Unfamiliar Tang Stamp - Looks Like BKO?

[eyeselect]

This knife has a tang stamp that I do not recognize. Does anyone know the maker? The handle could be tortoise shell, but more likely it is celluloid. Closed the knife is about 3 3/8 inches long, and the main blade is about 2.5 inches long. Thanks

[btrwtr]

Have no idea but B..... Knife Co. The Big C and small o go together for Co. New one to me.

[eyeselect]

Thanks btrwtr,
I tried various combinations in my searches, but I just tried BK Co. and I came up with the Brooklyn Knife Co., but they seem to be exclusively concerned with culinary cutlery. They have a different trade mark also. KA-BAR also comes up, but I can't seem to make any connection to the BK Co. stamp.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Goins lists B. K. COMPANY, but provides no other information.

That generally means he had seen the stamp, but had no historical info on it.

Charlie Noyes

[eyeselect]

Thanks Charlie,
Do you think the handle is bakelite or tortoise?

[RobesonsRme.com]

Hard to say on that one. I don't know its age. The material is quite dark.

I'm thinking celluloid.

Nice old knife.

Wish we knew more about B. K. Company.

Charlie

[eyeselect]

Thanks Charlie,
When you see the side view of this knife you can see that the celluloid is very thin, like >1/32". This knife is very tight it opens and closes like new and has almost zero wobble.