Clauss, Freemont Ohio

[FRJ]

I don't consider myself a knife collector but a couple dozen or so have somehow managed to slip into my possession over the years. Not sure how it happened.

OK, well, you've probably got the disease so hang on.

[Thomasg]

And here's the Clausen leaning up against a neat old S&W automatic pistol that dates to 1922. I picked the pistol up about 2 weeks ago and love how the scales on both kinda match in color.

I like guns and knifes ! Great photo ! Thanks for posting .

[Lama]

Here's an old Clauss #61 pen. It has its fair share of wear and appears to be tipped, but still a nice one. My guess is Queen made?

[Ridgegrass]

Nice one. I like Clauss. Don't see many around MD. J.O'.

[Lama]

Thanks, J. O. This one didn't come from Maryland either. It came from an estate auction in Ottawa, Ohio.

[Ridgegrass]

Seems they stayed close to home. I've owned 3 in almost 50 years, but I do have two pairs of Clauss pruners. J.O'.

[Thomasg]

Seems they stayed close to home. I've owned 3 in almost 50 years, but I do have two pairs of Clauss pruners. J.O'.

I think I have close to a dozen clauss .My last two additions.

[Ridgegrass]

[Dkershen]

Took some digging to find this thread. Dilligas.. do you still collect Clauss knives?

Found this folder in a box of my great aunts sewing tools with some professional Clauss scissors.(she was a seamstress) Never knew they made pocket knives as well. My Google-foo has turned up nothing on a Clauss Model 40. Feels very well made. Possibly produced by Case in the 50’s or 60’s? Neat find IMO, but wish I could find more background. Thoughts?

[peanut740]

Took some digging to find this thread. Dilligas.. do you still collect Clauss knives?

Found this folder in a box of my great aunts sewing tools with some professional Clauss scissors.(she was a seamstress) Never knew they made pocket knives as well. My Google-foo has turned up nothing on a Clauss Model 40. Feels very well made. Possibly produced by Case in the 50’s or 60’s? Neat find IMO, but wish I could find more background. Thoughts?

Not Case,but Queen.

[Dkershen]

Is that better or worse from a collector perspective?

[Thomasg]

Is that better or worse from a collector perspective?

Anything with the case knife name seems to have a higher resale value..Welcome To A.A.P.K. .

[Mumbleypeg]

Is that better or worse from a collector perspective?

Depends on what you mean by “better or worse”. To most Clauss collectors it makes no difference who made them. If you’re asking about value, I agree anything “Case” generally seems to add value. Which is why you often see (hopeful) speculation that they were made by Case, especially often erroneous statements from sellers saying a Clauss knife was made by Case. Case did make some, but so did several other high quality cutleries. A keyword search here on AAPK for “Clauss” will find examples from different makers.

Welcome to AAPK.

Ken

[Dkershen]

Thanks Ken. Was just curious. I’ll probably just enjoy my find unless a Clauss collector reaches out and absolutely needs it for their collection.