America's "Little Sheffield"

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Great 3 knives there, love the philips driver on the bail 10th mtn division
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Three good looking knives Jay,thanks for sharing!!! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks guys. Took a while to find that ulster at a price I could afford. Seller had some blurry pics so it was a bit of a crap shoot. When I got it there was pocket wear and patina but as far as I could tell unused. I like to think it made it all the way to Italy and back.
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Jay, nice group of old Scout knives. ::tu::
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RalphAlsip wrote:Jay, nice group of old Scout knives. ::tu::
Thanks ::tu::
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danno50 wrote:Ditto what Lee said, very nice Schrades, Jay! ::tu:: ::tu:: Here is a Keen Kutter and two EC Simmons knives with, what looks to me, like very similar bone to your Schrade Cut Cos. You are right though, I believe this KK is the only one I have seen with that type of bone.
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Thanks Ivoryman. I did meet you at either the 2016 or 2018 OKCA show. I believe it was last year in 2018?
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::welcome:: Ivoryman... hope you come back often...

Like Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog... I decided to come out of hibernation today & peek my head about the board...
Jay... the trapper seems to be one of CSC's iconic patterns... but that is the first I have seen with the engraved bolsters... really raises the bar to being one elegant looking knife! 8)

Coincidentally earlier this week I received its not so distant ancestor... a Schrade Cut Corp. №293Y (1974−79) unused... still in its view pack.
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P.S. That is also a great comparative photo of three high class scout knives...
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I also just received in the mail yesterday...
a Schrade Walden №865 Sunfish Lobster which I narrowed down to between 1948−58. I including the 1954 catalog cut.
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Does anyone know what "Sunfish" refers to? Is it because of the "etched" mark side cover of the handle?
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Glad you poked your head out KAW, knice knives as well. ::tu::
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Thanks doglegg...
This week I also picked up this Schrade I*XL Wostenholm, Sheffield, England Limited Edition Stockman... as the paper states.. this is the first knife the partnership produced with a limited run of 8,000 in 1980... but with the bolster stamped with Serial № WG 001... does that mean this particular knife is the very first one?
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Nice finds, Ken. ::tu:: I like the sunfish lobster. No idea why they called it that?
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Ken, the WG stands for Walter Gardiner. He was the president of the company and would have the first knife off the line, 001 with his Initials added. I know this because he has given me a few of these personally as gifts. That is a special knife and unique.
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Wow Jay... I was not expecting that! ::woot:: Thanks for the info. The knife did stay local. The Ebay seller was located in Newburgh. I picked it up personally and did ask him about any provenance and he would tell me is he knew the owner... probably someone Walter gave the knife to... ::shrug::
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This one should fit in this thread as well .
Napanoch 2 blade scout .
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That is a beautiful little knife, ScoutKnives. How long is it?
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Don't know anything much about scout knives... it seems to have some heft to it... & those classic Napanoch bone handles...
8) ::tu::
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Mike, that’s the latest looking Napanoch I’ve seen. Beautiful colored handles, which resemble the jigging style on some Challenge knives I’ve seen, albeit larger jigs.

Nice additions to the thread Ken.
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Thanks Lyle... Got another addition this week...
NY knife Co. with "tiger's eye" celluloid handles... couldn't come up with a pattern no. for this one nor find it in a catalog...
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Hi Joe,
Still packed up but it’s gotta be around 3 1/2” long closed .
Thanks for all the great comments Lyle , Ken & Joe .


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FRJ wrote:That is a beautiful little knife, ScoutKnives. How long is it?
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Ahhh... I found today a reason to bump up this thread back to the first page...
an old 3¼" Schrade Cut Co. Jack with the arched tang stamp that dates it to between 1904−17.
Just wish the blades were not so used up... but on the other hand it only cost me $10 at an local antique shop...
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I think this Pritzlaff Hardware jack might have been made by NYK Co. I found the same pattern (only larger) in a NYK Co. catalog, and the shield on a different pattern.
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Wow, beautiful knife, Mike! ::tu:: ::tu:: Nice variation of the bomb shield.
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Wow Mike - a stunner indeed and as I say a “sleeper” with little use ::tu:: ::tu:: ... I guess this is a swell center jack - pretty cool 8) ... What’s the closed length?
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Thanks Dan and Lee. I got it from Roger, so of course it's good! ::tu:: It's 3 1/5 closed Lee.
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