Hen & Rooster knife

[bloomingeek]

Does anybody besides me have any Hen & Rooster knives? I think the workmanship is really good and thier stag scales are awesome.

Here's a large, 4 1\4 inch, Hillbilly Congress I recently bought:

[rangerbluedog]

I have a few and hoping to acquire some more. None are stag though. All of mine are bone except for an enameled 160th anniversary bartender's knife.
If you peek into the stanhope scope, you see the hen & rooster logo
I like 'em!

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[Jethro Bodine]

Couple of odd congress, & a trapper.

[rangerbluedog]

Jethro, what color grips on that congress? Also are those bolsters brass, or is that just an optical delusion?
I'm likin' that red bone trapper!

[Jethro Bodine]

Thanks Blue, & I'm not sure if its an obstacle delusion, I don't have that one any more. They got a brassy tint to them for sure. Not sure what those handles were called, I'd never seen another like them though.

[rangerbluedog]

Ahhhh, after further review: NNC is "Nature's Nectar Celluloid"

[Jethro Bodine]

Very nice Blue, How'd you come up with that? Nature's Nectar Celluloid.....I might never letter go ifin I'd known it was called that.

[rangerbluedog]

Neat thing about the newer Hen & Roosters. You can tell what handle material came from the factory by the tang stamp on the blade. I haven't seen a comprehensive list anywhere, but there is one of those 334-NNC for sale on feebay right now.

[rangerbluedog]

Not sure if this is the right place for it, but since we're talking about it... Here's the way to decode the tang stamps on the modern day hen & roosters. It's a good way to tell if the blade and handles are what came from the factory:
Hen & Rooster Current Production Pattern and Handle Codes

example: 313-PC/TW is a 4" 3bld stockman with Picasso Corelon handles and Tennesee Walker etching.

pattern
102 3" 2 bld canoe
113 3 5/8" 3 bld whittler
123 3 1/2" 3 bld swell center whittler
124 3 3/4" 4 bld congress
173 4" 3 bld stockman
203 3" 3 bld whittler
212 3 1/2" 2 bld trapper
213 3 3/4" 3 bld sowbelly stockman
214 3 1/2" 4 bld congress
224 4 1/4" 4 bld congress
232 3 3/4" 2 bld copperhead
233 3 3/8" 3 bld whittler
234 3 1/8" 4 bld whittler
252 3 5/8" 2 bld canoe
283 3 1/2" 3 bld sowbelly stockman
293 4 1/2" 3 bld sowbelly stockman
302 2 3/4" 2 bld pen knife
303 2 3/4" 3 bld small stockman
312 4 1/8" 2 bld trapper
313 4" 3 bld stockman
314 3 1/8" 4 bld congress
322 3 1/8" 2 bld half congress
323 3 1/2" 3 bld whittler
324 3 5/8" 4 bld medium congress
332 3 1/8" 2 bld half whittler
333 3 1/4" 3 bld stockman
334 3 5/8" 4 bld congress
344 3 3/4" 4 bld congress
351 3 1/2" 1 bld lockback
352 3 1/2" 2 bld canoe
353C 3 1/2" 3 bld whittler
361 4" 1 bld lockback
364C 3 1/2" 4 bld congress
364S 3 1/2" 4 bld congress (stainless steel)
373C 3 1/2" 3 bld swell center whittler
383C 4" 3 bld stockman
412 3 7/8" 2 bld trapper
413 3 7/8" 3 bld stockman
423 3 3/8" 3 bld stockman

handle material
24KT 24 Karat Corelon
AP Antique Pumpkinseed Bone
AQ Aquarius Corelon
ARC Aurora Rose Celluloid
AS Arizona Sunset Corelon
AWJ Autumn Walnut Jigged Bone
BC Beeswax Celluloid Corelon
BJB Black Jigged Bone
BKL Black Lava Corelon
BKVT Black Velvet Corelon
BL Burlwood
BLPB Blue Picked Bone (also BLB)
BPB Black Picked Bone
BRM Marble Corelon
BT Blood Turquoise Corelon
BWG Blue White Gold Corelon
CA Candy Apple Corelon
CB Cobalt Blue Bone
CBJ Cancun Blue Bone or Caribbean Blue Bone
CE Cat's Eye Corelon
CI Cracked Ice Celluloid
CS Caramel Swirl Corelon
DS Deer Stag
EC Emerald Coast Corelon
GPB Green Picked Bone
GRC Grand Canyon Corelon
HCB Honeycomb Bone
IP Imitation Pearl Celluloid
IQ Ivory Quartz Corelon
JGB Jade Green Bone
KLB Moss Green Bone
ME Mocha Express Corelon
MG Midnight Gold Corelon
MH Mystic Heart Corelon
MN Misty Night Corelon
MOP Mother of Pearl
NGB Moss Green Bone
NNC Nature's Nectar Celluloid
PC Picasso Corelon
PD Psychedelic Corelon
PE Peacock Corelon
PHD Parrothead Corelon
PHZ Purple Haze Corelon
PP Plum Passion Corelon
PS Pumpkin Seed Corelon
RC Rock Candy Corelon
RI Rainbow Ice Corelon
RPB Red Picked Bone
RV Red Velvet Corelon
RWJ Red Walnut Jigged Bone
SA Sour Apple Corelon
SF Silver Fox Corelon and Seafoam Corelon
SM Space Mountain Corelon
STAR Star Spangled Banner Corelon
T Toffee Corelon
TB Thunderbolt Corelon
TS Tiger Stripe Corelon
WDF Wildfire Corelon
WSB White Smooth Bone
WT White Thunder Corelon
Y Yellow Celluloid

extra suffix
/D Damascus blades
/BR Bull Rider etching
/CH Coon Hunter etching
/CR Cattle Rustler
/CUT Cuttin' Horse etching
/DH Deer Hunter etching
/F Father etching
/HB Hillbilly Congress etching
/KT Kentucky Thoroughbred etching
/KY Kentucky Congress etching
/LCUT Little Cuttin' Horse etching
/LQH Little Quarter Horse etching
/M Mustang etching
/MCUT Master Cuttin' Horse etching
/MQH Master Quarter Horse etching
/TC Tobacco Congress etching
/TW Tennessee Walker etching
/QH Quarter Horse etching

Any mistakes are mine. There's probably a more acurate and complete list out there somewhere.

[dkonopinski]

Thanks for posting the list. Very useful.

David

[bloomingeek]

Fantastic list rangerbluedog! That's exactly what I've been looking for.

The Hillbilly Congress that started this topic is stamped 224DS. It was made in 2009.

[Camillus]

Here are the Hen & Roosters I currently own.....for sale!
$90 for the pair

364C-PS/TC Tobacco Congress
332-CBJ Pen knife Caribbean Blue Bone

[rangerbluedog]

One of these would just have to be a blue jigged bone wouldn't it?
Why is my hand reaching for my wallet?

[DR_MAGOO]

rangerbluedog, thanks for the H&R pattern info. Good to have for reference.

[mtds]

I've had a few but sold them, except the last one below. Real works of art.

[rangerbluedog]

I don't have my glasses on so I can't tell. Is that a 1945 - 1980 tang stamp?

[DR_MAGOO]

rangerbluedog, can you or someone else provide info on H&R tang stamp?

[rangerbluedog]

Peterforce came up with this one a little while back. Not a whole lot of H&R info out there in web-land...
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... ng#p123509

[peterforce]

hey BLUE >>>>>> thanx good buddie!

i saw this post and figured someone might ask for the stamps again.

i was gonna just link to the post you did.

thanx very much!

also blue i wanted to let you know that for sometime now hen and rooster
has been adding letters to their stamp.

like in the very first knife. ending in -ds which stands of course for DEER STAG.

some of them will get really long. like 213-dscr. dscr = DEER STAG CATTLE RUSTLER
CATTLE RUSTLER referring to the etch on the blade.the second set of letters represent the etching.

anyway i hope helped.

personally i like hen and rooster knives.

[bloomingeek]

mtds, those Hen & Roosters are really nice. Can you give some info about the middle one pictured? (Tang numbers, closed size, etc.) Thanks for any info.

[mtds]

mtds, those Hen & Roosters are really nice. Can you give some info about the middle one pictured? (Tang numbers, closed size, etc.) Thanks for any info.

That coffin jack was 3-5/8 inches long closed, single-bladed, with a round tand and very stout backspring. It was very heavily made for an H&R, at least in my experience, but had that old workmanship with polished inner surfaces and so on. I bought it in 1980 at a gun shop in Christiansburg, Virginia for $55, carried it some and used it lightly, and then sold it in 2007 for $140. Its tangs are pictured below:

[bloomingeek]

Wow, what a great knife! Thanks for the info and congrats on the tidy profit. That's the first one of those I've seen.

[DR_MAGOO]

rangerbluedog and peterforce, thanks for the additional H&R info.

[coachvu]

Thought I would add mine to the mix. EDC. Unfortunately, showing a little shrinkage around the bolsters.

[dcgm4]

bloomingeek, I know what you mean about their stag scales. They are sweet.

Here's the only Hen & Rooster I own. It was made to commemorate the millenium.