All About Pocket Knives

If your knife is 3 1/2" closed I'd say it's a K3698 3/4. Are there any numbers stamped on the back of the main blade, visible like this photo? 1905-1938, I guess that would be Walden or Winchester made. ::welcome:: to AAPK! John Hmm it looks 3 3/8” to me but granted I’m only using a ruler as I...

Very new to this community as I have just been working through these pocket knives that were recently passed down to me from my grandma. They all apparently belonged to her dad and this one is one of my favorites. 3blade whittler 3 3/8”. EC Simmons tang stamp, so pre 1940. Scales and blades are in p...

Hello again all! Posted a few knives from my great grandpa’s collection recently and got some great responses so thought I’d give it another shot with a new knife and a I didn’t get an exact range on for a second opinion. The first one is a Keen Kutter. The tang stamp reads the following in what loo...

The Keen Kutter is a swell centre whittler with bone handles. It was made for the EC Simmons Hardware Co. prior to 1940. If it is 3 1/2", it could possibly be a K3698 3/4, which was made between 1905 and 1938. Depending on age, it was likely made by either Walden or Winchester. I’m at work now...

The Keen Kutter is a swell centre whittler with bone handles. It was made for the EC Simmons Hardware Co. prior to 1940. If it is 3 1/2", it could possibly be a K3698 3/4, which was made between 1905 and 1938. Depending on age, it was likely made by either Walden or Winchester. I’m at work now...

The Wostenholm has ivory handles and likely is older than 1891 when most knives began being marked with country of manufacture. The Schrade Cut Co jack is from early 1900's to 1946. Likely to be closer to the 1946 end of this time span. kj I’m starting to feel a bit greedy now but do you have any i...

The Wostenholm has ivory handles and likely is older than 1891 when most knives began being marked with country of manufacture. The Schrade Cut Co jack is from early 1900's to 1946. Likely to be closer to the 1946 end of this time span. kj Thank you so much! The wostenholm was really hard to find a...

kootenay joe wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:32 pm You have these knives ID'd correctly. What is it you are hoping to find out ?
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I’d really like to know the handle materials and a more exact date for some of them. Specifically, I have no idea when the Wostenholm, Keen Kutter and Shrade were made.

Thanks again everybody, if you’re interested I just put up another post with a few more of his knives I’m trying to learn more about.

Hey all! I recently posted a pic of one of the knives I just acquired from my great grandparents collection. I’m gonna go ahead and share a few more below and give a brief description of what I know so far. I’m also not at all familiar with the handle materials so please enlighten me! #1- 3 blade ch...

Wow you guys are quick! Thank you, the H&B was confusing the heck out of me because I couldn’t find any others where they kept the H & B. This might be the oldest knife in the collection then.

Hello everybody! Been lurking here for a couple weeks now, using this awesome community to date the 15 knives my grandmother just game me that were apparently her fathers. I’ll probably be posting most of these knives to get an idea of the history behind them, but I’ve gathered a lot simply by readi...