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Blade identification
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:57 pm
by Carl Beck
I recently found a 2" ,pearl handle, double blade with this stamp:
E N T
N Y City
U S A
I don't know this stamp, and could use some help with it.
Thanks,
Carl
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:08 pm
by jonet143
hey carl, nothing in my books but i'll look some more. maybe you could post a pic of the tang?
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:18 pm
by smiling-knife
Hi perhaps it is KENT, NYC, USA made by Camillus or Kastor & Bros for Woolworths 1931-1955 according to Goins?
s-k
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:21 pm
by Carl Beck
Thanks, Johnnie. I got some eye stuff going on and can't use
a camera right now. It was 2 weeks before a moment of clarity
let me read the stamp<G> It is, however set up as I originally
posted, except the lines are centered. No other marks are
on it. Judging from it's appearance, the rest of the stuff in the
house it came out of, and the fact it doesn't say "made in", I'm
guessing it is early 1900's.
Carl
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:23 pm
by Carl Beck
s-k, I'll bet you're right. There is obvious wear where the
"K" would have been.
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:00 pm
by jonet143
very good s-k! sometimes the obvious..............
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:47 pm
by El Lobo
Yes, I'm pretty sure the KENT knives were made by Camillus, for the Woolworth's department store chain. I think CAMCO (Tom Williams) talked about them, but it may have been in the Camillus forum.
You might post a picture in the Knife Lore forum, maybe Tom or Phil Gibbs (both longtime Camillus employees) will be able to give you some information.
Bill