Knives from PA

[RobesonsRme.com]

I saw a Wolfertz similar to that beauty on Ebay a week or so back. Is that it?
Very nice old knife.
Charlie Noyes

[Paul M]

Charlie, you are correct fresh from ebay seller was from New Jersey. The old knife did not stray too far from it's origin.
It's a beauty in very nice condition, used not abused.

[Just Plain Dave]

That surely is a knife to tickle my bones! Love it!

[gino]

Do you think PA makes some of the best knives in the country? (Case - Schatt & Morgan - Queen - etc..)
I would be interested in hearin different opinions

[PA Knives]

Gino,

I would like to answer that question but for some reason I think my reply may be a bit slanted.

I absolutely go crazy over OLD Pennsylvania related knives. My collection stands at nearly 150 different companies and brands.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE THREAD BY THE WAY.

[vikingdog]

pa knives, have you ever posted a list of the maunfacturers and the cities ot towns they were in? I'd like to see them if possible...

Mike

[PA Knives]

I hoping that someday I might be able to do a book similar to the one John Goins did. My would be on the knife manufacturers, dealers, jobbers and hardware houses of Pennsylvania.

I am just about finished with my latest book Great Eastern Cutlery: Born in the U.S.A. So watch for that one this summer. As for the PA KNIFE book, any backers out there?

Unfortunately there is little money to be made in books, I just do it for the love of it. Good thing as it hasn't lined my pockets yet and that's OK.

[vikingdog]

Go for it! That would be a great book to have, I'd like to reserve my copy now.

[ratlesnake75]

Here is my Union Razor Co. Tidioute, Pa knife--got some close ups of the stamping for everyone to compare--thx mark

[Sauconian]

Nice old knife, Mark.

Great bone, and I like that arrangement of the pen on the back of the knife. It doesn't get in the way of opening the master.

Fran

[Just Plain Dave]

Oh MAN! You done turned on the drool valve with that one!

[PA Knives]

When it comes to a knife from the great state of Pennsylvania, they don't come any nicer than this one. NICE find and congrats on a real keeper.

David

[ratlesnake75]

Sauconian--You are so true, you would think, it would have been the NORM, not the other way around.--thx Mark

Just Plain Dave--thx so much for the compliment--without "PA KNIVES" and AAPK, I would have past on buying such a knife off ebay, they gave me a thumbs up that the knife was legit--thx Mark

PA KNIVES--thank you very much--Without your help, I would not own it 2day. MANY THANKS!!! It will be in my knife roll for LONG TIME--thx Mark

[knifegirl888]

Hello... Bret888 & I bought a few Pennsylvania knives this weekend at a local flea market. Although, they look pretty "right" to us, we see these tang stamps so rarely that we were hoping to get some opinions on the validity. I am hoping the pictures are good enough.

KANE
CUT. CO
KANE, PA





UNION RAZOR
CO.
TIDIOUTE, PA





U.R.CO
TIDIOUTE
PA.





Actually, got this one off the bay...

HOLLINGSWORTH (arched)
KNIFE
CO.
KANE, PENNA

[knifegirl888]

Here are a couple more we got today.

Schatt & Morgan
TITUSVILLE
PA





This Queen was different than I am used to seeing. It has a crescent moon shield. The tang is worn, like the blades, but reads like this...

Queen City
Titusville, Pa.

[vikingdog]

Nice Pennsylvania knives Knife Girl. Are you specializing in PA knives? I have a S & M like the one you bought. It's one of my favorite knives.

The copy from the ebay listing:

"This is a vintage antique pocket knife rare curved jack knife pattern stamped S&M (Schatt & Morgan) Titusville, PA, on both blades, c1896/1931. It is 3 1/8" overall length closed. It is in excellent used condition with normal wear, handles are old cow bone stag, no cracks, has excellent snap on blades, with no wobble. Rare knife."

[tjmurphy]

KnifeGirl and VikingDog - Those are some really nice knives, character out the wazoo, them's the ones I like. Congrats.

[knifegirl888]

Nice Pennsylvania knives Knife Girl. Are you specializing in PA knives? I have a S & M like the one you bought. It's one of my favorite knives.

The copy from the ebay listing:

"This is a vintage antique pocket knife rare curved jack knife pattern stamped S&M (Schatt & Morgan) Titusville, PA, on both blades, c1896/1931. It is 3 1/8" overall length closed. It is in excellent used condition with normal wear, handles are old cow bone stag, no cracks, has excellent snap on blades, with no wobble. Rare knife."

Wow! Yours is a good example! Those blades are full & nice. I have lived in Western PA my whole life and really am quite new to knife collecting. I love the history and background of Pennsylvania knives. My boyfriend & I have been reading several of the books on the subject, including "Tidioute Brand Pocket Knives".

It's difficult for me to pick a favorite of the ones we just got. I have a couple more, that I will try to get pictures of soon.

[vikingdog]

Thank you TJ. For once I got lucky on ebay. Don't you just love the old
stuff?

Thanks Knifegirl. You're picking up some really nice knives, made in your area too. You must live out there in The Magic Circle where all the knife makers were early on and still are. I live in North Central Pennsylvania and admire those early PA knives.

I'm going to take a swing across Route 6 and visit some of those places this fall.

[tjmurphy]

Yes I do. There's just something about the old, worn, loved PK's. And they're just chock full of MOJO.

[knifegirl888]

I live about an hour from Titusville. I know that I am addicted... My boyfriend, my eleven year old & I all have the fever.

Has anyone seen a Queen with a half moon shield? I looked in all the books I have and haven't found one similar yet...

[PA Knives]

You all know this is my FAVORITE thread. LOVE em. If only I could have a girl friend called knife girl!!!!!!!! lucky devil Bret and she is into PA KNIVES, what more could one ask for? Thanks for the great pics of some of my favorite names.

[knifegirl888]

Thanks, PAknives! LOL

I was hoping to get your expert opinion on the ones I have gotten so far.

I have this Penn Cutlery one, that I am very curious about. I know that stamp is worn & this knife has seen some better days. One of the issues I wonder about is that the bolsters don't match up evenly on knife. I believe Atkins was the individual behind Penn Cutlery Co? I think I need to re-read that chapter...

[nifbuf]

Queen City did use shields on most of their knives before WWII, but when they changed their name to Queen Cutlery after the war they started publishing catalogs and most of the knives made after WWII did not have shields at all until more recently. Queen City did use shields frequently, much in the style of Schatt & Morgan after they bought that company in receivership. Shown here is star shield that Queen City used, one never even seen on a Schatt & Morgan.

[knifegirl888]

Queen City did use shields on most of their knives before WWII, but when they changed their name to Queen Cutlery after the war they started publishing catalogs and most of the knives made after WWII did not have shields at all until more recently. Queen City did use shields frequently, much in the style of Schatt & Morgan after they bought that company in receivership. Shown here is star shield that Queen City used, one never even seen on a Schatt & Morgan.

Thanks so much for the info! That is a beauty.... I would love to have one like that! The tang stamp on mine is written the same way. It's not in all capital letters like most I have seen. Its Queen City, Titusville, PA. Did Schatt & Morgan ever use a half moon?