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i picked this one up at a resale shop this weekend for 50 cents. it appears to be carbon steel. does it have any value? i only ask because if it doesn't, it will the converted into another type of knife. probably not, i just want to check with the experts before i go grinding on it.

any info is appreciated.


Thanks

Probably only as a user - I had to pay 6 bucks for mine, just two months ago. The steel in mine isn't the greatest, either. One ham, and I gotta re-sharpen.

Couldn't tell from the pic - does that one have a bakelite handle ?

JR

yep, plastic checkered handle.

do you know if they are carbon or stainless?

thanks.

If it doesn't say stainless, I'm 99% sure it isn't, buddy.

G'luck, and let us see what you come up with !

(Wear your mask !) JR

hadn't thought about it from that angle. they do tend to plaster a blade with stainless when it is.

i'll post pics when done.

Looks like stainless to me.

Dave

knowtracks wrote:Looks like stainless to me.

Dave

Yeah, I see all those scatches and yet no rust, no patina like carbon steel should have. Although they usually say stainless if they are.

I seen this one awhile back.
I have a few different styles with this style stamp and they look stainless, but are not stamped Stainless.
I do have an old carver with the same style stamp, but I am postive it is carbon steel because of the rust. I also have an older butcher's knife with a block stamp IIRC and it is carbon. I am doing an inventory now, so I will make sure on that.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nice-Vintage-Cattar ... dZViewItem

9ball

I have a lot of these cattaraugus kitchen knives if you are interested in them. Probably around 50 or more. I would like to get rid of them.

Knife-Nut

Shoot me an email with $, I may be interested.



9ball

thanks for all the info yall. i'll leave it outside for a few weeks and see if it starts to rust

it was raining all weekend here. I left the knife outside. If it is stainless, it's not very good at it's job of staining less. I believe this one is carbon steel.

Sounds like a keeper!
I have a Catt that looks very much like yours that I used to carve the turkey............thin & sharp!
What is the handle on yours made out of or can you tell? Mine is some sort of brownish colored plastic.....I think.

Dale

it is that olive green bakelite stuff.

Thank you.
It is just like mine.

Dale

does anyone have a pic of the tang? Just curious before i dive into it.

Here is the finished product. I flipped the knife so the tang stamp is now on the tip on the back side.

Nice looking handle. Looks like you did a good job on it.

Dale

YEP, what are the detail on the handle?

THANKS. Not my best work, but it's for me.

maple burl, red fiber, brass sheet, leather, birdseye maple. The glue lines show a bit. I mixed black powder in the epoxy because i used it on top of the birdseye. The blade is so thin, i had to hide my bad blade fit with epoxy.

This blade is definately carbon steel. This is what it looks like after a few apples and slicing the Christmas roast.

Nice work.