One-Hit-Wonders
- galvanic1882
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OK Charlie, This one is for you. These are the pics of the Mount & Robeson knives so you can compare them. Not as close as I first thought but still very much the same in some respects.
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Hey, don't get me going on Brown Bros. It could fill a book, HEY wait a minute, i did write a book that started with them.
This one is from Germany. Not stamped that, but for those that want to know I can explain later. I hate to bore the knowledgable ones with those repeated details. Remember this, if it doesn't say Tidioute on it, chances are very good it wasn't made there, but like the English lanuage, there are also exceptions.
Here is one of several I own,



Here is one of several I own,
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- this is one of my PRIZE possesions. A Tuna Valley, Rare CASE relalted knife in outstanding condition. DOn't ever ask me what I paid for this little ladies knife, my wife would shoot me. I know of three others in similar condition. RARe and expensive
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- Last but not least Coleman, made by S&M, just a few around. I bought this for a song, really, the fella said if I could play under the double eagle on my git box he would give it to me. Much to his surprise I learned that song as a youngster in my bluegrass days and wow!!! him . JUST LUCKY I GUESS
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Author of "Great Eastern Cutlery: An American Tradition, The History of the Northfield & Tidioute Brands" & "Tidioute: A Town With an Edge" “The Chronicles of Cooper Cutlery”
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Hey PA1 I guess you didn't sell a lot of copies of your song
! Otherwise you'd own all the Tuna in the valley
Nice rare knives. Thanks for showing them to us!!


Nice rare knives. Thanks for showing them to us!!
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Johnnie Fain would have approved!
1949 - 2009
- galvanic1882
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I just picked this one up from ebay. E Marks New York. Never had or seen another. Has anyone else??
- upnorth
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I've never seen that marking before, OR a bolster like that!!
Very Cool!!
Very Cool!!
Utopia!! A chicken in every pot!! And a Barlow in every pocket!!!
Johnnie Fain would have approved!
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Johnnie Fain would have approved!
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I've seen a couple of those on eBay before but they were in nowhere near the condition that knife is. It's a beauty!galvanic1882 wrote:I just picked this one up from ebay. E Marks New York. Never had or seen another. Has anyone else??

I found some info on it in one of my books. Edward Weck was born in Germany and moved to the US when he was 15. He worked for Paul Brothers then eventually opened a retail shop in Lower Manhattan. He then opened several branch stores and incorporated them as Edward Weck & Sons, Inc. In total he owned a razor plant in Brooklyn, a wholesale house, and five retail stores. He died in 1922 and Albert H. Weck took over the title of president. No info on when they went out of business.
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What an awesome topic. Just fabulous and very rare knives indeed you all have. I would like to share mine. "HOWARD" made by Canastota--Goin's book page #133 just shows you a c1890 catalog pic--HERE IS THE KNIFE. I have seen the Howard cutlery co. Germany but none made by CANASTOTA in the U.S.A.--Has anyone else??----Thx Mark AKA Ratlesnake75
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Nice one rattlesnake, look a lot like the old Catt bone.
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Thanks Muskrat Man for the kind words, it does look like some of those cats!! Thx Mark
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Glad to see interest in this topic is picking up again.
Here's another of mine, an ivory-handled whittler. It is stamped "Charles Bradshaw Kenyon Alley." I was able to figure out that it was made in Sheffield, but I don't know how old it is. Very well-used though!
Here's another of mine, an ivory-handled whittler. It is stamped "Charles Bradshaw Kenyon Alley." I was able to figure out that it was made in Sheffield, but I don't know how old it is. Very well-used though!

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Now that I can post pics heres one that will bring this thread back to the top of the page. Wabash cutlery co
Terre Haute,Indiana
Terre Haute,Indiana
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Saw a little, well used knife on Ebay today marked, VALLEY FALLS.
Anyone familiar with that?
Anyone familiar with that?
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goins, 1875-1900. that's all i found
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Anybody want the URL to the auction? Blades are down a good bit, but tangs clearly marked.
Anybody know where they were?
Charlie Noyes
Anybody know where they were?
Charlie Noyes
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wag, valley falls, new york.
johnnie f 1949
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Please post the URL, Charlie! I'd like to take a look.
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Valley Falls Cutlery
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0325967060
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0325967060
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This is not really a one hit wonder as I have seen two others. That said does anyone have an opinion as to who made it for Sears and Roebuck?
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Bill

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levine's - napanoch or empire made them.
johnnie f 1949
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Here are three from the same Co. These are the only ones I have seen. The jacks came from the same source. The other from a flea market a couple of months later. Sorry for the bad pics, but four weeks ago I wasn't able to post any at all.
An uncontrolled accumulator.
Bill

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Re: One-Hit-Wonders
Old T. C. NIPPON. The T looks more like a slant roof. 

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Bernie
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Interesting knife. What's up with the tang? Is it supposed to look like that?
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Don't know about the tang. Knife came to me this way. Just not sure. 

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Bernie
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old style square kick.
johnnie f 1949
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This is another one-hit-wonder I picked up a few weeks ago. It is marked "Kirchbaum" and under that "Newark NJ." It has been engraved "1895" on the front and "DIX" on the back. It's in rough shape, but being a Jersey knife I had never heard of I was obligated to buy it.
Has anyone out there ever heard of this maker before?

Has anyone out there ever heard of this maker before?