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TTC Brand?

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Recently picked up this 5-3/8" "banana" lockback folding hunter. The tang stamp is TTC in a diamond. I have some recollection that this may have been a brand sold by Sears Roebuck, prior to the Wilbert brand. I mat have seen it in an old Sears catalog.

The blade is etched HUDSON'S BAY HUNTER.

TTC...maybe "True Temper Cutlery"?
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Goins only says c. 1908.

BLADES GUIDE TO KNIVES AND THEIR VALUE says:

T.T.C. Diamond Brand, N.Y., sold by Sears Roebuck, Chicago, U.S.A., retail, c. 1909.
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tjmurphy wrote:Goins only says c. 1908.

BLADES GUIDE TO KNIVES AND THEIR VALUE says:

T.T.C. Diamond Brand, N.Y., sold by Sears Roebuck, Chicago, U.S.A., retail, c. 1909.
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That's a really Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr8 looking knife, Steve ::tu:: ::tu::
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I can add nothing.Fine knife,love the etch.I came in 2nd place.
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Beautiful example of a beautiful pattern. This is the first TTC marked knife I've seen, but to lend some credence to the Wilbert /Sears connection I have seen a couple of Napanoch knives that look almost exactly like your TTC.

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I have a twin to it in a Wilbert. But it ain't etched.
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A wonderful looking knife. ::tu::
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Love this cartoon.
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jerryd6818 wrote:Love this cartoon.
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The TTC brand were listed in the 1905 to 1910 Sears reprinted catalog but your knife in this catalog was a Wilbert catalog number 6T16976 with the Hudson Bay etch, length 5 1/4 inches closed, 9 3/4 inches open. Price was $1.12. If mail shipment, postage extra 7 cents. It was one of the most expensive ones listed, only 14 cents less than the big 6 blade congress.____Dave
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Great looking knife Steve, I like the pic of the dog holding the knife too.

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Yeah, that picture is cool.
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