CRANDALL CUTLERY CO-BRADFORD, PA REPRODUCTIONS

[CTAYLORMAN]

I CAME ACROSS A FEW STAG HANDLED KNIVES AT AN ESTATE SALE OVER THE WEEKEND THAT WERE STAMPED "CRANDALL CUTLERY CO-BRADFORD, PA" AND 1992 STAMPED ON THE REAR TANG. I COULD NOT FIND ANY INFORMATION/VALUES ETC ON THESE KNIVES. THE ONLY INFO I FOUND WAS IN JIM SARGENTS MOST RECENT BOOK THAT STATES IN THE 1990'S THERE WERE SOME CRANDALL REPRODUCTIONS MADE IN GERMANY FOR THE "CASE FAMILY CLASSICS". DOES THIS MEAN THE KNIVES WERE PART OF THE CASE "CLASSICS" SERIES? THESE KNIVES WERE APPROX 6 INCHES CLOSED AND WITH A RARE PATTERN. HAD ROUND BOLSTERS ON BOTH ENDS AND WHAT I THINK WAS A BOWTIE SHIELD. POSSIBLY THEY WERE EQUAL END JACK KNIVES. KNIVES WERE PRICED AT $150.00 ea. I MADE A LOWER OFFER TO NO AVAIL BUT WENT BACK TWICE WITH THE INTENTION OF PAYING THE $150.00 EA BUT COULD NOT MAKE MYSELF DO IT JUST FOR THE FACT I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THESE KNIVES. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CRANDALL KNIVES RE-PRODUCED IN THE 90'S? VALUES? I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF I SCREWED UP ROYALLY OR IF I HELD OUT FOR GOOD REASON.

[Pen & Toothpick]

I have some new Crandells in a Green bone...made in Bradford...they are nice to me........................My guess would be nothing special about those Crandells........................I sure would like to see them though!

I don't think they are Classics or Sellects

[knifeaholic]

Parker owned many of the "family brands" trademarks for a number of years before Case got them back. Crandall, Standard, Kinfolks, and possiblr others.

He had knives made in the USA (by Queen) and in Solingen (by Olbertz) with each of those brand names.