Old and Obscure Brands

[1fartsmella]

Here's a hard one to find, a Kipsi Kut from Poughkeepsie, NY. Some wear to main blade, great snap, I'd been looking for one for many years.

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Quite obscure, an amazing find! We are lucky to even see a picture of one. Thanks for posting.

[doglegg]

Can see why you were looking for one. That is a beautiful knife Gene.

[danno50]

Great find, Gene! Congratulations!!

[edge213]

Iroquois Cutlery Co Utica NY

[Waukonda]

Very nice looking knife!

[Papa Bones]

Here's a hard one to find, a Kipsi Kut from Poughkeepsie, NY. Some wear to main blade, great snap, I'd been looking for one for many years.

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Beautiful knife. Congrats on a great find!!

[Ridgegrass]

PAXTON & GALLAGHER, Hardware wholesaler, 1864-1959, Omaha, NE. Pen blade snapped, slightly unique shield. 3-1/2", nice bone. brass liners,
iron bolsters. Maker unknown. Anybody have one? Like to know more. J.O'.

[edge213]

PAXTON & GALLAGHER, Hardware wholesaler, 1864-1959, Omaha, NE. Pen blade snapped, slightly unique shield. 3-1/2", nice bone. brass liners,
iron bolsters. Maker unknown. Anybody have one? Like to know more. J.O'.

Ridge, check your PMs. I sent you one a couple days ago.

[Ridgegrass]

Wilco.

[Yomagn'tho]

VERITABLE CHOTON

Found on ebay and it was really dirty, seller offered it to me at 30% off original ask. Unfortunately the small blade was missing a chunk and the "Veritable" script in the Brand Name was gone. Needed a test bed for the sake of cleaning and I liked the look of it so I took the offer. Knife was very dirty and it was hard to open the blades and there was no "snap" initially.

My first few attempts at cleaning did not work (first a soapy bath, then a WD40 bath, then a more drastic attempt with Rust Oleum and letting soak for an hour) and I unfortunately had to sand it in the end. After sanding everything I used Can-o-Air to free up any particles and then finished with another WD40 bath to loosen up everything.

Here are the before pics.

[Yomagn'tho]

.....and here are the after cleaning pictures. Still need to thoroughly sharpen the main blade, but the saw teeth appear unused and are quite sharp as is. While not pictured all blades/pieces open all the way and all sit firmly at half-stop. The small blade has wobble when closed and opened, but the other items are all excellent closed/half/open and are firm to open and have very strong "snap".

[Yomagn'tho]

To be clear I don't plan on so drastic a clean on the old knives I pickup, but with this one I needed to know that I could if needed on any rusty/dirty knife.

[edge213]

To be clear I don't plan on so drastic a clean on the old knives I pickup, but with this one I needed to know that I could if needed on any rusty/dirty knife.

Good job!
Cool old knife.

[peanut740]

According to Goins,dates from ca.1900-1920.E.Felsenheld Maker New York.4 1/2" jack.

[ObsidianEdge]

Nice, Roger. The jigging reminded me of Schrade.

[peanut740]

Nice, Roger. The jigging reminded me of Schrade.

Mike,it's similar, but different. It pre-dates that style of Schrade jigging.

[doglegg]

Roger, you don't have a knife collection, you have a knife museum.

[danno50]

Nice one, Roger. That is interesting jigging, two directional kind of like a basket weave.

[Reverand]

Yomagn'tho, you did a great job in cleaning and restoring that knife! I know we shudder at the thought of sanding rare antique knives, but sometimes the poor condition leaves you no choice.
There is a big difference between cleaning off rust, and over-buffing a knife "just to make it shiny"!
You did well!

[BWT]

Good job Yomagn, looks good! Beautiful old obscure knife for sure Roger

[peanut740]

Thanks Bill.

[TPK]

According to Goins,dates from ca.1900-1920.E.Felsenheld Maker New York.4 1/2" jack.

Beautiful find Roger!

[Yomagn'tho]

Yomagn'tho, you did a great job in cleaning and restoring that knife! I know we shudder at the thought of sanding rare antique knives, but sometimes the poor condition leaves you no choice.
There is a big difference between cleaning off rust, and over-buffing a knife "just to make it shiny"!
You did well!

Thanks Reverand, appreciate it

[Yomagn'tho]

A.A. FISHER

I will have to look for a better example, but I slicked this one up pretty fast. Goins 2nd Edition doesn't list it so I am not sure about it's date or anything for that matter. I think the scales are bakelite (looks & feels) so it would be post 1909. Sorry I was having a difficult time getting focus on the makers mark and couldn't find my magnifying glass.

A couple questions though:

1. How does the collecting community feel about reshaping an already damaged blade? Obviously leaving a knife as untouched is ideal, closest to factory as possible, but if the damage already exists? With this one I will leave the smaller blade alone as the main one will be all I need.
2. Apart from Goin's are there any books that will help shed light on the different knife makers?

[Challenger007]

A.A. FISHER

I will have to look for a better example, but I slicked this one up pretty fast. Goins 2nd Edition doesn't list it so I am not sure about it's date or anything for that matter. I think the scales are bakelite (looks & feels) so it would be post 1909. Sorry I was having a difficult time getting focus on the makers mark and couldn't find my magnifying glass.

A couple questions though:

1. How does the collecting community feel about reshaping an already damaged blade? Obviously leaving a knife as untouched is ideal, closest to factory as possible, but if the damage already exists? With this one I will leave the smaller blade alone as the main one will be all I need.
2. Apart from Goin's are there any books that will help shed light on the different knife makers?

Rebuilding the blade or not depends on the purpose of the knife. Do you want to use it or just store it in a collection. Of course, when replacing the blade, authenticity will be lost, but maybe it makes sense.