Orvet Customs

BRAND:   Cattaraugus

PATTERN:   Penknife #2273 

LENGTH (Closed):   3” 

BOLSTERS:   Nickel silver

SHIELD:   Bar shield

HANDLES:   According to C Houston Price the number 7 indicates the handle should be one of three materials Cocobolo, Fancy Fibroid or Burnt Bone. It is certainly not cocobolo and gives no indication of being grown under a field microscope of being bone; therefore if Mr. prices references correct the handle should be Fancy Fibroid. Obviously it is a composite material of some sort but I know what it is. It does however appear to be dimensionally stable because there’s no shrinking.

BLADES: Pen blade and fingernail blade file 

LINERS:   Brass

TANG STAMPS:   CATTARAUGUS (curved)/CUTLERY CO./LITTLE VALLEY/N. Y.

CONDITION:   Very Good to Excellent

DAMAGE:   Normal use and wear, master blade sharpened poorly

BLADE WEAR:   Estimate 10% wear to master blade

SNAP:   Master blade is very snappy, file blade has good snap closing but type friction fit when opening. May have been as the manufacturer intended it as I see no damage or excessive wear on the square end of the tang

MADE IN:   USA

ADDITIONAL INFO:     I don’t know much about Cattaraugus, but I do a well-made knife when I pick it up. The thing that impresses me about the old Cattaraugus’s is the fact that they all seem to be extremely well made knives. This one is no exception.

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Item # 33781