Old Keen Kutter Knives

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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Very nice, Roger! ::tu:: i am away from home, but will try to find that one in Selle s and the few catalogs i have when i get home
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Thanks Dan,that would be appreciated. It is an odd pattern.
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The KK on previous page that is the Camillus made stock knife, is just branded "Keen Kutter" inside the shield. There is no "E.C.Simmons". Did the Keen Kutter branding get purchased and become a stand alone brand name ? Or, what is the relationship between this Camillus made Keen Kutter and a knife branded: "E.C.Simmons Keen Kutter" ?
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Shapleigh bought ou EC Simmons in July 1940. From that time on there was no EC Simmons on the tang stamp. Camillus made Keen Kutter knives both before and after 1940.
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peanut740 wrote:This is a old EC Simmons Keen Litter with pick bone handles.I'm not sure what to call this pattern.Small sodbuster?It is 3 3/8" long.It is a hefty little knife.
Roger, your knife is a K2901. According to Sellens it was in the Simmons catalogs from 1917 to 1920, so another Walden made knife. He doesn't give a pattern name, nor does the 1917 catalog. However, as much as quoted knife values are worth, he does value it quite highly at $250 in excellent condition (his grading system, I believe, is very close to the NKCA one). Here is a catalog page, with your knife on it, from the 1917 catalog.
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Thank you Dan.Maybe I need to ask more for it. :D
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I posted this in etched knives thread but figured it should go here also, an old Wardlow Cutlery Co Walden NY salesman's sample. Great etch that was a trademark used by EC Simmons. Probably made in the old Walden Knife Co factory.
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Wow Mike, that is a beauty!! ::tu:: For sure over a 100 years old and still with an intact blade etch.
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Really like the worm groove in the handles Mike. Thanks for showing
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Somewhere in my house is an old Keen Kutter I used as a kid in Kansas in the 60s. But I can't find it. Jigged bone handles, long spear blade and pen blade, bolsters had ridges across them, no buttcap. Still have a scar on my left little finger from that knife. One of these days I will find it....
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Thanks Guys
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tallguy where in Kansas did you live?

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My first two knives of 2018. Actually purchased in late 2017 but did not make their way to me until early 2018. First a Keen Kutter pen, K02423, made between 1921 and 1942, according to Sellens. I think earlier in the time period and likely made by Winchester? Second is a K2223, in the catalogs between 1921 and 1929, so very likely made by Winchester.
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My first knife purchased in 2018. Peanut740 posted this one a couple of pages back. But, now that it is mine I am posting a couple of more pictures. Not sure what to call this pattern except a jack knife. It is a K2901, in the catalogs between 1917 and 1920, a Walden made knife
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Dan,that knife still looks good. ::tu::
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Dan those are some great additions to your Keen Kutter collection! What a great way to start the 2018 vintage knife collecting season ::tu:: I really like that Walden made Jack with beautiful pick bone curved handles ::nod::
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Lloyd,that's Walden Knife,not Schrade.
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Yeah thanks Roger I realized my error and corrected it :wink:
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thanks for the comments Roger and Lloyd, I am very happy with that jack, very sturdy feeling.
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Here's an older one that probably falls into the boys knife category. It's just shy of 3" long a mini jack.
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Very nice, Pile Driver! ::tu::
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Very nice!
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Nice ::tu::
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Pile Driver wrote:Here's an older one that probably falls into the boys knife category. It's just shy of 3" long a mini jack.
Beautiful minty small jack! ::tu::
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Picked up this rusty E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter bare end jack, pattern 2108. Has seen little use, blades are full but the pen has a perfect half moon out of it, only thing I can figure is someone wanted a wire stripper. Bone is really nice.
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