Ka-Bar Made by Canal Street
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Ka-Bar Made by Canal Street
I'm hoping to get clarification related to whether, or not, Canal Street made the Ka-Bar copper bolster and copper dogs head knife pictured below. If not Canal Street I would be grateful for opinions as to who did make it. Thanks in advance.
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Holy Moley, I think I have the exact same knife! I'll post some pics tomorrow. I have the exact same questions. By the way, I really like it!
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I have my doubts about that being a Canal Street build, but I've sent a PM to "the man", Eric who should be able to give us the low down on this question.
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Re: Ka-Bar Made by Canal Street
Yep, that was made by Canal Street. We made the smaller pinch lockback and that larger squeeze lockback for them as well as a drop point sheath knife, a barlow, a trapper, and a single blade trapper. All had the copper bolsters. As far as I know Canal Street was the exclusive builder of that Coppersmith line.
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Here's mine, it has a differant blade and the pooch is mounted in a differant location. Also no lanyard hole. One of my fav EDC.
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So Eric you used to work at Canal St?
Mine is stamped Olean N.Y. ::tu::c
So Eric you used to work at Canal St?
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Re: Ka-Bar Made by Canal Street
Ed, that's the smaller model, we did two sizes for them. Here's a quick shot for comparison. That funky rough look on the butts of the knives is some kind of weird reflection, they're quite smooth:
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Eric, thank you for the confirmation. The knife certainly has a Canal Street feel to it. The Ka-Bar rendition of the Squeeze frame seems a tad bit shorter/smaller than the Canal Street marked Squeeze frame.ea42 wrote:Yep, that was made by Canal Street.
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Phil, you should have recognized the knives ?? -- same pattern/knives as the "" Diamondback Rattler set"" you got from mephilco wrote:I have my doubts about that being a Canal Street build, but I've sent a PM to "the man", Eric who should be able to give us the low down on this question.
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You're right Monk, I should have. I've got a couple of those squeeze lockbacks but to be honest with you the photo in the original post didn't have much to reference the size of the knife and I thought it was a smaller knife than what it was.
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All made by Canal Street:
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Great group shot, you beat me to it lol!
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Eric, I thank you for the Squeeze and Pinch lockbacks I carry on day hikes, and for all the other Canal Street knives you had a hand in making.
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Eric, I'm hoping I don't wear out my welcome with yet another Canal Street Ka-Bar SFO question...ea42 wrote:Yep, that was made by Canal Street. Eric
This Ka-Bar Union Dog's Head locking swing guard folding hunter surely seems like a Canal Street product. I would be very grateful for any insight you (or anyone) could provide.
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Ralph, that's definitely a Canal Street made knife. We made that along with an elephant toenail, a trapper, and a sheath knife all with the same bone for them.
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Ralph,RalphAlsip wrote:Eric, I'm hoping I don't wear out my welcome with yet another Canal Street Ka-Bar SFO question...ea42 wrote:Yep, that was made by Canal Street. Eric
This Ka-Bar Union Dog's Head locking swing guard folding hunter surely seems like a Canal Street product. I would be very grateful for any insight you (or anyone) could provide.
Many thanks.
If you look on the swing guard next to the patent number you'll see the letters CS stamped on it.
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wazu, thank you for pointing that out! Attaching a close-up view for posterity.wazu013 wrote: Ralph, If you look on the swing guard next to the patent number you'll see the letters CS stamped on it.
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RalphAlsip wrote:wazu, thank you for pointing that out! Attaching a close-up view for posterity.wazu013 wrote: Ralph, If you look on the swing guard next to the patent number you'll see the letters CS stamped on it.
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Re: Ka-Bar Made by Canal Street
Anyone know if this Ka-Bar folding hunter was made by Canal Street? I can't seem to find any information on this 0983 number stamped on the pile side of the mail blade. Could it mean it was made in September 1983 or is it a pattern number?
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Thanks for your reply, Airborne, that's what I'm hoping for.
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Definitely not Canal Street. Maybe Queen? I know they had a similar pattern to that but not sure if they ever did the grooved pulls.
I'm 95% sure it's Queen though.
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Thank you, Sir.ea42 wrote:Definitely not Canal Street. Maybe Queen? I know they had a similar pattern to that but not sure if they ever did the grooved pulls.
I'm 95% sure it's Queen though.
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Hey Eric, What year were these made? I just bought a Barlow, hasn’t arrived yet, but I am curious about the year of production on these Coppersmith knives.ea42 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:15 am Yep, that was made by Canal Street. We made the smaller pinch lockback and that larger squeeze lockback for them as well as a drop point sheath knife, a barlow, a trapper, and a single blade trapper. All had the copper bolsters. As far as I know Canal Street was the exclusive builder of that Coppersmith line.
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Thanks for all the good info in this post. Here are 3 of the 4 kabars mentioned earlier. Don't have the elephant toe. Wish I did.
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Got this Barlow Coppersmith in today. Bought it right here on AAPK from Brent at LuvStag. I had been outbid on one just the day before he posted this one for sale in his store. I couldn’t move fast enough to get this one. I love the mirror polished backsprings. That’s a feature that really sets a knife off for me.
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