Ka-Bar Made by Canal Street

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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wazu013 wrote: Ralph, If you look on the swing guard next to the patent number you'll see the letters CS stamped on it.
wazu, thank you for pointing that out! Attaching a close-up view for posterity.
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RalphAlsip wrote:
wazu013 wrote: Ralph, If you look on the swing guard next to the patent number you'll see the letters CS stamped on it.
wazu, thank you for pointing that out! Attaching a close-up view for posterity.
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Anyone know if this Ka-Bar folding hunter was made by Canal Street? I can't seem to find any information on this 0983 number stamped on the pile side of the mail blade. Could it mean it was made in September 1983 or is it a pattern number? ::shrug::
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Thanks for your reply, Airborne, that's what I'm hoping for. ::handshake::
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Definitely not Canal Street. Maybe Queen? I know they had a similar pattern to that but not sure if they ever did the grooved pulls. ::hmm::
I'm 95% sure it's Queen though.

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ea42 wrote:Definitely not Canal Street. Maybe Queen? I know they had a similar pattern to that but not sure if they ever did the grooved pulls. ::hmm::
I'm 95% sure it's Queen though.

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ea42 wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:15 am Yep, that was made by Canal Street. We made the smaller pinch lockback and that larger squeeze lockback for them as well as a drop point sheath knife, a barlow, a trapper, and a single blade trapper. All had the copper bolsters. As far as I know Canal Street was the exclusive builder of that Coppersmith line.

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Hey Eric, What year were these made? I just bought a Barlow, hasn’t arrived yet, but I am curious about the year of production on these Coppersmith knives.
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Thanks for all the good info in this post. Here are 3 of the 4 kabars mentioned earlier. Don't have the elephant toe. Wish I did.
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Got this Barlow Coppersmith in today. Bought it right here on AAPK from Brent at LuvStag. I had been outbid on one just the day before he posted this one for sale in his store. I couldn’t move fast enough to get this one. I love the mirror polished backsprings. That’s a feature that really sets a knife off for me.
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Well, so we have a complete set...here's the elephant toe.
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I like the shiny handle though
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ea42 wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:15 am Yep, that was made by Canal Street. We made the smaller pinch lockback and that larger squeeze lockback for them as well as a drop point sheath knife, a barlow, a trapper, and a single blade trapper. All had the copper bolsters. As far as I know Canal Street was the exclusive builder of that Coppersmith line.

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I have the fixed blade without the dog head shield. Was this made by Canal Street Cutlery too?
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Jeff if it's one like this it was made by Canal Street:
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I just picked up two Coppersmiths - the small "pinch" lockback and the fixed blade.

Does anyone know the steel type used on these?
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