Old and Obscure Brands

[Waukonda]

Very recently, this pocket knife arrived

Nice Griffon, Skip, I must have overlooked this post until now.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Nice.....

Thank you, Ike.

[PA Knives]

Pen blade had same stamp but not as defined. Thank you for commenting

[Froe]

Here is a Wismar Cutlery. 5 1/4 folding hunter with iron liners and bolsters, half stop, good snap and interestingly enough screw attached scales. Seems to be a little smaller than my other folding coke bottle folders, but solid. I have found indications online that Wismar was in operation from the 20’s to the 40’s and may have been a retailer, but I can’t find enough info to confidently confirm that. It is the only other screw scaled traditional vintage knife I can recall other than Miller Brothers, but you guys may have other examples.
Froe

[Waukonda]

Here is a Wismar Cutlery. 5 1/4 folding hunter with iron liners and bolsters, half stop, good snap and interestingly enough screw attached scales. Seems to be a little smaller than my other folding coke bottle folders, but solid. I have found indications online that Wismar was in operation from the 20’s to the 40’s and may have been a retailer, but I can’t find enough info to confidently confirm that. It is the only other screw scaled traditional vintage knife I can recall other than Miller Brothers, but you guys may have other examples.
Froe

I really like that knife, sir, a good looker! I believe that screws on something other than a Miller Bros, is a first for me as well. Thanks for showing.
I took a picture of the Goins entry which gives a slight bit of info. Note also, the illustration shows screws used on the scales.

[Froe]

I really like that knife, sir, a good looker! I believe that screws on something other than a Miller Bros, is a first for me as well. Thanks for showing.
I took a picture of the Goins entry which gives a slight bit of info. Note also, the illustration shows screws used on the scales.

Thanks Ike!
That’s more info than I could have hoped for. And circa 1900 makes more sense to me given the style and construction.
Appreciate it.
Froe

[PA Knives]

This one gits this thread quite well. I just got this Ohio Cutlery Massillon Ohio. 1912 -25. Kinda rough but still and great old piece you rarely find. Lucky me

[danno50]

Lovely old and rare knife! Great bone and the blades look close to full!

[Waukonda]

Like Danno said, great bone and full blades, I would add "in a great pattern". A classic old and obscure knife!

[Miller Bro's]

This one gits this thread quite well. I just got this Ohio Cutlery Massillon Ohio. 1912 -25. Kinda rough but still and great old piece you rarely find. Lucky me

Congratulations David!

Another great find!

[PA Knives]

Thank you. I know that very few members really appreciate old knives, but there is a core group that truly values the historical value of knives like this. The others are truly missing out

[peanut740]

David

[New_Windsor_NY]

Rcently, my trip to the post office produced this lobster or gentlemans', pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY, one blade, one tool (a file with a blade tip), two tang stamps, 3" closed, lobster or gentlemans', pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "ORANGE (over) CUT. CO. (over) WALDEN, N.Y." The tool front or back tang stamp says, "ORANGE (over) CUT. CO. (over) WALDEN, N.Y." The main blade does NOT have a half stop. The main blade does have an OK opening snap. The main blade does have a GOOD closing snap. The tool does have a WEAK half stop. The tool does have an OK opening snap. The tool does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. This pocket knife is in EXCELLENT condition. This pocket knife did NOT need cleaning at all. I just wiped it off.
I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

For more examples of ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY pocket knives,
and newspaper articles regarding the ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY,
click on this link:
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... hp?t=11797


***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE *****
AAPK member lt632ret (R.I.P.), wrote a short article regarding ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY and included pictures of
three tang stamps and four different ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY pocket knives. The article and the pictures
can be found in his book, "Knives of the Hudson Valley - 160 Years of American Cutlery History"
The whole book is a VERY INTERESTING and VERY INFORMATIVE read.

[cps1992]

This is a great thread. Here is my latest. In my more than 50 years of loving old knives, I came across this last week. As many know, my main focus, although I often wonder, has been on knives associated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Thus, the pearl lobster pattern was made in Germany for the G W Fischer jewelry store in Sharon, PA. It took me a while to find any reference. If anyone has info, please share. Sadly, in excitement to open the blades upon arrival in the mail, it slipped from my hand and hit the floor, and I found a crack in the pearl. It upset me, but I still have a pretty nice antique to study. Stupid old fingers anyways. It has a lovely etch on the handle with the owner's initials No doubt a lady of privilege own this beauty.

That's nice either way. I only could find one other like it online. Rare for sure. I have some more info on George W. Fischer i can post later. Here is some other things I found along the way. George was also a Watch Inspector for the Erie RR and New York Central lines. Rather important for timing trains to avoid disasters. On the old post card, look on the left, you can see Fischers Jewlery and a clock.

[glennbad]

I think there a few more of this brand posted in this thread. I picked this whittler pattern up on Sunday.

CE B Co -1.jpg
CE B Co -2.jpg
CE Brewster ad.jpg

As others have mentioned, Charles E Brewster was a wholesale druggist and Grocers specialist. The knives were made and imported from others. This knife has "Germany" on the blade.

I was at an antiques flea market a little while back.. Not much there...but I did find this jalopy. I bought it because it's pretty obscure and it has a local NH connection. I do have another to go with it that posted some time back.

Here's the one I posted before...

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[Froe]

I think there a few more of this brand posted in this thread. I picked this whittler pattern up on Sunday.

As others have mentioned, Charles E Brewster was a wholesale druggist and Grocers specialist. The knives were made and imported from others. This knife has "Germany" on the blade.

I was at an antiques flea market a little while back.. Not much there...but I did find this jalopy. I bought it because it's pretty obscure and it has a local NH connection. I do have another to go with it that posted some time back.
CEB Co Dover.jpg


Boy those designs would ride easy in your pocket. Quite elegant really.
Froe

Here's the one I posted before...
CE B Co -1.jpg
CE B Co -2.jpg
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