A CHALLENGE for you.
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Thank you Lee and thanks for the pattern name, always wondered if there was a specific name for this knife, I have an early Cattaraugus just like this one.
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Very nice, peanut, love that Autoist's Companion etch! Beautiful barehead jack, John, great bone, rattail and ringed bolster and a long pull sheepsfoot main blade go together nicely!!
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First two photos - a used old Cigar pattern, next is a lock back English Jack ( missing the folding guard like several others shown) and last, a couple of Scouts with a little etch left on the masters.
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Here's a nice, stout jack knife with half stops on both blades.
Solid all the way around ...... but it is a Challenge. 3 3/8".
Solid all the way around ...... but it is a Challenge. 3 3/8".
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Beautiful Challenge Joe!
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Joe, beautiful old Challenge jack knife. The handles are especially nice!
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Beauty of a Challenge Joe ... great looking bone and nice blades !!!
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That is a pretty one Joe. ___Dave
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I wanted to share this Challenge Cut Co Whittler that I actually scored a few years ago but realized never took photos… The knife is 3” closed and sports 2 pen blades which is a bonus – all blades are hard snapping and tight. This jigged bone tip bolstered knife was apparently a salesman sample but through the years I guess it was handled and the blades etc have some staining and the salesman ink is worn or light but visible (ie, not exactly mint) – that is the result of grimy oily fingers handling the knife and not being cleaned afterwards – maybe and perhaps lightly used but doesn’t appear to ever have been sharpened. I imagine salesman would let potential buyers handle the knife and perhaps demonstrate cutting etc . . As an aside the price was extremely fair and didn’t take into account at all that it was inked. The knife has a full etch. The salesman ink if you look closely is 3446/135 – and a 1925 catalog cut (below) shows this knife and indeed the pattern # is 3446. Lots of photos to show the knife and thanks for looking!
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Nice score Lee.I have several etched Challenge knives and like them all.You may want to edit your post to bone instead of MOP.
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Thanks Roger ... thanks for catching that error - actually I just edited it prior to reading your reply - why I typed MOP I will never know ...
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