champlin and Son as a wholesale distribution company based in Little Valley, New York. The business proved to be a successful endeavor, and it soon branched into a knife production company named Cattaraugus.
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A little late to the party, but that is one beautiful old Catt Mark!
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That Yukon Liner Lock and the (Jumbo?) Sleeveboard are two outstanding knives in my book! ::tu:: ::tu:: Thanks for posting them, I'll be drooling for days . . . ::drool::
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Hey 1967redrider, Yes Sir I call it a Jumbo 1/2 Whittler. Others may call it just a big sleeveboard. I kinda enjoy giving "names" to old knives as it helps me to remember them. I sent my late Grandpa a knife to evaluate for me about 15yrs ago & all he told me was that it was "Double Ugly". hahahaha

The Rope knife had no markings anywhere on it & it did have Thick bone handles & a very thin bolster w/ steel pins. We came to the conclusion it was a Japan WW2 Era knife. There was not as many pictures on the net back then or info so I just now googled it to find a similar picture for you. It was Ugly looking...lol

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Are these Congress 3 blade whittlers fairly common? I don't see them when "out and about" but have notuced a couple in this forum.
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nice knife, i have not seen a congress like that before. but would like one
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Congratulations—nice find Ike ::tu:: They are not common compared to the standard non Congress spilt back whittler. Roy Humenick did an SFO with GEC for one a couple of years ago for his American Whittler web site. It was a GEC pattern #13. In fact he wrote a very nice article about Congress pattern knives and also briefly mentions Congress whittlers in this OKCA newsletter article Feb. 2017 on page 8 here http://www.oregonknifeclub.org/Newsletter%201702.pdf

Here is another Congress whittler tale by the same author you might find interesting reading from a OKCA newsletter from 2005 (My Lucky Knife) http://www.oregonknifeclub.org/Newsletter%200503.pdf
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Thanks Richard!
Thanks Lloyd and thanks for the interesting reading. I am not really a collector of congress pattern and other than a couple of Bokers I didnt really remember having seen this whittler pattern b4 at the time I picked up this Catt.
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Recently picked up this small Cattaraugus pearl doctor's knife.Mint,unused with a couple specks on it.
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That is a beautiful little knife, Roger. Nice catch!

I must have 5 or 6 doctors knives. None with a spatula.
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Super nice Roger ::tu::
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Thanks guys ::handshake::
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Roger that one is super knice. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Very nice Rodger.
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Beautiful knife Roger ::tu:: ::tu::
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Nice one, Roger! ::tu:: ::tu::
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I found this on ebay , does anyone collect this Cantancerous Brand.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-cantan ... 2780752053
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knifegnome wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2019 12:29 am I found this on ebay , does anyone collect this Cantancerous Brand.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-cantan ... 2780752053
That's a rare stamp! :shock:
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I have not seen that brand before, thanks for sharing!

Little Valley no less!
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Got this little 22469 couple days ago...
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Nice little guy Scott. ::tu::
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Nice one Scott, looks like it's still in very good condition. ::tu::
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Nice looking knife Scott ::tu::
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Nice find, Scott! ::tu::
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This is one ornery knife! ::woot:: -- 2 13/16".

peanut740 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:36 amThat's a rare stamp! :shock:
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I just picked up this rather worn Catt marked 22639. I can’t find many other examples of this model. Does anyone have any information?
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