The Walden Knife Company 1870-1923

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Re: The Walden Knife Company 1870-1923

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Just went through the entire thread again. Worth it for the story told by Eric near the beginning.What I have :

Two Walden Knife Co's and a stag H A Dreer with both markings on either sides of the blades:
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Re: The Walden Knife Company 1870-1923

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Lyle - Those are indeed wonderful FJs ::tu:: ... I probably have seen a few before but no doubt worth seeing again!! The stag handled FJ is a stunner ::nod:: ... I agree the post by Eric was interesting - Walden Knife Co-Op Co - maybe a bit reminiscent of current Canal St Co-op 8) ....

Never posted this Walden Hawkbill in this thread where it belongs:
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Re: The Walden Knife Company 1870-1923

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Picked up this 3 3/4" stag handled jack this week, stag has taken on a warm glow, hammered pins, nicely done match strike pull, blades only slightly down.
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John ::tu::
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Lyle, fabulous old FJ's. Wow! ::tu:: ::tu::
Lee, something about those old hawk bills that call me. That is a knice one. ::tu:: ::tu::
JohnR, amazing scales and blades. What a classic knife... ::tu:: ::tu::
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John, that is really something. Congrats. Looks like it has steel pins. Does this mean it was made during WW1?
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JAMESC41001 wrote:John, that is really something. Congrats. Looks like it has steel pins. Does this mean it was made during WW1?

Thank you all for the comments ::tu::

Jay, I don't know the answer for sure but from what I've observed I feel the stag and steel hammered pins puts it pre 1900.
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John...beautiful stag...that's a real looker! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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It seems much harder to find Waldens in condition that nice... ::tu:: 8)
Thanks John for reviving this old thread... I had forgotten all about it...
so here's an addition I picked up a few months ago that belongs here...
a little 2½” Walden Knife Co. whittler looks brand new with what I believe are still the original factory edges...
along with the copy of the company's letterhead from 1903...
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Beautiful jack, John, love that worn stag! ::tu:: ::tu::
Lovely little whittler, Ken! ::tu:: Nice to have that letterhead and in such good condition.
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Very nice Ken.
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danno50 wrote:Beautiful jack, John, love that worn stag! ::tu:: ::tu::
Lovely little whittler, Ken! ::tu:: Nice to have that letterhead and in such good condition.
Thanks Dan ::tu:: Ken, agree with Dan, both the knife and letterhead are very nice.
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Just went through this thread, great GREAT collection of old Waldens. Posting one of mine (it is a little rough) because it is a pattern I didn't see in any of the posts. 3 3/8" closed
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That's a pretty nice old knife! ::tu::
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Thanks Joe, appreciate it
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First 3 bladed Walden in that pattern I've ever seen ::tu:: ::tu::
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4 1/4 "
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Thats a beauty Ike ::tu::
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Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:36 pm 4 1/4 "
I gotta agree with garddogg56. Beautiful knife. ::tu::
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That really is a nice knife, Ike.
Love those big equal ends. ::tu::
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Re: The Walden Knife Company 1870-1923

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Thank you for the comments.
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I just got this one in. WWN20 Peanut. I bought it just because I never heard of it and couldn't find any info on it. Not a major investment but a real nice knife.
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Appears to be a fairly recent knife made by Bear.
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Ok I haven't heard of Bear. So Walden knives were reproduced? Thanks, Joe
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The only Walden Knife Co knife I have is this old pruner. Still snaps like a bear trap.
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