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Cornwall Knife Co. New York City. 1900-1920. --- 3 7/16" closed.
A few searches find that this knife can be associated with Camillus.
It would not surprise me. This is a very well made knife. Quite solid in fact.
In fact I'll carry it today.

Thanks for looking.

Tipped bolsters, are the handles bone? Love that style of knife. I don't blame you for carrying it.

It's a good looking knife!

I’ve had a couple of Cornwall scout/utility knives that were well made. I think you may be correct about the Camillus connection.

Thanks guys.

Doglegg, the handles are some sort of synthetic.

Nice Joe ... There was also a Cornwall Knife in CT as well but I’ve never seen one with a CT stamp .. Wonder if they were related ...

Thanks Lee, that would be great to find a Cornwall, Ct. stamp.
Goin's says there were "many cutlery shops in Cornwall". You would think one would surface at some time.

Thank you, Royal.
It has seen some hard labor in the past.
A few little nicks in the blades that will sharpen out.

My younger son, who is forty now, selected this knife for purchase at a knife show in Chattanooga, I think, when he was nine or ten.

It is a Cornwall.

The master has a half stop, the other two do not.

All three blades have killer snap, opening and closing.

The knife was mint when bought, unfortunately, he had a Fightin’ Rooster four blade congress that outgassed and it affected this knife, as well.

I think the handles on this knife are still good.

The handles are what I call green onyx and the bolsters are of the tip variety.

I think the shield is held on by tabs, but they are not readily visible on this knife as on others I’ve seen.

I suppose this should be considered a junior cattle knife.

Charlie

Nice knife, Charlie.
Sure looks like a decent user.

Thanks for posting it.

Had thought that I had a Cornwall knife.
Turns out... I have four!

Great bunch of knives, michaelspayth. Thank you.
You can't have too many of these things.
Neat picture by the way.

That style of jigging and color of scale material always reminds me of blackberries for some reason, and I like it!

FRJ wrote:Great bunch of knives, michaelspayth. Thank you.
You can't have too many of these things.
Neat picture by the way.

Thanks! I've built up quite a collection of knives that have various types of green celluloid handles and that green Cornwall has been a part of that collection since the beginning.
Did Cornwall have any major affiliations or connections with any other knife company?

I believe they were associated with Camillus.

michaelspayth wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 4:23 pm Had thought that I had a Cornwall knife.
Turns out... I have four!

Looks like I have a Cornwall knife as well, one of the same models as in your photo. Mine is a little rough, but still bad if it is 100 years old.

I thought I'd add another Cornwall to this thread before offering it for auction. This jack is stamped Cornwall Knife Co., N. Y. City. It appears to have never been used, sharpened or carried. It's in as found condition. The rust and oxidation appear to be from improper storage and lack of maintenance over the past one hundred years, rather than off gassing from the composition handles.

That's a fine looking knife, Lama.
Thanks for posting it here.

Thank you.

Just found my first Cornwall.

Cracked Ice, "Kinney Shoes" Ad knife with cap lifter. Funny enough, I had a feeling the secondary would be a cap lifter. For some reason, in my (limited) experience, I've noticed a lot of ad knives have cap lifters. Also, a lot of ad knives are for shoe companies. Anyways, this one will likely stay with me as it seems my "thing" is slowly becoming these jack knives with cap lifter secondaries.

GringoBombero wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:36 pm Just found my first Cornwall.

Cracked Ice, "Kinney Shoes" Ad knife with cap lifter. Funny enough, I had a feeling the secondary would be a cap lifter. For some reason, in my (limited) experience, I've noticed a lot of ad knives have cap lifters. Also, a lot of ad knives are for shoe companies. Anyways, this one will likely stay with me as it seems my "thing" is slowly becoming these jack knives with cap lifter secondaries.

I like the ruler more than the knife

edge213 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:41 pm

GringoBombero wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:36 pm Just found my first Cornwall.

Cracked Ice, "Kinney Shoes" Ad knife with cap lifter. Funny enough, I had a feeling the secondary would be a cap lifter. For some reason, in my (limited) experience, I've noticed a lot of ad knives have cap lifters. Also, a lot of ad knives are for shoe companies. Anyways, this one will likely stay with me as it seems my "thing" is slowly becoming these jack knives with cap lifter secondaries.

I like the ruler more than the knife

Yeah, me too haha

edge213 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:41 pm

GringoBombero wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:36 pm Just found my first Cornwall.

Cracked Ice, "Kinney Shoes" Ad knife with cap lifter. Funny enough, I had a feeling the secondary would be a cap lifter. For some reason, in my (limited) experience, I've noticed a lot of ad knives have cap lifters. Also, a lot of ad knives are for shoe companies. Anyways, this one will likely stay with me as it seems my "thing" is slowly becoming these jack knives with cap lifter secondaries.

I like the ruler more than the knife

Me too.

GringoBombero wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:36 pm Just found my first Cornwall.

Cracked Ice, "Kinney Shoes" Ad knife with cap lifter. Funny enough, I had a feeling the secondary would be a cap lifter. For some reason, in my (limited) experience, I've noticed a lot of ad knives have cap lifters. Also, a lot of ad knives are for shoe companies. Anyways, this one will likely stay with me as it seems my "thing" is slowly becoming these jack knives with cap lifter secondaries.

Thanks for posting that little workhorse. I guess the cap lifter was pretty common.
And, yeah, the rule is pretty neat.