All About Pocket Knives

Challenge knives are not hard to find but ones with this tang stamp are.

Greats posts from everyone.
Dimitri, that stamp must be really rare on that old Challemge Jack knife. 1st time I and I would imagine others on here have seen it. Thanks for posting it.

Tom

Here is another old one that dates in the late 1800's, a Binghamton Cutlery Co.

Tom

Case Mfg.Co.

Beautiful stag on that one, Roger.
Super old knife with a super rare tang stamp.

Tom

olderdogs1 wrote:that stamp must be really rare on that old Challenge Jack knife. 1st time I and I would imagine others on here have seen it. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks Tom!

A BUNCH of neat old stamps in this thread, folks.

Here is one from a familiar old knife company - hope it fits in here.
A New York Knife Co. with the arched stamp. The bone handle is dry rotted.

Does anyone know the age of this rarely seen stamp?

Joe

I recently picked up a couple I hadn't previously heard of. First is a small pearl stamped Magnetic Cutlery Co. Germany. According to Levine's Guide this was a Philadelphia PA importer/wholesaler c1900-1932. Goins says most of their knives were made in Solingen by D. Peres.
Second is a small tortoise shell stamped Howes Cutlery Co. which was an importer c1900, apparently also made in Germany but not marked as such. If anyone knows anything else about these please advise.

These are good examples of "rare" doesn't necessarily mean "valuable "!

Ken

Joe Dirt wrote:A BUNCH of neat old stamps in this thread, folks.

Here is one from a familiar old knife company - hope it fits in here.
A New York Knife Co. with the arched stamp. The bone handle is dry rotted.

Does anyone know the age of this rarely seen stamp?

Joe

I've seen and owned a few with that stamp and though not certain I always figured it to be a very early NYK stamp. I did have 2 tiny pearl handled knives 4 blade knives that were mint and beautifully made. One was a 4 blade congress not much over 2" closed. I don't recall ever seeing that stamp on a celluloid handle NYK so that helps some with dating. Best guess pre-1910 just going by what I have seen.

Wayne

Thanks for your info, Wayne!

I thought it was a pretty early stamp... often wondered if it was pre Hammer Brand?
I have only seen one other bone handle knife with this stamp!

Joe

Here's a nice little tux with great walk and talk in a turtle shell.

Union Knife Co. Naugatuck. ............... Naugatuck, Connecticut. Where Naugahyde was made actually.

Sweet knife, I like that stamp. A lot of history there.

Tom

Platts Bros.Eldred, Pa.

Here's a better pic of the tang stamp on the pen blade.

Case & Sons.

Little Valley Knife Assn. Little Valley NY.

Thanks Tom.
Nice old NYK Joe.
Beautiful knives peanut, to say the least.

I hope some others jump in here. Cmon! Show us what ya got.

The stamp is to worn to see in the pictures.
Marshall
Field &Co
Germany
Official Price Guide to Collectors Knives says 1909-1923.
Marshall Field & Co. was a department store i Chicago. Any further info would be appreciated. I think the handles are buffalo horn.

Nice looking knife, the stamp s a new one for me, thanks for posting it.

Tom

Looks like a "corn knife"

Ken,as they say,one mans treasure is another man's trash,or something like that.If all we were looking for is commerce,we wouldn't appreciate these old treasures.

You and Joe have a couple of treasureable tuxedos. I have quite a few farmers jacks in that category.

Nice old stamp David,on a knife that didn't stay in a drawer.

Of course Roger has caught a live well full of unusual sunfish and Dimitri just opens another safe.

Here's a stamp I never heard of before,obviously made by Schrade(most likely early Schrade Cut Co).Bartlett MFG CO Detroit MICH

Nice one, Lyle ,
You have to love that peach seed bone, very distinctive!

Tom

tjmurphy wrote:Looks like a "corn knife"

What's a corn knife?

Used to trim corns and probably callaus' from the feet

Old knife stamped H.M.MEIERS/ CHIPAWAY. Center A is taller. All Caps.

Harold