Winchester entered the knife market as a manufacturer in 1919 by acquiring two existing knife companies; Eagle Knife Co. of Connecticut & Napanoch Knife Co. of New York. Winchester stepped away from the market in 1942 to focus on war related manufactured products, but re-entered in the late 1980s by licensing its name to Blue Grass Cutlery. Blue Grass had high quality knives made by Queen Cutlery that featured the Winchester brand name for a handful of years until the license arrangement ran its course. Winchester eventually started licensing to other companies & now you will find the brand name used by several knife manufacturers by way of license agreements.
doglegg wrote:ww usually lobster knives don't interest me but you have the exception. that is a very fine knife. Great old worn bones and wonderful shape and blades.
Thank you Doglegg! I got that one in a trade with Ed Landers. I really liked it and was able to trade for it. Appreciate your comments.
I'm trying to figure out why antique Winchester knives are so scarce, given the number of pocket knives they produced? Working the E.C. Simmons angle to see if I can find some answers. If Simmons Hardware was taking all they could produce, under the Keen Kutter logo for 17 years, that might explain something.
Redrider I put my EC Simmons Keen Kutter probably made by Winchester in that thread. I think you may be onto something with your theory.
I'm trying to figure out why antique Winchester knives are so scarce, given the number of pocket knives they produced? Working the E.C. Simmons angle to see if I can find some answers. If Simmons Hardware was taking all they could produce, under the Keen Kutter logo for 17 years, that might explain something.
Redrider I put my EC Simmons Keen Kutter probably made by Winchester in that thread. I think you may be onto something with your theory.
Hopefully others with way more knowledge on the situation than me will reply.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You can say that again!
To bad them, there, are, waaaaaaay to far out of me checky book range...I like/buy to many other knives anyway Now to find a couple...
"Never, never, never give up."
Winston Churchill
"He has given you the spirit of repentance, a soul that longs for redemption.
He is quick to forgive, and kind in His mercy toward you, a lowly sinner."
Wish these two old Winchester’s were in better condition. One has the old double fluted NAPANOCH punch blade and PAT,D tang stamp and the other one has a perfect spey blade and punch.
Here's one of my Winchesters to share, and promise to get some better photos of my Winchester Swell-End Jack in bone soon...
This is a Winchester Jr Stock Whittler (3046 on pile side of tang) which is a fairly rare pattern - Celluloid handles are faux horn (and though I'm not fond of celluloid I couldn't resist this one)... Blades have some spotting and tarnish but handles are stable. Much of the Winchester etch remains on master blade. Big thick wedge between the two springs...
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QTCut5 wrote:Nice one, Lee. Do you know what year that one was made?
Thanks Q ... No doubt between 1929-1942 but I’m thinking earlier as it was noted in a reference (maybe Houston Zalesky) that if both blades have the pile side model #s than age is earlier than later over the time frame of Winchester - this knife does have both pile sides stamped with model # ... in truth really hard to pinpoint a year... here’s a catalog cut that was kindly provided by another member for this knife - and unfortunately I do not know the year of the catalog from this cut .. interestingly Houston Zalesky noted the pattern as a Jr Stock Whittler but this catalog cut refers to a 3 blade knife.. which is sometimes not unusual as names sometimes evolve but are rarely listed in the old catalogs... Cheers
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Lee
Lot of beau-ti-ful Winchesters being shown fellers! Great job on saving them for the future generations.
"Never, never, never give up."
Winston Churchill
"He has given you the spirit of repentance, a soul that longs for redemption.
He is quick to forgive, and kind in His mercy toward you, a lowly sinner."
Here is a fancy 2908. In the book there are no grooved bolsters. Both blades stamped and the master clip is stamped 2908 on the back. Long pull on the pen is a little different.
to AAPK, KV10. 
Now to find a couple... 
... No doubt between 1929-1942 but I’m thinking earlier as it was noted in a reference (maybe Houston Zalesky) that if both blades have the pile side model #s than age is earlier than later over the time frame of Winchester - this knife does have both pile sides stamped with model # ... in truth really hard to pinpoint a year... here’s a catalog cut that was kindly provided by another member for this knife - and unfortunately I do not know the year of the catalog from this cut 
.. interestingly Houston Zalesky noted the pattern as a Jr Stock Whittler but this catalog cut refers to a 3 blade knife.. which is sometimes not unusual as names sometimes evolve but are rarely listed in the old catalogs... Cheers
