Landers Frary and Clark

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Thanks Lee, I'm beaming with pride - so much to take in all at once - it's almost overwhelming but I think I'll make it ::nod::
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Here's a nice little pearl.
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Beauty Joe - that knife first appears in my 1914 catalog so she could be over 100 years old - thanks for sharing her with us.
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Thanks, Tom. It's nice to have an approximate date. ::tu::
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Beautiful knife, Joe! ::tu:: Nice to see an L F & C in pearl.
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Thank you, Dan. ::tu::
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LF&C Pearl Lobster with Candle Tip NS Bolsters.
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That's a very nice knife, TheMadHungarian. Nice photo too.

Here is a very nice Tuxedo that is quite well dressed. Unsharpened, crisp little blades. 3 inches.
Very slippery on the tooth, thus, celluloid.
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Really nice Joe, you know I'm all about anything LF&C, especially a well dressed man like that! Well played my friend.
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An un-used cattle knife with a little spiderystuffnotbad. The covers seem to be just like the Boker gumfuddy. This knife is snappynew!
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Nice looking old knife! ::tu::
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Sweet cattle knife! ::tu::
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Nice L. F. & C. Knives and other items. ::tu:: I have two L. F. & C. Universal knives. The first one is a pen knife with the #02275. I believe I made my intro to AAPK with this knife. There was a bit of a controversy with regards to the model number and the bone scales. The model number was never found in anyone's books so I sort of came in with a bang. :D I believe Lee (LongBlade), said it was probably made very early on - 1912 or so. The scales, as a consensus, were the result of a re-handling job. The second one is a pruner knife with cocobolo(?) wood, model #2132.
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Nice knives Felix. I have the following LF&C Catalogs:
(1) "Catalogue No. 48 1914"
(2) "Service Catalog No. 61 1919"
(3) "Service Catalogue No. 261 1922"
(4) "Catalogue No. 262 1922"
(5) "Jeweler's Catalogue No. 12 1926"
(6) "Sectional No. 1 1926"
(7) "Supplement To Cutlery Catalog No. 1 1928"
(8) "Sectional Catalog No. 31 1931"
and none of them list a model #02275 so Lee may be correct with the circa 1912 call.

Your model 2132 is listed in catalogs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 above and originally sold for $16/dozen (yup $1.33 each), was 4" long with cocobolo handles, glazed pruning blade, iron bolsters and iron lined.

Both knives are winners in my neck of the woods!
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bestgear wrote:Nice knives Felix. I have the following LF&C Catalogs:
(1) "Catalogue No. 48 1914"
(2) "Service Catalog No. 61 1919"
(3) "Service Catalogue No. 261 1922"
(4) "Catalogue No. 262 1922"
(5) "Jeweler's Catalogue No. 12 1926"
(6) "Sectional No. 1 1926"
(7) "Supplement To Cutlery Catalog No. 1 1928"
(8) "Sectional Catalog No. 31 1931"
and none of them list a model #02275 so Lee may be correct with the circa 1912 call.

Your model 2132 is listed in catalogs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 above and originally sold for $16/dozen (yup $1.33 each), was 4" long with cocobolo handles, glazed pruning blade, iron bolsters and iron lined.

Both knives are winners in my neck of the woods!
Thanks, Bestgear. ::handshake:: I thought I'd include a close up photo of the model number. I think I remember seeing a model #02276 but no #02275
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Thank Felix - in 1912 LF&C bought out Humason & Beckley and started their pocket knife division. Many of the early LF&C models are identical to their H&B counterpart. It could be that model #02275 was one of those carryover models and by 1914 (my first catalog) it was no longer offered or replaced by a new LF&C model number. You could have a very rare early (as Lee correctly pointed-out) LF&C. As far the covers being replaced, while the brass pins don't seem 105 years old and with a similar patina to the rest of the knife, without having the knife in-hand it's hard to tell. What do you think?
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I agree. Msteele6 -- way back when -- was the first to notice that the scales were not original to the knife. He said they should have been the rough black material. (Someone said that the re-handling was done someone was very good at it.) He then asked me to check for a hole on the inside, where a shield may have once been. I did and there it was - a hole on the inside. I was shocked :shock: at the knife knowledge that I had encountered on AAPK. I'm not sure who it was that said the pins were spun and not peened as well. Msteele6 also mentioned that "L.F.&C. bought two major cutlery players". The one you mentioned - Humason & Beckley and Meriden Cutlery Co. They dissected the knife like surgeons without ever touching it. :lol: The only thing that was never found was the model number.

Before all this I had done research (google) on other pocket knives. Guess what site would always pop up? Yup. AAPK, by a long shot. But seeing it firsthand was shocking, and very cool. ::nod::
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Here's a little whittler. 3 5/16".
It has a wonderful nickel silver wedge in the back.
Secondaries with half stops. A very solid little gem.
Thanks for looking.
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Lovely knife, Joe! ::tu::
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Thank you very much, Dan.
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Very nice and the closest thing I've seen to the one my friend found at a job I worked up north I cleaned it up for her and I've been trying to figure out should I fix it or leave it alone its bone or ivory and both blades are in really good shape but the lock/ release is broke any help would be greatly appreciated
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Welcome here, DemonV.
I assume you'r commenting on the pearl Whittler just previous.
Thank you. This knife doesn't have a lock.
Unless you'r an experienced knife mechanic fixing a broken lock could prove to be very frustrating.
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FRJ wrote:Here's a little whittler. 3 5/16".
It has a wonderful nickel silver wedge in the back.
Secondaries with half stops. A very solid little gem.
Thanks for looking.
Very nice Joe, thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, Bill. Always glad to share and show off these old knives.
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The only two I have.
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