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List of Pennsylvania knife companies?

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:26 am
by coffeecup
Does anyone have a list of past knife manufacturers based out of PA? I'm aware of the current makers (Case, GEC, and Queen); any others?

Thanks,
Jim

Re: List of Pennsylvania knife companies?

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:36 am
by Mumbleypeg
Jim, I don't have a complete list but Levine's Guide lists a lot of PA companies in his knife history section, including Ashmore, Clarenbach & Hereder, L. Herder & Son, C. F. Wolfertz, Beaver Falls Cutlery Co., Howard W. Shipley (Coquanoc Works), Queen City Cutlery Co. (later Queen Cutlery Co.), Tidioute Cutlery Co., C. Platts & Sons, Union Cutlery Co., various Case companies, Eureka Cutlery Co., and Crandall Cutlery Co. All of these were started in mid to late 1800's up to about 1920's.

Ken

Re: List of Pennsylvania knife companies?

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:37 am
by 0078
Lackawanna, fits in with eureka some how?

Re: List of Pennsylvania knife companies?

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:23 pm
by RobesonsRme.com
How could you list Queen City and Queen and not include Schatt & Morgan? :)

I suspect there are a good deal more.

Charlie Noyes

Re: List of Pennsylvania knife companies?

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:33 pm
by Mumbleypeg
RobesonsRme.com wrote:How could you list Queen City and Queen and not include Schatt & Morgan? :)

I suspect there are a good deal more.

Charlie Noyes
Charlie you are of course correct. The oversight is mine, not Mr. Levine's. He clearly lists Schatt and Morgan as manufacturing in PA. I can only guess maybe I skipped over them since he says they started in New York with their first S&M factory.

Thanks for catching the error.

Ken

Re: List of Pennsylvania knife companies?

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:22 pm
by PA Knives
I have owned one from every manufacturer. Goins left off a few but to his credit I am still amazed at what he found during a time of little to no internet searching. One that jumps right out is BLACK. I still have one Rare isn't even a good description. Although I am selling off everything. This one just hasn't left the nest yet. I have devoted over 40 years to knives made in Pennsylvania.

Re: List of Pennsylvania knife companies?

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:03 pm
by michaelspayth
PA Knives wrote: Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:22 pm I have owned one from every manufacturer. Goins left off a few but to his credit I am still amazed at what he found during a time of little to no internet searching. One that jumps right out is BLACK. I still have one Rare isn't even a good description. Although I am selling off everything. This one just hasn't left the nest yet. I have devoted over 40 years to knives made in Pennsylvania.
I have been searching and searching for information about this knife for quite some time...