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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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Gary I believe the curly maple and the stockman in red stag have a special shield that was used for the Canal Street knives sold through Red Hill Cutlery. I can't blow up the pictures quite enough to be 100% sure that's what they say but they sure look like it from here.

Canal Street ceased production in Dec. of 2015 and the flow had dwindled to a small trickle on ebay. Most of the ones you'll see there are greatly overpriced and have been listed for a long time with no takers. There's usually only a half dozen up for auction at any given time now. Not many of the online retailers have any remaining Canal Street inventory any more.
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kootenay joe wrote:I read that for the first about 6-12 months of operation, Queen supplied parts or partially built knives to CSC to help them get up & running and have some early knives to sell.
Can someone explain more accurately about the Queen-CSC connection in 2005-06 ?
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I heard about the same thing. I got curious about that after I got a 2005 CSC Swing Guard. The fit and finish on the CSC is better than the Queen and it cost $100 more, but other than that there sure isn't much difference. Kind of answered the question I had about the CSC shield...I'd always thought that with as many experienced cutlers as CSC started out with, they could have come up with something a little different than the round shield. Not too long ago I heard that they originally called the company Walden Knife Co. but Taylor LLC had shut that idea down.
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These 2 swing guards definitely show the Queen supplied parts is factual. Very neat to have both the Queen & CSC knives to compare in hand not just by pictures.
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Canal Street dis start out using Queen supplied parts. That is a fact!

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They did start out as Walden Knife and you are correct...Taylor shut them down quickly. That's when they came up with Canal Street

If you think finding Canal Street Knives is tough....try finding a Walden Knife made by the Canal Street factory.....They do exist though.

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Tom do you mean there were knives made about 2006 that were branded "Walden" ? or the original Walden knives that i think were made in the Canal Street factory in early 1900's ?
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He means there were some made by Canal Street Cutlery and branded Walden Knife Co. about 2005.
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Thanks. I have 3 original "Walden Cutlery" knives, but i have not seen any of the CSC "Walden" knives. Do you know what patterns were made ?
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Roland, here's one of them, I know they made a swing guard and a two blade congress as well. That's the tang stamp work sheet underneath the knife. I'm pretty certain that they never even made it to the point of hard stamping any blades, I think all the Walden stamps were preliminary etches to see how they'd fit the tangs:
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Thanks Eric. Are there a few of these 'Trapper Jacks' out there ? Or did it not get to production stage ?
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Eric, Thanks for the pics...I'd heard about them but had never seen one ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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My pleasure Doug!

Roland, I'd be surprised if there were more than three or four knives from each pattern made.

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That's a Beauty Eric and you have the drawings for the Tang Stamps as well! What a Lucky Guy!

Thank you for sharing those pictures!

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Thanks Tom! I do have a thing for paperwork and ephemera. ::tu:: :D

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This one showed up in today's mail
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Doug, that's amazing! Thanks for showing the pics, I've never seen the completed model with all the bling. We did the knives at the shop, then sent them to Colt to be emblazoned with the blade etch and handle signature, but until today I'd never seen what that looked like. Very Nice!

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Eric, Thanks, it's a handful at 11-3/4" overall. It also came with a black fitted sheath embossed the same as the tang stamp. I found one that is in stock and currently for sale at American Edge. https://www.americanedgeknives.com/cana ... fe-ct1873/
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That is a Beauty Doug.

I have one of those without the Etching and Signature as well.

I am also fortunate enough to own one of the Tang Stamps too....big Ole Tang Stamp.

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Was able to get an Eric's Jack, box, bag and papers. #63. ::nod::
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doglegg wrote:Was able to get an Eric's Jack, box, bag and papers. #63. ::nod:: DSCN4927.JPG

Congratulations Floyd. You've got yourself a keeper there. Nice looking stag too. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks Phil, I am still pretty excited about it. ::nod:: ::nod:: ::nod::
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Here is a cellphone photo of my Canal Street COLT Bowie (without the Colt embelishments) along with the Tang Stamp (Unused)!

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Thanks for posting those pic's Tom. It sure is a well made knife, but then I haven't found a Canal Street that isn't. Tony was saying that there was one like yours on Ebay just the other day, wish he had told me before the auction ended. I just might have to modify that display and turn it into a wall hanger...I've run out of room to set things. Guess it's a good thing I've decided to sell off a few knives.
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Well today I received my my third vintage CSC folding pocket knife... officially designating me as a Canal Street Cutlery collector... ::ds::
(I'm not counting the recently acquired Co-op pinchback I received a couple of months ago.)
Actually I rather fancy the pattern... a first for me... a Doctor's knife... but the real reason I went for it is because of the Amber Jig Bone handles... also a first for me...
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Okay... please excuse my ignorance here... but what is the second blade used for on this pattern?
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Nice acquisition KAW. ::tu:: The spatula blade was used for a couple of things. It was used to scoop a small amount of powdered medication and it was also used to slide pills across the surface as they were counted and put into a container.
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