Hardware Store and Distributor Knives

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:26 pm

Thanks Bob. I think it was decided that old feller was made by Schrade.

tjmurphy · Post by **tjmurphy** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:05 am

Here's one that's not been mentioned yet. Keen-Edge, Canton Hardware Co., Canton, Ohio

And, Cattaraugus, M. Klein & Sons

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:38 am

Those are some really nice ones, T.J.

dcgm4 · Post by **dcgm4** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:01 am

Nice ones, Jerry and TJ!

Jerry, I'm usually not that big on scout knives but that Dasco is something else! I really like the swedge on the spear and the bone too.

koldgold · Post by **koldgold** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:42 am

Some more of these John Primble knives - made by Schrade and sold by Belknap Hardware...

philco · Post by **philco** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:44 am

Nice group of knives you got there Koldgold.

When I was growing up, the local hardware carried Belknap products including John Primble knives. They also sold Schrade knives and Case knives. Back then my focus was mostly on the Case products although I do recall having a "Primble" or two somewhere along the way.

Jacknifeben · Post by **Jacknifeben** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:01 pm

Jack Knife Ben only had one store but he sold alot of knives at Union Stock Yards in Chicago.

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:18 pm

....beautiful bone on that one!!!!............

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wlf · Post by **wlf** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:07 pm

Nice ones Jerry and TJ,you guys are focused,and I think that's great.

Beautiful example Kg.

Delbert you are pretty focused too,that's a dandy.I wonder who made it.

Jacknifeben · Post by **Jacknifeben** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:33 pm

wif i woiuld bet on napanoch. what happened to your kentucky buddy?

koldgold · Post by **koldgold** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:00 pm

This Camillus "886UH" was sold only by one of the big Department Stores.
It looks like the Schrade "885UH". Note the Old "S.C.C." tang stamp on the 886UH...Ken

Colonel26 · Post by **Colonel26** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:38 pm

How have I missed this? I love old hardware store knives. They're some real gems!

How about two Craftsman 9488 knives? They're flat ground clip versions of the schrade 804.

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:42 pm

Here are three that I have:

Bingham Hardware
Fletcher Hardware Detroit MI
HSB fixed blade.

Colonel26 · Post by **Colonel26** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:43 pm

What about two Wards stockman knives? The lighter, green one is post war 40's Camillus. The darker one Pete Cohen tells me is late 20's-early 30's Camillus though some have claimed its Winchester. I just know I like it! Both are 4 inches.

Colonel26 · Post by **Colonel26** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:48 pm

Here's my last one and the best of the bunch. It's marked White House, made by Case, in the 20's I think, for Weaver McWhorter Hardware in Nashville, TN.

This one is dead mint.

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:42 pm

Colonel26 wrote:How have I missed this? I love old hardware store knives. They're some real gems!

How about two Craftsman 9488 knives? They're flat ground clip versions of the schrade 804.

..........col., love these 2!!!.................

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Colonel26 · Post by **Colonel26** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:00 pm

I thought you might!

Wait until you see what's coming to me in the mail!

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:24 pm

.......based on what you've been posting lately, it's probably going to "fling a cravin' on me"!!!....................

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Colonel26 · Post by **Colonel26** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:46 pm

Only if you like peach seed bone whittlers big whittlers.

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 10:33 pm

......do I need to put a seat belt on my 'puter chair?????..........

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RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:09 pm

Another Birmingham, Alabama based hardware wholesale company was Wimberly - Thomas, located on the South Side, adjacent to railroad tracks.

There have been very few folding knives found that were marked Wimberly - Thomas, I think I have seen three and it's possible two of those were the same knife.

I picked this off of Ebay a few months ago.

We had another hardware jobber here, Long Lewis Hardware. Sometime in the late teens or early twenties, they started selling Ford automobiles and that, now, is all that remains, Long Lewis Ford.

I have never seen a Long Lewis knife, but the Ford dealership has old photos of the hardware store in their showroom and there are obviously pocketknives in some of the display cases, makes unknown.

Charlie Noyes

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:12 pm

There are avid collectors of Birmingham hardware affiliated knives in this area and when one finds something like this, it can be quickly sold.

That goes for razors, too.

I once had a razor marked "Birmingham Stove and Range Co."

Never did figure that one out, unless they were meant to be give-aways.

Charlie

philco · Post by **philco** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:11 pm

Nice little piece of history you have in that knife Charlie.

1967redrider · Post by **1967redrider** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:15 am

How about some E.C. Simmons Hardware Company Keen Kutters? The serpentine and barehead jacks are SHAPLEIGH HWD. CO. (DE) stamped.

wlf · Post by **wlf** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:06 am

You once said "He has cornered the market". Seems you are trying to go down the same road.Wish I still had this E C Simmons.I will try and run it down,if you're interested.

I absolutely love that jumbo whittler. How about it going solo here.

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