All About Pocket Knives

muskrat man wrote:I did put the stag on, I built it as a user and EDC it often. I like the edge it takes.

Looks great and couldn't agree more about the edge those Camillus knives take!

smiling-knife wrote:
carvin don... what do you think of the redbone S & M whittler? I was thinking of getting myself one.

Hey s-k,
I really like the size of the S & M whittler, and the redbone scales are really nice . I have not put the knife to work as a whittler, yet I think I'm gonna' just admire her for awhile . They now make the same style whittler but with a Wharncliff as the master blade. It has a real nice looking brown bone handle, I expcect I will succumb to that one in the future . I would say go for it, treat yourself to one!

By the way, that pearly whittler is Beautiful!

Nice Pearly alright! S-K, it looks unused from here!

Schrade Cut Co..

Lots of nice knives here!

Here's my latest whittler purchase. Carved Pearl Cattaraugus Cut Co. This is the first Cattaraugus that I have ever seen marked this way. Great little 3" whittler. No chips or cracks in the pearl and the knife is nice and tight. The liners are coined with no brass on the knife at all.

Fran I will bring it with me on Sat so you can get a better look at it.

The Catt's out of the bag! (o.k. go ahead and groan!)! And a good thing too, 'cause I can admire all her carved pearly goodness!! (no groaning here!)

mike, that's a cool catt. i realy like the purse with thw catt snap. are those little bears with hatchets?

Pearls....salesman's samples......original purses.......Mike, where do you find all those boring knives ?






Nice one ! We'll have a party Saturday !

Fran

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That Cattaraugus whittler is extremely interesting to me for at least two reasons, first, the carved pearl and second the way the word company is abbreviated, Co with the "o" underlined. Both of these features are characteristic of German made knives.

That got me to wondering, did Cattaraugus ever import knives from Germany? So, I went to my trusty Goins and this is what I found. There was a Cattaraugus Cutlery Company in Prussia from 1886-1890. I wonder if this knife might have been made by them?

By the way, the logo on the purse (with the little hatchet men) is shown in Goins on a Cattaraugus box, so the purse I believe is from Cattaraugus, Little Valley. Goins doesn't say if the two companies were related.

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Hey All,
Well as of today i now have two collectable whittlers. Just got this one in the mail today. It is a Coles german made large whittler with the best looking pearl handles on it i have ever seen. All three blades are tang stamped with Coles and under that is germany. These pics dont do it justice.

You are so right about Goins' having one for Prussa. Remember that JBF Champlin the founder of Cattaraugus was salesman for Friedmann & Lauterjung who imported from Germany. I am sure he had knives made in Germany before he started making them. Check out Goins page 173 and see Maine Cutlery Co. This was a brand that Champlin imported from Germany. He also had razors made in Germany some were marked Galvanic.

Those tiny inlays are fascinating Mike!! Is the main handle horn??
Precious knife!! Must be pretty rare.

Charlie, yes the handles are horn. It is the only one I have ever seen with that Maine mark. I like to harness jack you just bought, please post it after you check it out.

A Winchester, Father's Day gift this year...

Hi just got this in the mail. Chris Tenney whittler with Russian mammoth scales. I like the box too. (sorry i still cannot take a good pic)

Thats a SWEETY!!

sure is.

Thanx guys. Ii gotta get a tripod. I think these parts were made by Queen and put together by Chris, who also made the boxes. If I am not mistaken.

Hey Otto,
Very nice score there. It looks like it aught to be able to curl off some cedar shavings.

O,man with a knife like that you otto be able to whittle out a lot of knife boxes.

(sorry for the terrible pun, but sometimes I just can't stop myself.)

That's a beauty Otto. Love those scales!

[quote="philco"]O,man with a knife like that you otto be able to whittle out a lot of knife boxes.

Here is my latest whittler. Queen made, Colonel Coon Black Cherry whittler. Thanks James (jfarmer)

Nice Coon ya got there,Don!! you tried her out yet?

Hey Don,
Nice whittler you have there my friend. Let us see what you carve with it.