Canal Street Mint Set #12 Red Stag

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:12 pm

This came via UPS this morning.

I haven't cleaned them yet, I just had to get a couple pictures in. All are well made with Red Stag handles, the Canal Street Sheild, and have 12 on the front bolster. There will be 25 sets made and that's it. Red Stag is one of my favorites and the Canal Street knives I have seen lately have inpressed me.

I can post some individual knife pictures after the weekend. They made an absolutely beautiful set. From what I hear, all Red Stag Canal Street knives must now go through Red Hill Cutlery because of an exclusive contract.

Well, I'll have to wait until Monday to do my cleaning, weekend plans.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:02 pm

Very Impressive Hukk, very impressive indeed...The red stag is very eye catching....

That presentation case is pretty stout as well...

Thanks for sharing...

Sunburst

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:19 pm

Very nice Hukk.

Bill

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:58 pm

nice set darrell, i'd be very proud to carry any of those knives, but i would have to carry them all. canal street has certainly got an edge(pun intended) on their competitition. so red hill is the only source?

johnnie

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:00 am

The guy at Red Hill told me that they had an exclusive contract for Red Stag made by Canal Street Cutlery. I think he was saying that if another vender wanted some Red Stag made by Canal Street Cutlery that they would have to pay Red Hill Cutlery a fee (royalty) before Canal Street Cutlery could use Red Stag to make knives for someone else. Red Hill could also deny anyone or have to order it through Red Hill Cutlery. They may have the same deal with Giraffe Bone and (OH-OH) SANDBAR STAG.

Honest I just looked it up to be sure of my facts.

OK here is the link: http://www.redhillcutlery.com/Merchant2 ... ry_Code=MS

Did I just open that can of worms again?

Here we go again.

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:49 am

There goes a chunk of my knife allowance but well spent Very nice Hukk
They looks so well made and clean with no junk on the blades. The case looks well made too.

mikek · Post by **mikek** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:05 am

very,very nice set.if you ever want to part with the whittler please let me know.haha

nmikash · Post by **nmikash** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:08 am

Its hard to type through all the drool on my keyboard. Beautiful set!

4ever3 · Post by **4ever3** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:28 am

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Very nice Hukk

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:12 am

Hukk, my man,

Please, on behalf of all of your friends here, could you ask them to explain..."Sandbar Stag"...we would all be very greatful...

Bill

Mossdancer · Post by **Mossdancer** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:35 am

Hukk;
WOW.
Better than ask them to explain SS. Why dont you just tell them. I bet you know more about him than they do.
W.B.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:53 am

You know I have always wondered what exactly sandbar stag was...Hukk, I for one would really appreciate you explaining that for me....Is it from the same region as the Red stag????

Sunburst

Roger - 50/2050 · Post by **Roger - 50/2050** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:25 pm

Howdy Hukk,

Very nice knife set my knifer friend, really think those handles show loads of character for sure

!

Red Stag is very unusual in the knife hobby, to my knowledge, only three styles of this handle has been offered in the hobby to collectors from Canal Street Cutlery & Schatt & Morgan in today's market to W.R. Case & Case Classics in the past! Below is a Case Classic Elephant Toenail that used to belong to a knifer friend of mine that has some of the earliest Red Stag!

Darrell, thanks for sharing these photos of this very beautiful set you have of this Red Stag set of knives

"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:15 pm

Mossdancer wrote:Hukk;
WOW.
Better than ask them to explain SS. Why dont you just tell them. I bet you know more about him than they do.
W.B.

Well, I will call and ask, but it may ruin a fun and popular thread, you know, the one with the most BS in it, a fun one.

Course I may get a line of that from them. Maybe they will refer me to this website.

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:57 am

Those are great looking knives Hukk and Roger

I'll be devastated

if they do not confirm my Sandbar story.

s-k

TheClasp · Post by **TheClasp** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:05 pm

Wow! Those Red Stag Canal Street knives are certainly an impressive set. I too have yielded to the lure of the Red Stag... Hey Canal Street, call me when you start making clasp knives...

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:24 pm

El Lobo wrote:Hukk, my man,

Please, on behalf of all of your friends here, could you ask them to explain..."Sandbar Stag"...we would all be very greatful...

Bill

Well, I called Red Hill Cutlery and Canal Street Cutlery today and I got quite a story about our Sandbar Stag. It seems many years ago (OK I have a Finnish last name and Southern roots due to a shotgun wedding--TRUE story) a good old Southern boy just did not know how to spell Sambar Stag and spelled it Sandbar Stag. The name stuck.

Yes they are the same thing--same animal. Sandbar Stag was born because a good old Southern Boy could not spell. I figure it's true, how often do you find that fact is stranger than fiction. Here it is, DIRECT from Red Hill Cutlery of Kentucky.

Copied from the Sandbar Stag Thread.

EDITED: I did not get a chance to call Canal Street Cutlery and I posted a response in the Sandbar Stag thread. My apologies, but this is the opinion of ONE employee at Red Hills Cutlery. Canal Street Cutlery had no knowledge what so ever as to the comments of ONE employee at Red Hills Cutlery. Canal Street Cutlery remains an excellent company with an excellent reputation and makes high quality knives that I intend to keep collecting. Thanks for understanding, my goof up.

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:34 pm

Hello Hukk my real good knifer friend the best one in the hole world.

Now that I said all that are you willing to part with this FANTASTIC HERM??

I sure would like them in my house. I am talking about the RED STAG.
Soon they will be one year old. I dont mind paying you the same price you payed for these HIGH QUALITY JEWELS.

richied · Post by **richied** » Fri May 11, 2007 12:02 am

Nice looking, I too like the red stag handles

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Fri May 11, 2007 1:30 am

richied wrote:Nice looking, I too like the red stag handles

Welcome to our friendly site.

Thanks, there were 25 sets of these made. Gotta be careful, Ken is always after some of my abalone handled knives too.

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Fri May 11, 2007 2:25 am

Hukk and Roger....I think Ralph Kramden said it best when he said

"Woo-owwwww...humana humana humana"

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Fri May 11, 2007 10:20 am

Hukk; "Gotta be careful, Ken is always after some of my abalone handled knives too."

That's because you have such good taste and some day before I die I hope to taste the real abalone.
Does it taste like chicken??...

Cuz you did not say your CS Red's are for sale I must assume they are not yet...

richied...

..Icon you have too and welcome.

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Fri May 11, 2007 3:23 pm

justold52 wrote: That's because you have such good taste and some day before I die I hope to taste the real abalone.
Does it taste like chicken??...

Thanks, abalone taste like abalone

. Good thing I dive (not yet this year and may not). Resturants that have abalone on the menu out here buy farm raised (small) abalone. If you want to order it, need to call ahead because NOBODY keeps it on hand. Last price I heard 5 or 6 years ago was $135.00 per LB WHOLESALE! Major OOOOOUUUUCCCCHHH!

richied · Post by **richied** » Fri May 11, 2007 11:16 pm

Thanks again for the warm welcome,gentlemen. I can plainly see I've found some people who truly know their knives. I'm sure I'll learn a lot.I've been focusing on Case knives, but have had my eyes opened the last couple of days.

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