All About Pocket Knives

Cotton Samplers....show what ya got!!
I only have these 3 and they're newer ones.....I hope some of you post pics of the old originals.

These are the only two I have.

Johnny what constitutes a cotton sampler?

there you go johnnie..

nice ones guys !

theblindog wrote:there you go johnnie..

WOW!! Would ya look at the stag on that one. Leaves me speechless and that's hard to do.

Beautiful knives Feller's!!



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Johnny what constitutes a cotton sampler?

This is my best definition that I can come up with of a "Cotton Sampler"..
These knives were used to remove samples of cotton from bales for classification purposes....usually having a long shank or tang to go deep into the bales.

garddogg56...I hope this helps..BTW , I have only seen 2 types..the rounded version and the squared version.

So far..no one has posted a pic of a vintage one. ...I'm sure someone will soon.

Beautiful knives, guys. I have been wanting a Cotton Sampler for several years - looking for an older one.

I bid on this one the other night, but didn't win it. I am not a Schatt & Morgan expert - I am assuming this one was the real deal? These old ones don't show up on e-bay very often.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEDWX%3AIT

Thank you Mr Rotten

garddogg56 ..your welcome.



Thats a nice one , Unk. .......I snagged a pic.

Was watching that one on the bay and lost interest. Never would have guessed it'd top $100.

You know me JR, I have several but have not added to them since the Northwoods one.
I have a Titusville Abalone too but my daughter has stolen my camera AGAIN! I will post it later.

Perry....They're BEAUTY-MUSS!

Thanks Johnnie! Really enjoyin this new MacBook too.

Are you new to Macs?

No, we have owned them since they first came out years ago cause my wife
is a graphic designer. She doesn't do that work anymore but I ain't never gonna buy anything
else.

Cool......I've been running Macs for over 10 years now. ......You know the old saying..."once you go Mac..you'll never go back!!".

Yes sir!

johnnierotten wrote:Cool......I've been running Macs for over 10 years now. ......You know the old saying..."once you go Mac..you'll never go back!!".

What are these "Mac's" of which you speak ??? What kinda of blade steel is used in them? Brass liners? Handle material choices, I can't wait to CF & CE them!!!

Dave

Dave, your funny!!! .....its a very rare Mac Cotton Sampler!! .....very sleek and fancy!!

And here we have it - an authentic, vintage cotton sampler - an old Kutmaster, in excellent shape except for some blade wobble. The wobble makes me think this was actually used for sampling cotton, since the motion of coring out a plug from a cotton bale would put a lot of sideways stress on a blade. To my amazement, I was the only bidder on this ebay knife, and got it for $9.99 plus shipping!

Lucky devil.

Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then...

very nice find... don't see cotton samplers everyday. if the sideplay bothers you it can be fixed

I saw that. I almost bid on it but I thought it was a rope knife. Guess I should learn to pay a little closer attention. Good buy.