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Former Schrade President Walley Gardner and principal Joe Hufnagel joined with nine master cutlers to form a group of US craftsmen with over 300 years of combined knife making experience to create Canal Street Cutlery. It was first located in upstate New York where a long and rich tradition of quality knife making dates back to the 19th century. Unfortunately, the company closed its doors in 2015, but not before making some great knives. The brand was resurrected in 2018 as Canal Street Cutlery Co-Op & focused on making very small batches of high quality traditional knives. As a Co-Op, it was owned by the knife makers who worked there. Unfortunately, the business model couldn't hold up & the entity again ceased production.
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Phil nice ram's horn hunter!! That's an older one too! ::tu:: ::tu::

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Here's another one that showed up in my mailbox today.
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Beauty Phil, that's another early one that was done for Red Hill. Didn't use those cut swedge muskrats for very long, they're somewhat scarce.

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Eric as I'm sure you're already well aware, these Canal Street knives are getting scarce. I'm trying to pick up what I can as I go along but the prices are rising too, making it tough on an old poor boy like me. I'm just grateful to be able to add a few from time to time.
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Nice one Phil....I am with you, grabbing up Canal Streets as I can, not all styles, just the ones I like.

Like you said, they are very elusive and when you do find the right one.....look out, they are not cheap...lol

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Tom, the prices for CSC knives now is similar to the same pattern GEC knife. In other words, a little higher than when CSC was still in operation and closer to their deserved value.
Do you agree with this assessment ? or are prices higher than i think ?
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Roland,

I have approx 350 Canal Street Knives and they are all great knives....fit & finish on mine are great. I believe the prices are going up since they closed the factory and they seem to be less and less available.

I was very fortunate to have a couple of connections at Canal Street and was able to grab up quite a few one of a kind knives and of course some of the customs as well. I have a Mastodon Tooth and a Mastodon bone barlow as well as 13 Pinch Lock backs that have the Burl Etching on them. I also have some Protypes that never went into production past the sample stages.

I am a Die Hard Schrade fan so the cross-over to Canal Street was an easy choice.

I truly believe that folks that have Canal Street knives, are sitting on these knives, either because they are like Phil and I (Collectors) or they are holding out for higher prices before they bring them out.....just my opinion though.

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Santa delivered this Canal Street Stag Squeeze lockback for me this year. It is 5" closed and came with a belt sheath so it will likely get some belt time out of the house. It is a real shame that Canal Street no longer makes knives. This knife is impeccable.
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Wow !! ::tu::
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That's a great looking knife Jerry. ::tu::
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Love that Squeeze...something about the stag. First one I have seen with stag

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That's a beauty! The natural stag were the first ones done, sold by A.G. Russell. He had a few first issues done in stag, the pinch (small lockback), half moonpie (single blade trapper), and barlow are a few. I think he had the canittler done as well.

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Anybody able to help me better identify my latest buy? It’s an English Barlow Prototype in Tootsie Roll Bone. I would love to know the steel used. It has no serial number or identification. Thanks!!
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The Canal Street Barlow has 14-4 CrMo Clip and Pen Blades

Danwilli22,

I actually own that same exact knife which is also a PROTOTYPE and a second one (PROTOTYPE) that has the Canal Street Etching on the Bolster. In addition I own another 20 of their English Barlows. I absolutely loved their Barlows.

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"I absolutely loved their Barlows."
Oh good ! Because here is another: made in 2013 with very unique handles: "petrified Wildebeast" is what the paper insert says, but i think the word "bone" should be added.
The handles are dense, heavy, colorful and absolutely glass smooth. Note the swell at the end opposite the pivot; works to anchor the pinky finger for a more secure grip.
The backside handle looks dark in these pictures but it person it is shades of green.
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KJ,

That is a beauty, I have one in the Wildebeest and a second one in Wooly Mamouth. These were Customs that Canal Street made, and I believe there were only 25 of each made. Definately Unique pieces

Great catch there

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Tom, have you posted pictures of your Wildebeest & Mammoth handled Barlows ? I would like to see them.
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Roland that's one fine addition to your collection. Is that a different one from the one Chase recently posted for a friend who was selling several Canal Street knives ? Either way, you've got yourself a prize piece of cutlery. Congratulations. ::handshake:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Roland what a great addition! I remember assembling those guys, Harold Buley cutlered and I believe hafted every one of them, so you've got the added bonus of having a knife that was made by a master cutler and sample maker from Schrade! Here's an old Schrade family portrait of some guys in front of the Schrade Walden plant in the very early 1970's (Tom you might recognize this photo :wink: ). Harold's the guy standing on the left. I've got a shot of him at Canal Street too but I'll be darned if I can find it:
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Also have an photo of a few of the knives as they sat waiting for inspection:
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Eric,

That photo is of the Guys who Developed the Third Generation Knives that Schrade manufactured. Uncle Harold is the one Standing, left side of the photo and Uncle Barry is the One Kneeling on the left side. Funny thing is Barry was the younger of the two and he was the boss...in addition my Mom worked for Barry as Quality Control as well. Schrade really was a family oriented business.

Thanks for posting that Eric, brings back some very fond memories!

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So I went into the knife room and grabbed my Canal Streets to photo. I only had time to take pictures with the cellphone, therefore the true colors are not represented real well....these are beauties in hand.

I actually have Two Petrified Wildebeest Barlows, one is a PROTOTYPE and the other is not. KJ--there were 30 of these sold, not 25 as I stated in an earlier post.

I also have a Petrified Wildebeest Pinch Lock Back and a Wooly Mammoth Tooth Pinch Lock Back. These were two Custom Knives by Canal Street Cutlery for Drop Point Hunter. Very Limited

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Eric & Tom, thank you for your posts.
Phil, yes this is the knife that Tom recently sold for a friend.
Wikipedia says there have been 2 types of wildebeest fossils found in South Africa, some is 800,000 yrs old and others are 2-3,000,000 years old.
The mammoth tusk we have on our knives is not fossilized. It has been preserved by being in soil of the correct chemistry and the surface has taken on various minerals giving it color.
These wildebeest handles were bone not tooth substance. I say "were bone" because i think they are a true fossil, i.e. all of the features like cell walls, marrow etc have been replaced by minerals, so it now is a rock.
In addition to the rich colors the other outstanding feature of these wildebeest handles is how sublimely smooth the surface is, like glass.
Eric do you know if this wildebeest fossilized bone cut like stone ? or softer like ivory or mammoth ivory ?
And how easy or difficult was it to bring out this perfectly shiny smooth surface ?
This is the second knife i have thanks to Mr. Buley. The first is the 2006 Folding Hunting Knife which Mr. Buley i believe designed and built. He even came back to work after he had retired to do a little 'tune up' on my '06 Folding Hunting knife.
Eric i guess the picture is from late 1970's to early '80's ? Are you in this picture ?
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Roland it wasn't as hard as stone, but a bit harder than your average bone, more similar to mammoth. It was very easy to polish once it was sanded smooth with fine grit belts. I'm not in that picture, it was likely taken around 1970-72 or so, while it was still Schrade Walden. I was probably around ten years old then, likely fiddling with my first pocket knife lol.

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" it wasn't as hard as stone, but a bit harder than your average bone"
Thank you Eric. This indicates the Wildebeest bone is not a true fossil but is preserved bone, similar to mammoth ivory being preserved tusk.
The difference between a fossil, which is a rock, and long preserved bone, is academic really, but as i started out as a soft rock geologist studying fossils, i cannot call a non fossil, a fossil. "Fossil", what an odd word !
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Here is the 2006 "Custom Folding Hunting Knife" that i mentioned above. Built by Mr Buley (and possibly designed by him as well ?) and then 'tuned up' for me 9 years later, 2015 (or early 2016 ?), when he came out of retirement for a day to remove a slight blade play.
At 4.5" it is just the right size for hunting and inhand you feel ready to start field dressing. This is a GREAT knife but you hardly ever see one. The sheath is beautiful as well.
Thank you Harold !
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