All About Pocket Knives

I love looking at old catalogs!!!

Pretty much self explanatory.

This is a reproduction of a Catolog by Union Cutlery Company circa 1912-1923 that was put together by the Ka-Bar Cutlery Knife Collectors Club. Some of the images were damaged in the original catalog they took the scans from, therefore some of the images are not full. I have cropped the page scans to fit here. The pages are a slick semi-shiny finish so please excuse the glare on some images. On each page it includes an image of the knives with the model numbers and variations under the image. You should be able to click on the image to enlarge it.

Cover Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8a Page 8b

Man, this wins the Internet!

Glad I found this thread. Just about the coolest damn thing I’ve seen in a while.

Beautiful images!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Thought all those that like the history and images of the past may like this.

Thanks Cudgee for the photo. Did you notice it says to send cash with payment with your order? The post office must have be much more reliable in those days ??

1902 and 1908 Sears catalog cutlery pages .

Here’s a few things from our local Antique Emporium that’s closing . Anyone have a Stellite knife ? Interesting Company. The Maher & Grosh Cut out is a interesting read . And oh too have a couple of those
Take care out there .

Ripster wrote: ↑Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:42 pm Anyone have a Stellite knife ?

Yes I do, that's a cool ad!!

That one page says, "Direct from our own factory". Not to nit-pick but I didn't know Sears had their "own factory" in the year of that catalog or ever. Did they have an ownership in any of their knife contractors? Levine lists them with Napanoch around 1900-1902.
???? J.O'.

Thought I would pop this in here. From the 1905 Sears Roebuck & CO knife Catalog showing T.T.C. brand Knives.

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:58 am Thought.....

GREAT stuff, Smitty!
More cutlery reference material is ALWAYS a GOOD thing.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 6:11 pm That one page says, "Direct from our own factory". Not to nit-pick but I didn't know Sears had their "own factory" in the year of that catalog or ever. Did they have an ownership in any of their knife contractors? Levine lists them with Napanoch around 1900-1902.
???? J.O'.

Ridge, believe you’re correct . Sears never had a Cutlery co. As you stated here Napanoch 1900 to 02 . Then Smitty just posted about TTC in 1905. They had Wilbert 1907/08 . Not sure after that but it does lead me to agree with you that they only ordered ,not manufactured. They did have some very nice knives in those days and all the way thru the Sta-Sharp period in the 30 s .
Smitty. Nice Catalog cut out . Never seen the 1905 Cutlery page.

Hey RIP: Their old knives were great. Thanks for the comeback. J.O'.

As requested, 1930 Remington C-5 catalog

wow super cool stuff guys , love all the old ads man are they cool

Love these old catalogs , thanks for sharing guys...

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:02 am About .22¢ per hour.

My grandfather worked for the railroad in Altoona Wi. around then as a Carman or in that union. (Repairing train cars) . He said he started at .18 cents a hour.

Cool thread. Right up my alley!

I’m not an American collector but I appreciate the paperwork. Without it we would lose the history

I’ll see if I have a few more Italian switchblade catalogs.