Name that Tang Stamp

nifbuf · Post by **nifbuf** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:08 pm

I got this knife at the Wilmington show several years ago. I thought for sometime that it was a Curtain & Clark but I no longer think so. It is a 3 5/8" jack with a claw hammer shield, a sheepfoot blade and chisel blade. Never seen it before. The tang stamp is a "co" inside of a larger "C", and both of those inside a large "C". Both blades are stamped. Any ideas???

Sauconian · Post by **Sauconian** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:59 pm

Well I sure haven't been around long enough to answer the question, but there are several companys whose initials could fit. That stamp is just not in any of my references.

If it were my knife though, I'd be hopeing it was from Coleman Cutlery Co., of Titusville Pa. Has an overall look that suggests a Pennsylvania knife to me. The shield though, seems to suggest a hardware company.

I hope you get a knowledgable answer. I'm curious.

Maybe Pa knives will come by to squash my theory.

Fran

Mossdancer · Post by **Mossdancer** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:03 pm

nifbuf;
For its worth I had some years a fixed blade bowie type with a similiar mark. Was told that it might be a Chipaway Cutlery Co.
moss

nifbuf · Post by **nifbuf** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:08 pm

Could be Chipaway, here is what Levine has noted. "E. C. Simmons Hardware Co. (Keen Kutter, Chipaway) St. Louis MO"

Anyone else have this tang stamp?

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:28 pm

according to goins it's the canton cutlery co.

Sauconian · Post by **Sauconian** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:36 pm

Johnnie nailed it !

nifbuf · Post by **nifbuf** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:13 pm

Thank you Johnnie,
I have some Canton Cutlery Company blades also but nothing clsoe to this. I will ask at some of the shows here in the east and see what I come with.

ea42 · Post by **ea42** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:48 am

nifbuf,
I'm pretty sure that's a Curtin and Clark out of Missouri. They did that c in a c thing on their blade etches as well.

Eric

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:53 am

here is a curtin and clark picture i borrowed. blade etch is similar but not the same as the tang on your carpenters jack. the tang markings are straight letters. still think it's a canton.

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:21 pm

nifbuf, I think it doesn't have enough "C"s to be a Curtin and Clark.

Curtin and Clark Cut. Co. needs 4, if you have the "Co." in there, and your tang has 3. The blade etch on the other knife has 4 though. Not definitive, but worth noting.

Canton made some odd utility knives. . . . .maybe.

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:55 pm

from goin's

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:06 pm

jonet143 wrote:according to goins it's the canton cutlery co.

Here is a copy of the info in Canton Cut Co, from Goins' second edition.
There is a reason I like the old editions too. The stamp in question is not in the latest edition.

Dale

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:10 pm

Johnnie.
Looks like you posted yours right after I began to work on mine.
You beat me!

Is your Goin's the first edition?

Dale

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:21 pm

hey dale, i had identified earlier but a pic is worth a thou.....and two pics must be worth even more!

nifbuf · Post by **nifbuf** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:15 pm

Thanks for the correct naming. I will try to fine one of the older Goins' books for my library. Good find.

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:23 pm

It's the Dale and Johnnie Show!!

Nice work guys!!!

P.S. welcome to page 2!!

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:02 pm

jonet143 wrote:hey dale, i had identified earlier but a pic is worth a thou.....and two pics must be worth even more!
copyright 1979.

nifbuf,
Your welcome. Glad to help.
I could easily be a book collector as well, if I didn't watch myself.

Dale