Old and Obscure Brands

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I picked up 3 more Wabash Cutlery.
The office knife is kind of unique. The main blade is stamped Wabash Cutlery, the secondary is stamped Indiana Cutlery.
Wabash changed its name to Indiana in 1931 then back to Wabash in 1933.
This is the first one that I've seen like this.
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Very nice Edge. Wabash did some great celluloid. Rare birds on the east coast. J.O'.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 7:36 pm Very nice Edge. Wabash did some great celluloid. Rare birds on the east coast. J.O'.
Thanks Ridge
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Nice David, Wabash is a tang stamp I have not come across.
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JohnR wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:22 pm Nice David, Wabash is a tang stamp I have not come across.
Thanks John.
I now have 35 Wabash stamped knives and 5 others made by Wabash but stamped something else.
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Lucky you David. Here's one of my two. I love the celluloid on this one and, thankfully, it isn't too shrunken or gassing. Main stamp is WABASH CUTLERY CO. in a half moon over TERRE HAUTE and the secondary is W.C.C. over T.H.,IN. J.O'.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 12:49 pm Lucky you David. Here's one of my two. I love the celluloid on this one and, thankfully, it isn't too shrunken or gassing. Main stamp is WABASH CUTLERY CO. in a half moon over TERRE HAUTE and the secondary is W.C.C. over T.H.,IN. J.O'.
Nice one! If you ever want to get rid of it, Im your guy.
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:D :D :D :D ::handshake:: J.O'.
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I've never seen one in person, nice hunting David.

That's some beautiful cell J. O.

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wlf wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:07 pm I've never seen one in person, nice hunting David.

That's some beautiful cell J. O.
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Thanks to Roger added a pretty amazing large 4 1/4" stag sheepsfoot jack this week. Sold by J M Schmid & Son Providence, RI, J M Schmid was a retailer with a long history, 1871 to1964. They did not make their knives but had them made for them, German, English and US companies, most likely this knife was made by Ulster or Utica, both companies used stag in the early 1900's.
This knife covers a lot of the patterns I collect, early stag, sheepsfoot jacks, jumbo jacks.
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JohnR wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 4:12 pm Thanks to Roger added a pretty amazing large 4 1/4" stag sheepsfoot jack this week. Sold by J M Schmid & Son Providence, RI, J M Schmid was a retailer with a long history, 1871 to1964. They did not make their knives but had them made for them, German, English and US companies, most likely this knife was made by Ulster or Utica, both companies used stag in the early 1900's.
This knife covers a lot of the patterns I collect, early stag, sheepsfoot jacks, jumbo jacks.
If you weren't a sheepsfoot jack fan, that would make you one! Congratulations on the addition, it is a real stunner!
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WOW John ::tu:: ::tu::
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JohnR wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 4:12 pm Thanks to Roger added a pretty amazing large 4 1/4" stag sheepsfoot jack this week. Sold by J M Schmid & Son Providence, RI, J M Schmid was a retailer with a long history, 1871 to1964. They did not make their knives but had them made for them, German, English and US companies, most likely this knife was made by Ulster or Utica, both companies used stag in the early 1900's.
This knife covers a lot of the patterns I collect, early stag, sheepsfoot jacks, jumbo jacks.
Another stunner, wow, you score some incredible stuff. Kudos, keep it up, love surfing your knives. ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu:: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ::ds:: ::groove::
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That's a nice one John .

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Roger is a good source and that is an exceptional old knife.
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Woodward Wight & Co.They were a ship supply company in New Orleans ca.late 1800's early 1900's.Cool etch.
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That’s a really nice knife Roger ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks Bill. ::handshake::
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peanut740 wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:14 pm Woodward Wight & Co.They were a ship supply company in New Orleans ca.late 1800's early 1900's.Cool etch.
Just now seeing this one, great knife and etch!
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peanut740 wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:14 pm Woodward Wight & Co.They were a ship supply company in New Orleans ca.late 1800's early 1900's.Cool etch.
Just seeing this one, very impressive knife, and yeah, cool etch!
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Here is some nice old pick bone on this Ulery, etched "Loos and Dilworth, Paragon Oil Co".
Question......has anyone out there ever seen a Ulery with bone handles, or any scales other than metal?
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Waukonda wrote: Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:49 am Here.....
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Nice one Roger.

Ike that looks like old NYK pick bone on a dandy.

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Man, that's a good looking knife, Ike.
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