Old K.K.E.O.

Keen Kutter was first used as a knife brand by Simmons Hardware Company in 1870. The trademark was used on the highest quality tools and cutlery Simmons offered.
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Old K.K.E.O.

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Got this last weekend. Nice blades, just dirty. Might leave them that way. Pattern stamped 2765BL . E.C. Simmons pre-1940. Iron bolsters, brass liners, half stops. Looks like cocobolo or a lighter variation of ebony. By Walden ?, Winchester ? Walks and talks like an alligator! J.O'.
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That's a nice knife. I like ebony any way. And the shield is nicer than most in that 'federal' pattern. Camillus also did that pattern shield a little nicer than some.
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Wonderful old knife just like it is J O. ::nod::
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Ridgegrass wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:42 pm Got this last weekend. Nice blades, just dirty. Might leave them that way. Pattern stamped 2765BL . E.C. Simmons pre-1940. Iron bolsters, brass liners, half stops. Looks like cocobolo or a lighter variation of ebony. By Walden ?, Winchester ? Walks and talks like an alligator! J.O'.
Could also be rosewood.
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Looks great! ::tu:: ::super_happy::
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Thanks Gents, really happy to have gotten it. That shield is a cut above most of them, big and sharp. :D J.O.
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Nice one, J.O'. ::tu:: Sellens says that pattern was in the catalogs from 1921 through to 1938. I would believe yours is Winchester made.
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Very nice find. ::tu:: ::nod::


From your picture I would guess Rosewood too, but Sellers says Cocobolo.
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Nice one! :) :)
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Thanks all.
Danno, I think so too on the Winchester. J.O'.
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