This is a Vintage, or Antique, NEW YORK KNIFE CO. WALDEN “HAMMER BRAND” Etched Aluminum 2-Blade Shadow Pen Folding Pocket Knife Made for The United Construction Co. of Albany, N.Y. and has a Carbon Steel Spear Point Main Blade with a Common Nail Pull, a Carbon Steel Dual-Sided Fingernail File, or Manicure, Secondary Blade, Brightly Polished Etched Aluminum Handles with a Flower Motif Around the Three Aluminum Handle Pins and the Customer’s Name and Info Etched Into Each Handle, a Single Brightly Polished Steel Back Spring with No Cracks or Breaks, 3 1/8” in Length, Made by the New York Knife Company that was Located in Walden, New York with this Particular Knife Made Between c.1882 and 1931.

New York Knife Company was the first to make these etched aluminum pocket knives starting with the E.H. Best & Co. I have been buying and selling these vintage NYKC etched aluminum knives for many years. They are getting harder and harder to find now in any condition. Schrade began making them after NYKC went bankrupt in 1931 and those are still fairly easy to find. But the NYKC examples are much harder to come across especially in this near mint condition. I’ve seen three different companies that NYKC made these knives for with the E.H. BEST & CO version being the most common. They also made some specialty versions to commemorate special occasions for individuals. The others came with a fat spear and a common pen blade. This one has a narrow spear point main and a secondary file blade.  This United Construction Co. is harder to find than those made for E.H. Best  

This is a great looking example of an Antique or Vintage New York Knife Co. etched Aluminum Equal End Shadow Pen Pocket Knife made for the United Construction Co of Albany, New York. It has a carbon steel narrow spear point main blade with a common nail pull. Both blade faces have some light scratches from very light use and just a few extremely light stains. Stamped on the front tang is HAMMER (over) BRAND along with the arm & hammer logo. The knife has a dual-sided carbon steel standard vertical ridge and valley type nail file on each side and it has a long nail pull. The top 35% of the blade is a fingernail cleaner but it also has a sharpened front edge. Stamped on the front tang is NEW YORK (over) KNIFE CO. (over) WALDEN. The spear blade still has excellent snap on open and close. The pen b;add has a decent "thump" on open but is quiet on close. The etched Aluminum handles on this knife also serve as the blade liners. Both of the aluminum handles are in great condition and polished up extremely well. There is an etched flower design around each of the aluminum handle pins which also serve as each flower’s pistil. The three aluminum handle pins in each scale blend in almost invisibly into the handles themselves. Etched deeply on the front handle is COMPLIMENTS OF (over) THE UNITED CONSTRUCTION CO. On the rear handle it’s deeply etched ALBANY, N.Y. The knife has a single steel back spring with no breaks or cracks. It continues to perform the functions it was designed to perform. This New York Knife Co. etched aluminum pen knife is hard to find in any condition let alone one in this nice of condition. A company with a name as common as the United Construction Company is difficult at best to research. I did find a company of that name on a New England historic site that was located in Albany that in 1906 built bridges and bridge substructures and I believe this is the company the knife was made for. This great looking vintage hard to find NYKC etched aluminum knife is in very good condition and is 3 1/8” in length. Additional photos or information on request.

You must be at least 18 years of age to bid on or purchase this knife. By bidding on this knife you are guaranteeing you are least 18 years of age. No exceptions. Will ship to USA only. Don't even bother to ask if you are outside of the USA.

Knife will be safely packaged in bubble wrap and shipped in a box to reduce chances of damage. I will ship multiple purchases together to reduce shipping costs.

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