Help ID my great grandfathers knives

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danno50 wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:26 am
spizebrad wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 3:15 am
danno50 wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:18 pm The Keen Kutter is a swell centre whittler with bone handles. It was made for the EC Simmons Hardware Co. prior to 1940. If it is 3 1/2", it could possibly be a K3698 3/4, which was made between 1905 and 1938. Depending on age, it was likely made by either Walden or Winchester.
I’m at work now but I’ll be sure to measure the blade and take a look at the other side for a number. Thank you!
It is not blade length that is important, it is the length of the knife with all blades closed that we want
Oh okay. Well, the length with all the blades closed is just shy of 3 1/2 and there isn’t anything printed on the other side of the main blade. I’ll post a pic with a ruler.
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spizebrad wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:47 am
danno50 wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:26 am
spizebrad wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 3:15 am

I’m at work now but I’ll be sure to measure the blade and take a look at the other side for a number. Thank you!
It is not blade length that is important, it is the length of the knife with all blades closed that we want
Oh okay. Well, the length with all the blades closed is just shy of 3 1/2 and there isn’t anything printed on the other side of the main blade. I’ll post a pic with a ruler.
From your picture it looks pretty close to 3 1/2". I believe it is a K3698 3/4 as I speculated. With no stamped pattern number, I believe it is an earlier (1905 to 1923 or so), Walden made knife. Below is a pic of my Winchester made K3698 3/4.
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kootenay joe wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:26 pm The Elgin is a fob thype knife as you say. Most of these are "skeleton knives", meaning a knife manufacturer made the knife but did not put handles onto the liners. These were then sent to jewelry stores to mount handles, often very thin rolled gold or sterling silver, and to monogram, etc. The knife manufacturer would mark the tang with whatever name was requested, not their own mark. So "Elgin" was likely a wholesaler to jewelry stores.
These were popular late 1800's to 1920's.
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Elgin was a brand of watches. This would have been a fob for an Elgin pocket watch.
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