America's "Little Sheffield"

[Pile Driver]

Great 3 knives there, love the philips driver on the bail 10th mtn division

[BWT]

Three good looking knives Jay,thanks for sharing!!!

[JAMESC41001]

Thanks guys. Took a while to find that ulster at a price I could afford. Seller had some blurry pics so it was a bit of a crap shoot. When I got it there was pocket wear and patina but as far as I could tell unused. I like to think it made it all the way to Italy and back.

[RalphAlsip]

Jay, nice group of old Scout knives.

[JAMESC41001]

Jay, nice group of old Scout knives.

Thanks

[Ivoryman]

Ditto what Lee said, very nice Schrades, Jay! Here is a Keen Kutter and two EC Simmons knives with, what looks to me, like very similar bone to your Schrade Cut Cos. You are right though, I believe this KK is the only one I have seen with that type of bone.

Brousing old threads I've never perused before, incredible knives everyone who's posted in the whole thread. A real education and drool puller. Wow. Danno the bones are rare beauties to behold, so pretty. Thanks for showing. Are you the Danno I met at an OKCA show couple years ago? Keep showing show worthy knives. Exxxxxxxxcccccccelleeeeeeeeeeent.

[danno50]

Thanks Ivoryman. I did meet you at either the 2016 or 2018 OKCA show. I believe it was last year in 2018?

[KAW]

Ivoryman... hope you come back often...

Like Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog... I decided to come out of hibernation today & peek my head about the board...
Jay... the trapper seems to be one of CSC's iconic patterns... but that is the first I have seen with the engraved bolsters... really raises the bar to being one elegant looking knife!

Coincidentally earlier this week I received its not so distant ancestor... a Schrade Cut Corp. №293Y (1974−79) unused... still in its view pack.


P.S. That is also a great comparative photo of three high class scout knives...

[KAW]

I also just received in the mail yesterday...
a Schrade Walden №865 Sunfish Lobster which I narrowed down to between 1948−58. I including the 1954 catalog cut.


Does anyone know what "Sunfish" refers to? Is it because of the "etched" mark side cover of the handle?

[doglegg]

Glad you poked your head out KAW, knice knives as well.

[KAW]

Thanks doglegg...
This week I also picked up this Schrade I*XL Wostenholm, Sheffield, England Limited Edition Stockman... as the paper states.. this is the first knife the partnership produced with a limited run of 8,000 in 1980... but with the bolster stamped with Serial № WG 001... does that mean this particular knife is the very first one?

[danno50]

Nice finds, Ken. I like the sunfish lobster. No idea why they called it that?

[JAMESC41001]

Ken, the WG stands for Walter Gardiner. He was the president of the company and would have the first knife off the line, 001 with his Initials added. I know this because he has given me a few of these personally as gifts. That is a special knife and unique.

[KAW]

Wow Jay... I was not expecting that! Thanks for the info. The knife did stay local. The Ebay seller was located in Newburgh. I picked it up personally and did ask him about any provenance and he would tell me is he knew the owner... probably someone Walter gave the knife to...

[ScoutKnives]

This one should fit in this thread as well .
Napanoch 2 blade scout .

[FRJ]

That is a beautiful little knife, ScoutKnives. How long is it?

[KAW]

Don't know anything much about scout knives... it seems to have some heft to it... & those classic Napanoch bone handles...

[wlf]

Mike, that’s the latest looking Napanoch I’ve seen. Beautiful colored handles, which resemble the jigging style on some Challenge knives I’ve seen, albeit larger jigs.

Nice additions to the thread Ken.

[KAW]

Thanks Lyle... Got another addition this week...
NY knife Co. with "tiger's eye" celluloid handles... couldn't come up with a pattern no. for this one nor find it in a catalog...

[ScoutKnives]

Hi Joe,
Still packed up but it’s gotta be around 3 1/2” long closed .
Thanks for all the great comments Lyle , Ken & Joe .


Mike

That is a beautiful little knife, ScoutKnives. How long is it?

[KAW]

Ahhh... I found today a reason to bump up this thread back to the first page...
an old 3¼" Schrade Cut Co. Jack with the arched tang stamp that dates it to between 1904−17.
Just wish the blades were not so used up... but on the other hand it only cost me $10 at an local antique shop...

[ObsidianEdge]

I think this Pritzlaff Hardware jack might have been made by NYK Co. I found the same pattern (only larger) in a NYK Co. catalog, and the shield on a different pattern.

[danno50]

Wow, beautiful knife, Mike! Nice variation of the bomb shield.

[LongBlade]

Wow Mike - a stunner indeed and as I say a “sleeper” with little use ... I guess this is a swell center jack - pretty cool ... What’s the closed length?

[ObsidianEdge]

Thanks Dan and Lee. I got it from Roger, so of course it's good! It's 3 1/5 closed Lee.