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Here's a Catt with the harder to find black comp handles.

nice Catt, i watched the ULSTER, sweet knife

picked up this Keen Kutter
not sure of model
little different

That Caat is great and love the checkered handles on that KK!!

Thanks guys

Unusual Keen Kutter, are the handles wood or comp?

Im thinking comp,

thought they may be fiberoid
but not sure, been laying oil on them
they were fairly dry

Try rubbing your finger back and forth briskly over the handle material til it generates some heat then smell it, if it has a chemical odor it is comp. Might be harder now that you soaked it in oil but worth a try.

cato wrote:
picked up this Keen Kutter
not sure of model
little different

I assume there was a can opener blade, in your third picture down the usual cutout where the nub?? for opening the can opener blade is visible, with the nub (piece of metal) still there? If there is or was a can opener there, Sellens lists it as a K6353, generally made between 1921 and 1934. Also says the saber spear narrows the date range to between 1921 to 1926 and also lists it with fiber handles from 1921 through to 1923.
Dan

thanks for the info, yes the can opener is there...
did not notice i left it out of picture ...

it has good snap, all around..
the main ,the punch, and bottle opener have stamping
can opener does not

length closed 3 and 7/16 ths

handles are a little rough but mostly complete

did it say what the bolsters and bail are made of they seem seems different kinda like german silver

21 to 23 nice to know dates thanks again cato

Knife is listed in the catalogs as 3 1/2", with the bolsters and bail listed as nickel silver. Handles look a little shrunk, but generally in pretty good condition. As I recall you have come up with a couple or more interesting old Keen Kutters in the last while.
Dan

Here's one I don't think I have posted.

not really a Scout knife but it is a fairly old Craftsman Camp knife made by Camillus...

Recently acquired this old green bone Clauss. Only Clauss I've seen in this pattern, stamped 27 on pile side tang. Looks like a Case 6445R, maybe Tested era?

Ken

This is the only scout of mine I think would qualify, not sure if I've posted it here or not. Remington rs3333

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:This is the only scout of mine I think would qualify, not sure if I've posted it here or not. Remington rs3333

That looks like a nice one Paul. Can't tell for sure from the picture but it looks like the blade etch is gone? None of my RS3333 are that clean.

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote:

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:This is the only scout of mine I think would qualify, not sure if I've posted it here or not. Remington rs3333

That looks like a nice one Paul. Can't tell for sure from the picture but it looks like the blade etch is gone? None of my RS3333 are that clean.

Ken

Thanks Ken. You can barely see the remains of an etch, but not enough to to tell what it said. One reason I like this one so well is the threaded bolsters, most of the rs3333's I see don't have that, maybe it was only on older ones? Tang stamp is 1924-33.

A couple of Schrade Cut Co's, common Master blade, punch and flat bail. Distinctively different can opener and right and left handed screw drivers.

Here is a 4 blade Utility, just shy of 3 3/4" with a Hammer Brand shield and Hammer Brand + logo on master blade, but no "New York Knife Co." To me it looks never used, even the well (inside surfaces of liners & springs) looks clean like new, not clean as in cleaned up.
Is it a New York Knife Co knife ? And has it been expertly buffed which removed NYKCo stamp & possibly an etch ?
It really is a fine knife with perfect walk & talk and of course not even a hint of any blade play in these old masterfully made knives.
kj

kootenay joe wrote:Here is a 4 blade Utility, just shy of 3 3/4" with a Hammer Brand shield and Hammer Brand + logo on master blade, but no "New York Knife Co." To me it looks never used, even the well (inside surfaces of liners & springs) looks clean like new, not clean as in cleaned up.
Is it a New York Knife Co knife ? And has it been expertly buffed which removed NYKCo stamp & possibly an etch ?
It really is a fine knife with perfect walk & talk and of course not even a hint of any blade play in these old masterfully made knives.
kj

Imperial made it not N.Y.K.

Nice knife!

A Kutmaster utility from Utica NY.

Thank you D.
What gives it away as Imperial ? or rules out NYKCo ?
kj

thefarside wrote:A couple of Schrade Cut Co's, ...and right and left handed screw drivers.

Do they do left-hand threads?
Oh! btw, nice knives!

kootenay joe wrote:Thank you D.
What gives it away as Imperial ? or rules out NYKCo ?
kj

Wrong punch,wrong screwdriver, wrong,can opener,wrong bone etc.

O.K.,thanks. I need a NYKCo 4 blade Utility so that i can compare it to my Imperial.
kj

Roland, look at this one posted earlier in this thread:

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... rk#p420645

Thanks again Dimitry.
Is the spiral punch the only style of punch that NYKCo used ?
And did the NYKCo Official Boy Scout knife only come with a clip master blade ? or some years was it a spearpoint ?
o.k. now i will stop asking questions about this.
kj