All About Pocket Knives

Just got this Craftsman/Western with original sheath.
Not pretty but solid and besides, his cousin needed company.

Been a while since I've found anything due to being house-bound with some kind of respiratory ailment.Still there but getting better. Anyway I stopped in to see a friend of mine at one of my favorite antique shops and found this little gem in one of the vendor's booths. Far from being mint but one I didn't have:A knife-ax combination by Keenwell Mfg. Co. of Olean NY. Goins lists them as being a mark of the Union Cutlery Co circa 1911.
Sheath is in rough shape but is being put back together again(pic shows clamp on glued edge).FWIW I use a product called,"Shoe Goo" to repair leather goods. Works great. Blade had a rounded tip which I lightly re-profiled and re-sharpened. A lot of pitting on both blades.Celluloid scales are in extremely good shape(no curling and very little shrinkage).I thought $40.50 was a good price.

That is excellent knife7knut.
I would have bought that too if I had seen it!

Sure couldn't go wrong at that price. You've probably had your moneys worth for the fun of fixing it up. ___Dave

Couple CASE fixed blades!!

Nice ones TripleF ^^^^^^^^^^

Pro that scrolled sheath is original nice knives Nice Cases Scott Thats a great set K7K

garddogg56 wrote:Pro that scrolled sheath is original nice knives Nice Cases Scott Thats a great set K7K

Thank yo;and now it will be even better. I just won a sheath and extra hatchet blade on e-Bay which will replace the sheath I got with the knife. It is beyond repair unfortunately.

knife7knut wrote:

garddogg56 wrote:Pro that scrolled sheath is original nice knives Nice Cases Scott Thats a great set K7K

Thank yo;and now it will be even better. I just won a sheath and extra hatchet blade on e-Bay which will replace the sheath I got with the knife. It is beyond repair unfortunately.

Great!,sometimes things workout like, scoring that sheath.
Always good to have backups too!

Producer - very nice Craftsman knives - good find!

K7K - nice vintage piece - another brand and item I haven't seen before - thanks for the photos. OH

Very nice all! The Craftsmen, Western, Keenwell...........but that Marbles

Here is a trio of Western products;two knives and an ax. The knives I bought did not come with a sheath so I have been thinking of crafting a sheath that holds both knives and the ax. Never made a sheath before but they can't be that hard to do. I have some leather working tools and a tool for stitching leather.

knife7knut wrote:Here is a trio of Western products;two knives and an ax. The knives I bought did not come with a sheath so I have been thinking of crafting a sheath that holds both knives and the ax. Never made a sheath before but they can't be that hard to do. I have some leather working tools and a tool for stitching leather.

Nice Black Beauties knife7knut.
The hatchet sheath looks like an original with the Oak Leaf and acorn pattern.
Good luck making the knife sheaths.
producer

Scagel Fixed/Folder 2005 edition.

What a bunch of great knives! Thanks to all for showing them! I never owned a Randall before and it was time; I have been looking for a coupla years and finally pulled the trigger. Can't keep my hands off it.

Nice Northwoods Ivory!

Randall knives are always cool tongueriver!

Here's my latest.........

Cal, that's a real beauty. Is there a little green starting to appear around my ears? Congrats.


Gary, for me, you hit one over the fence with that one. I love that blade profile and that knife is just spectacular.

Thanx to all for comments. GMusic, did you make that knife? Looks like a major league skinner. I am liking it!

MUSIC MADE, cool! Buffalo horn, looks like an excellent skinning knife.

Thanks Jerry!!
I'm kinda diggin it to! The convex grind turned out much better than most I have done, the buyer wanted it that way so I had to give it a go. I struggled at first with the new attachment I made for my grinder, but soon settled right in.


Thanks tongueriver!!
I did make it yes. Patterned after the Wolf River of Bark Tool I sat down and drew this one up and went at it. I don't literally copy anything but I will draw something up close putting my spin on it.

Thanks redrider!!
That's my new makers mark changed up from Gary Music Handmade. The hair leaps from your arm from freight before the knife gets close!

I haven't visited this thread in a while, there are some fine blades being shown. I got so engrossed is ogling the knives posted I almost forgot that I too have a new one to show. Got this one for Christmas from my sons.

Very, very nice Charlie. The stag really dresses up that Sharpfinger.

Wow there's a bunch of fixed blade goodness on display. Very nice every one.

Charlie will you be putting that new knife to work ? If so, I'd like to know how it performs for you. It sure looks capable.

gmusic wrote:Here's my latest.........

I'm late to the party but that's beauty of a knife you made there!

Great looking piece TRiver, very nice handle, great antler and the layering. And that blade grind is like nothing I've seen. Unique beauty.