All About Pocket Knives

I'm the Newbie. Just found this site upon reading reviews. I have some CASE XX knives from an ACE HARDWARE store of long ago. I'm currently looking for fair asking prices and plan to list soon for sale. I've found most of the folding knives but am having trouble with the ...

I made this impulse buy at a very small gunshow in 2017 here in Ohio. My little bit of research shows there was a Pogue and Miller hardware store in Richmond, Indiana during the 1880's and into the 1890's. That's about 40 miles away from where i live so it's kinda fun to think that it spent ...

Does anyone have a ROBBINS HARDWARE knife or are you familiar with the mark? Thanks for any info. or a picture, Here's the mark. J.O'..

I want to be clear about this right upfront: this knife is NOT "vintage". Based on the expertise of AAPK members more knowledgeable than I, this knife was made sometime in the 1990s by James Parker in Germany (possibly in the Olbertz factory?) using the original, i.e., vintage, stampings. ...

Hey everybody, I have a 1955 Belknap Hardware Hardcover #115 marking thee 115th year in Louisville,Ky.. If anyone is interested in trading for an item like this. It has a whopping 4150 pages almost 4 inches thick, you could have ordered everything ...

Hello, This knife in picture reads/stamped on tang "Simmons Hardware Germany" on the other side of tang stamped is like a bee in a triangle. I could not find any info on this knife, maybe something to do with Keen Kutter? Any information would ...

... they are so old that they have dried into a solid rock. The lid was rusted out so bad that it had become one with the paint can. The lady at Ace Hardware told me to bring the can in and she would try to match the color. I told her that it was rusted shut but she insisted that I bring it in. She ...

Got this nice Ulster 89P with Trustworthy Hardware stamp, hope you all enjoy. I like to see more Trustworthy Hardware knives if you got them.

Anyone here have a decent knife from The Wimberly - Thomas Hardware Company of Birmingham, Alabama?

If so, I would be pleased to send you this price tag, just show me the knife, PM me an address and I’ll send it along.

I only have the one, so it’s first-come-first-served.

Charlie

When a hardware chain contracted with a knife maker for a bunch of knives how much input did they have on the product? Could they specify type of steel, handle material, what the bolsters looked like etc? Or did they just say ...

Just got this one in the mail today. Stamped "SIMMONS/HDWE Co/Germany" on the 3 cutting blades, with a stylized hornet stamp on the back side of each blade. File and scissors are not stamped. Sellens say that E.C. Simmons sold these between 1883 and 1917. Levine gives a date of circa 1890s...

This knife was in decent shape but was in need of some freshening up; IMG_2694.JPG It didn't look too bad when disassembled. Definitely grimy and there was a little bit of tang wear (seems to be fairly common with some of the older Barlows). Still had some acceptable snap on the main blade and some ...

Does anyone know if the hardware company knives are worth less than the Case manufactured knives?

... knife for a few years, have never run across another or another collector who is familiar with them. From what little info I can find on Foster Hardware, the store was in existence from roughly Civil War era to about 1920, this knife is stamped "England" which makes me think pre-tariff. ...

If so, I would appreciate your help for a non-knife-related question. I also collect old radios and I'm trying to identify a radio model number for a radio made sometime in the late 1930s. If you have such a catalog please PM me so I can ask a few questions. Thanks!

Dennis

Picked this knife up today at one of my favorite antique shops along with a mid-1980's EdgeCo. switchblade made in Mexico. Except for a couple of age spots on the master blade the knife is just about mint. All three blades are tang stamped and the mater blade has a blade stamping and a model number(...

... of the tang, I surmise this knife was made by Schrade. It has patent dates of Feb 13, 1906 and February 23, 1907. The front tang reads Shapleigh Hardware with a diamond shape that has a "DE" embedded. I assume that stands for Diamond Edge. the knife measures about 4 7/8" long closed, ...

This weekend I stumbled on a nice little 3 inch knife with rosewood or walnut handles. The tang to me reads BELKNAP CUTLERY. I worked at Belknap Hrdwr for years and know they were never a cutler, merely a wholesaler of a house brand. So my question looking at my references is … How do I tell if it i...

Stopped in at a local military memorabilia shop this weekend. Hatchet is marked right and look good as far as the Diamond Edge Shapleigh Hardware logo. And as far that goes so did the USMC logo. Was told it was WW1. But it is a bite pricey, was hoping to do a little research but can find nothing ...

Ok, last one today, What I know , shapeleighs hardware pre ww2.bone covers. Is this a stockman or cattleman or just equal end? It has very used blades and is very sharp, despite wear to blades,it walks and talks perfect and half stops on all blades ...

Could not find a thread dedicated to knives with this stamp.

I have this old warrior and a box they originally came in.

If you got any please show 'em

I had never seen a Zenith pocket knife until a few days so I looked up the history in Goins and they are a fairly vintage knife. However, I was wondering if anyone knew just how rare these Marshall Wells Hardware Zenith pocket knives are and the assessment of their over all quality?

Here's a nice old Marshall Wells Hardware dog leg jack. 3 3/4" closed.
Quite snappy!
Thanks for looking.

I'm going to assume this Shapleigh pruner? was made by Schrade.
It's in great condition all the way around. 4 1/8"
Thanks for looking.

Interesting clippers,

Simmons Hardware
HORNET
Germany

LARGE SIZE 4 INCHES HEAVY DUTY