Old Keen Kutter Knives

[OLDE CUTLER]

I picked up this Keen Kutter cattle knife at the gun show yesterday. Never seen one with 3 springs, a curved frame with swell center and sleeve board features all on one knife. Blades are in good shape, nice bone, and it snaps like a bear trap.
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OC that knife has it all! It certainly is a looker and bet it would be a worker as well. Great bones. Congrats.

Thanks Floyd. Just wondering what the pattern number would be for this? Farther back in this thread on page 34 posted Apr 6, 2020 is a 3 spring Keen Kutter just like mine, but with striped celluloid covers. The pattern number for that one is listed as K737 3/4. Mine does not have a number stamped on the back of any of the blades. Any Keen Kutter collectors know what the number would be? Would this one have been made by Winchester?

[danno50]

I picked up this Keen Kutter cattle knife at the gun show yesterday. Never seen one with 3 springs, a curved frame with swell center and sleeve board features all on one knife. Blades are in good shape, nice bone, and it snaps like a bear trap.
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I think it is a 738 3/4. Sellens says that the crest shield was in the catalogs from 1924 to 1941. However, all of my Winchester made Keen Kutters have a stamped pattern number. The hand hammered pins and the absence of a pattern number leads me to believe it was an earlier knife made by Walden, and that is what I would be willing to bet on. Here is a poor resolution catalog cut from a 1917 catalog. Scans of the 1917 Keen Kutter catalog can be found in Knife Lore in the Cutlery Catalog Images thread. I think the 1917 catalog starts on page 7 of the thread.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I picked up this Keen Kutter cattle knife at the gun show yesterday. Never seen one with 3 springs, a curved frame with swell center and sleeve board features all on one knife. Blades are in good shape, nice bone, and it snaps like a bear trap.
IMG_5890.JPG
IMG_5893.JPG
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I think it is a 738 3/4. Sellens says that the crest shield was in the catalogs from 1924 to 1941. However, all of my Winchester made Keen Kutters have a stamped pattern number. The hand hammered pins and the absence of a pattern number leads me to believe it was an earlier knife made by Walden, and that is what I would be willing to bet on. Here is a poor resolution catalog cut from a 1917 catalog. Scans of the 1917 Keen Kutter catalog can be found in Knife Lore in the Cutlery Catalog Images thread. I think the 1917 catalog starts on page 7 of the thread.

Thanks Dan, great info on a really neat old knife.

[danno50]

It is a beautiful old knife!

[LKSKNIVES]

As with most of these threads I think I am going to find something in dad’s stash. I know there are more. Not mint but a nice knife
Enjoy
LK and Steve

[knife-nut]

That is a Georgous knife.

[LKSKNIVES]

That is a Georgous knife.

Thank you Kn.
I never quite realized how many knives my dad had until the last year or so as I have dug deeper into to try and make a better effort at selling them.
Steve

[doglegg]

That is a Georgous knife.

Agree

[Ripster]

As with most of these threads I think I am going to find something in dad’s stash. I know there are more. Not mint but a nice knife
Enjoy
LK and Steve

That’s one of the nicest knives have seen in some time ! Would it be called a gunstock Whittler ? There’s something about this knife that just makes me want to hold it and use it .
You have some nice old knives there Steve! Thanks for sharing some pics

[1967redrider]

Sweet Gunstock Whittler.

[doglegg]

Sweet bones!

As with most of these threads I think I am going to find something in dad’s stash. I know there are more. Not mint but a nice knife
Enjoy
LK and Steve

[danno50]

6 new to me Keen Kutters I picked up at the OKCA show last weekend. A couple in pretty good condition and a couple of not so much. All patterns I did not previously have in my collection. Will post individual pics when I get around to taking them.

[msteele6]

Beautiful old Keen Kutters, I especially like that gunstock and Danno's sowbelly

[wlf]

Nice stockman Steve.

You did well Dan. Do you have a KK farmers jack? I've probably asked you that before.

[doglegg]

6 new to me Keen Kutters I picked up at the OKCA show last weekend. A couple in pretty good condition and a couple of not so much. All patterns I did not previously have in my collection. Will post individual pics when I get around to taking them.

[danno50]

Thanks for the comments, msteele, Lyle and doglegg. Nope, Lyle, I do not have a farmer's jack. I would like to find one, but, would probably end up sending it to you.

[1967redrider]

Coffin Jack, Sowbelly, Cigars . . . what a haul!

[edge213]

6 new to me Keen Kutters I picked up at the OKCA show last weekend. A couple in pretty good condition and a couple of not so much. All patterns I did not previously have in my collection. Will post individual pics when I get around to taking them.

Great bunch of KKs danno

[danno50]

Thanks redrider and David. Here are individual pics of three of those knives.
A K26559, listed in Sellens as a Scout. It is 3 5/8".

A K6558 sowbelly stockman. It is 3 3/4"

A K 10076 quill knife. It is 3" and was a gift from Dave (knowtracks)

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks redrider and David. Here are individual pics of three of those knives.
A K26559, listed in Sellens as a Scout. It is 3 5/8".
A K6558 sowbelly stockman. It is 3 3/4"
A K 10076 quill knife. It is 3" and was a gift from Dave (knowtracks)

Nice knives Dan!

[danno50]

Thanks Dimitri. Keen Kutters were few and far between this year.

[wlf]

It's nice to see people who also collect knives that aren't crow bait. Those are nice examples , but not buffed. Kudos to the previous owners.
My KK farmers jack is of that sort. I was surprised the dealer wanted money!

[danno50]

Here are a couple more that definitely are not crow bait. It is surprising how much money some people want for some of these. Got good deals on these two. First one is 3 5/8" and the pearl is 3 1/2".

[Reverand]

Here are a couple more that definitely are not crow bait. It is surprising how much money some people want for some of these. Got good deals on these two. First one is 3 5/8" and the pearl is 3 1/2".

Those are gorgeous!

[peanut740]

Dan