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Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 1:27 am
by peanut740
Cabphoto wrote: ↑Wed Oct 15, 2025 6:00 pm
Hi there-
Recently picked this up. Curious if there is a correct name for this type of knife. I am probably used to "nicknames" like Trapper when looking at the basic shape and size of the handles but realize there could be another more correct way to identify this knife? Let me know. Sportsman, Hunter, Trapper or maybe something else. Unfortunately the snap is almost non on the main blade and it's a bit short but I really think it's cool and beautiful. Anyone know anything about it? I know Napanoch ended in about 1919 and Winchester bought them or absorbed them. Thanks
Chris
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Nurses/medic pattern.
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 3:38 am
by bladeguy58
What a beautiful knife!
Richard
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 12:29 pm
by Cabphoto
peanut740 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 1:27 am
Cabphoto wrote: ↑Wed Oct 15, 2025 6:00 pm
Hi there-
Recently picked this up. Curious if there is a correct name for this type of knife. I am probably used to "nicknames" like Trapper when looking at the basic shape and size of the handles but realize there could be another more correct way to identify this knife? Let me know. Sportsman, Hunter, Trapper or maybe something else. Unfortunately the snap is almost non on the main blade and it's a bit short but I really think it's cool and beautiful. Anyone know anything about it? I know Napanoch ended in about 1919 and Winchester bought them or absorbed them. Thanks
Chris
IMG_0759.jpgIMG_0758.jpgIMG_0760.jpgIMG_0761.jpgIMG_0764.jpgIMG_0766.JPGIMG_0767.jpgIMG_0768.jpgIMG_0769.JPGIMG_0770.jpg
Nurses/medic pattern.
HI there. You're the 2nd person to say it may be part of Medic pattern possibly WW1 time period. My questions is where would I find that info. Just curious if there is a book you're getting that info from? I would love to search out the book. I have Levine's and Goings. Maybe you can suggest another? Maybe it's a military knife book? Thank you for your help.
Chris
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 2:50 am
by peanut740
No book,just know what it is.I've had several Challenge, Keen Kutters and others.WWI.
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 5:30 am
by Miller Bro's
Cabphoto wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 12:29 pm
My questions is where would I find that info. Just curious if there is a book you're getting that info from? I would love to search out the book. I have Levine's and Goings. Maybe you can suggest another? Maybe it's a military knife book? Thank you for your help.
I believe it is listed in this book.
Pocket Knives of The United States Military
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:03 pm
by Cabphoto
Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Fri Oct 17, 2025 5:30 am
Cabphoto wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 12:29 pm
My questions is where would I find that info. Just curious if there is a book you're getting that info from? I would love to search out the book. I have Levine's and Goings. Maybe you can suggest another? Maybe it's a military knife book? Thank you for your help.
I believe it is listed in this book.
Pocket Knives of The United States Military
Awesome thank you so much for the help. You guys are great. I hope I can help someone someday the way you guys helped me.
Chris
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 4:14 pm
by peanut740
Cabphoto wrote: ↑Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:03 pm
Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Fri Oct 17, 2025 5:30 am
Cabphoto wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 12:29 pm
My questions is where would I find that info. Just curious if there is a book you're getting that info from? I would love to search out the book. I have Levine's and Goings. Maybe you can suggest another? Maybe it's a military knife book? Thank you for your help.
I believe it is listed in this book.
Pocket Knives of The United States Military
Awesome thank you so much for the help. You guys are great. I hope I can help someone someday the way you guys helped me.
Chris
Here's a couple of Challenge nurse's knives I have.
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 4:28 pm
by Cabphoto
Wow. Those are Fantastic. Now they look like they're from the same maker. They wouldn't be though right? Challenge was a Manufacture I am pretty sure. Would it be the gov. designed what they needed and Challenge and Napanoch just produced? Super cool knives you have there. Better shape than mine. Thanks for showing them.
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 7:53 pm
by peanut740
Yes,they would have been made the same as Napanoch, Keen Kutter etc.The WWI navy knives were all made the same also.There were at least 17 different makers of those and the only difference was the bone on them.
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 8:35 pm
by Miller Bro's
I have a couple marked by Adolf Kastor, bad picture but all I have.
These don't have a bolster on the end, otherwise the same.
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2025 10:54 pm
by peanut740
Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Oct 18, 2025 8:35 pm
I have a couple marked by Adolf Kastor, bad picture but all I have.
These don't have a bolster on the end, otherwise the same.
MB
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 1:03 am
by Froe
I have one of these by Challenge. I never knew that it was a medic/nurse knife until I saw this thread. Now I understand the purpose of the corkscrew and of course the spear, but can someone tell me what the thought was behind the saw blade on a medical knife? It’s not a bone saw is it?
Froe
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 9:10 pm
by Miller Bro's
Thanks Roger
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 3:19 am
by Nifenoworky2
A beautiful thread of old naps. On page 7, pile driver posted a knife with file, scissors, and a bail. This curley cutlery co is very similar to that knife. It has been noted on here in a thread about curley that they were possibly connected to american shear and knife. I think it would be a Safe bet to say that this example is made by napanoch with a few subtle differences and probably the reason why it has a curley cutlery patent.
Re: The Napanoch Knife Company Napanoch N.Y.
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 5:38 pm
by New_Windsor_NY