Hardware Store and Distributor Knives

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Here is a pine knot I have, I believe it fits in with John primble
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sweet knives posting in here.... and yes for100yrs, would have loved to seen the store ...



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Thanks, peanut and Lyle. :)

That's a gorgeous farmer's jack, Lyle! ::drool::

cato, that fixed blade is sweet! ::tu::
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I saw Sears Craftsman mentioned but not Montgomery Wards Powr-Kraft.
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Belknap Hardware
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Trustworthy Hardware
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Dasco Hardware
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Dunlap (another Sears brand 1938-1942)
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Nice Dasco scout Jerry... ::tu:: ::drool::...dead ringer for a Schrade I have.
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Thanks Bob. I think it was decided that old feller was made by Schrade.
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Here's one that's not been mentioned yet. Keen-Edge, Canton Hardware Co., Canton, Ohio
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And, Cattaraugus, M. Klein & Sons
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Those are some really nice ones, T.J.
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Nice ones, Jerry and TJ! ::tu::

Jerry, I'm usually not that big on scout knives but that Dasco is something else! I really like the swedge on the spear and the bone too. ::drool::
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Some more of these John Primble knives - made by Schrade and sold by Belknap Hardware...
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Nice group of knives you got there Koldgold. ::tu::

When I was growing up, the local hardware carried Belknap products including John Primble knives. They also sold Schrade knives and Case knives. Back then my focus was mostly on the Case products although I do recall having a "Primble" or two somewhere along the way.
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Jack Knife Ben only had one store but he sold alot of knives at Union Stock Yards in Chicago.
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....beautiful bone on that one!!!!............ ::tu:: ...................
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Nice ones Jerry and TJ,you guys are focused,and I think that's great.

Beautiful example Kg.

Delbert you are pretty focused too,that's a dandy.I wonder who made it.
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wif i woiuld bet on napanoch. what happened to your kentucky buddy?
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This Camillus "886UH" was sold only by one of the big Department Stores.
It looks like the Schrade "885UH". Note the Old "S.C.C." tang stamp on the 886UH...Ken
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How have I missed this? I love old hardware store knives. They're some real gems!

How about two Craftsman 9488 knives? They're flat ground clip versions of the schrade 804.
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Here are three that I have:

Bingham Hardware
Fletcher Hardware Detroit MI
HSB fixed blade.
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What about two Wards stockman knives? The lighter, green one is post war 40's Camillus. The darker one Pete Cohen tells me is late 20's-early 30's Camillus though some have claimed its Winchester. I just know I like it! Both are 4 inches.
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Here's my last one and the best of the bunch. It's marked White House, made by Case, in the 20's I think, for Weaver McWhorter Hardware in Nashville, TN.

This one is dead mint.
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Colonel26 wrote:How have I missed this? I love old hardware store knives. They're some real gems!

How about two Craftsman 9488 knives? They're flat ground clip versions of the schrade 804.
..........col., love these 2!!!................. ::tu:: ...................
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I thought you might!

Wait until you see what's coming to me in the mail!
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.......based on what you've been posting lately, it's probably going to "fling a cravin' on me"!!!.................... ::tu:: ...............
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Only if you like peach seed bone whittlers big whittlers. :mrgreen:
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......do I need to put a seat belt on my 'puter chair?????.......... :shock: ...................
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