All About Pocket Knives

s4ducati wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:28 am A old New York Knife, Hammer Brand.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:00 am Recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread (FOR REFERENCE). I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. I am NOT adding this pocket knife to my general, pocket knife accumulation. Instead, it is going in my "broken" knife box. It is a PINE KNOT, two blades (the main blade is broken), one tang stamp, 3 1/2" closed, two springs, long main blade pull (if it wasn't broken), pocket knife. The main broken blade, front tang stamp, is the curved or arched style and says, "PINE KNOT (over) (bird image) (over) Jno W Price (written)" It appears that this pocket knife once had a shield. It does NOT have a shield now. The main blade stub has a soft half stop, but a VERY GOOD opening and closing snap. The secondary blade also has a soft half stop, along with an ok opening and closing snap. Even with the broken main blade, this pocket knife is still in FAIR condition. I had to clean it a little. I took some pictures and here it is.
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".....Jno W Price (written)"
The initials JNO or Jno are in fact old abbreviations for John.
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Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:15 pm Here's an old CRUSADER boy's knife by Belknap. Can't say who made it. Boker, Camillus, Utica, Schrade? German pre-tariff? Very tight and snappy.. J.O'.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:00 pm A rare beauty. J.O'.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:57 pm Sweet ol' knives guys!

tjmurphy, I have seen and collected a few Othello fixed blade knives but yours are the first folders. I didn't know they made them, thanks for showing.

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 12:05 am Just.....

JohnR wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 3:26 pm Another unusual one from Roger, L.L.H. Co, Cleveland OH. Lockwood-Luetkemeyer-Henry Co was a hardware store selling cutlery along with many other items. This is a large fat 4" jumbo jack with a pronounced swell to the tail end of the knife. Interestingly enough it has a faint McIntosh Heather etch, McIntosh Heather was another Cleveland hardware store that L.L.H. acquired around 1911, looks like they continued to use the McIntosh name. Probably one of the most unusual variations of a jack knife I have in the collection.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 6:30 pm Here's a rare old bare-head jack by Kay Bros., N.Y. and a copy of a conversation I had about it a few years ago with IT632ret. J.O'.

lt632ret wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:48 am I have been involved with this subject for 60 years actually more. The reason I suggested the book is because this particular part of history is almost forgotten. I will try to summerize some of this without a long dissertation George Kay was born in England. he came to this country and ( This is tough with out going into long specifics ) suffice it to say that he was a cutler. He was know as one of the first to produce the HOBO (knife fork and spoon combo) in this country ( NOTE this type of knife was well known in England he did not invent it.) However he was among the first to introduce it here. It became a favorite of troops during the civil; war. Soon other companies began making similar knives. Kay had a factory at Dashville falls not far from NewPaltz NY about 20 miles from Walden famous then for NY Knife. ( who also began producing these obo type knives ). Now prior to his making a factory at Dashville falls . It was an explosives factory and would regulary explode being felt throughout the area. In any event Kay did invent and patent at least one item related to knives. ( I am doing this by memory so I am not doing dates and am just trying to give a general explanation. Now Kay had sons his original George Kay tang was replaced with several variations son which are lost. I believe there was a George Kay and son, then the Kay Brothers. then Dashville.Probably more, After the civil war supposidly Kay moved to Walden I Suspect that he was tied up with Bradley Of NYKnife I believe he sold his equiptment to NYK who for a while produced on contract knives marked Kay Bros but definitely Dashville. I have examples of this and pictures of these marks in my book. This is just a cursory synopsis. I hope it helps. These knives have little monetary value but are a part of history and were never plentiful so are quite rare. it is only important to insane fanatics such as myself simply to fill in pieces of the puzzle. There is much more but perhapes this will suffice. One last thing I traced the last Kay in Walden ( which is three miles from where I live. He died without family and worked at the same bank of which Bradley was on the board of directors). it all ties together. Again should you be willing to part with the knife it would certainly fill a piece of the puzzle of this history. I hope this helps. Highest regards LT (How I am known).