Old Keen Kutter Knives

[Miller Bro's]

This trademark has a long history with knife manufacturers and many of the best knife companies made knives with this mark. According to Goins E.C Simmons started using the Keen Kutter trademark in 1870-1940, Shapleigh used it from 1940-60, and Val Test from 1960-65. So for over 140 years this mark has been used on their products and more specifically pocket knives.

Here is a nice old Keen Kutter marked Cattle knife. It has grooved bolsters, Nickle Silver Trim, jigged bone handles and an etched blade, what more could you want in an old pocket knife??

Let`s see your old Keen Kutter`s!

[tjmurphy]

Man, that's a pretty knife Dimitri

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks Tom, glad someone likes it

Here is an old box the knives originally came in

[Owd Wullie]

Great old knife, D!!

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks Willie!

Here is a nice old pearl Keen Kutter and a picture of the shield they used on their Scout/utility knives.

[paulsvintage]

great ones . love when you can get a knife with the box.

[galvanic1882]

Great knives I love the old KK's and the box is really neat!!!

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks Paul and Mike


Mike, you must have a couple nice specimens to add to this thread

[thawk]

I'd arm wrestle you for that cattle knife!


My only Keen Kutter. Peachseed rough black. Marked 886 on the back tang. It is a Schrade Walden 833 pattern.




With the Schrade 834. These are 1950's Schrade Walden made knives.

[paulsvintage]

Nice THAWK .......one Half Congress

[thawk]

Nice THAWK .......one Half Congress

Same to you Paul. That is a Schrade Walden 774 pattern I do believe. A beauty too.

[Miller Bro's]

I'd arm wrestle you for that cattle knife!

Deal!!


Nice one Paul, I really like the ones with Keen Kutter stamped into the shield

[galvanic1882]

Yes Dimitri I have a few, here is one of them. Got it in Arizona last year at a gun show. Sorry for the bad pictures I will post pics of my others tomorrow.

[Miller Bro's]

Nice one! and a Physician`s knife to boot

[Iron Hoarder]

I'm afraid mine aren't pretty but I like'em

[paulsvintage]

Nice Bob . like the badge

[FRJ]

Here's Keen Kutter with two other knives. What a nice knife this is. Its secondary blade is almost like a fillet blade.
Very flexible. Some sort of plastic covers.

[Miller Bro's]

Another KK made by Schrade

[FRJ]

Hi Dimitri. Do you mean my hunter was made by Schrade?

[Miller Bro's]

Do you mean my hunter was made by Schrade?

Yes it was Joe, look at the jigging pattern in the plastic, this was a Schrade product

[FRJ]

Well, that's pretty cool. They sure made a great knife. Actually it's one of my favorites.
That's great to know. Thanks alot.

By the way, a little off the topic of this nice thread, but do you know who made Marshall Wells Zenith brand knives?
Thanks.

[knifeaholic]

Well, that's pretty cool. They sure made a great knife. Actually it's one of my favorites.
That's great to know. Thanks alot.

By the way, a little off the topic of this nice thread, but do you know who made Marshall Wells Zenith brand knives?
Thanks.

New York Knife Co made a lot of the high grade Zenith knives. But like most contract brands other companies made them as well and they had cheaper lines too.

[FRJ]

Thank you, Steve.

[Miller Bro's]

do you know who made Marshall Wells Zenith brand knives?

Do you have a picture of the knife?




If it has jigged bone handles I can possibly identify the maker

[FRJ]

Dimitri, I was looking at the schrade forum and I was wondering if my KK hunter was made before 1946 or after.
I'm gussing after, by Schrade Walden.