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I Had this knife 30 + years I've read that this knife was made by Schrade also: this has a Medallion shield as you can see in the picture does anyone know what year could this be and maybe there were not too many of these knives made definitely USA

Here is an AAPK posting that sheds a little light on Chicago Cutlery folding knives: viewtopic.php?t=16119. Also, if you search on "Chicago Cutlery" using the AAPK Search function you will find more postings.

There is an abbreviated history of the company here: http://www.onlyknives.com/category/bran ... o-cutlery/.

Finally, here is a more detailed history from the Chicago Tribune but the article is old:https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct- ... story.html.

Dennis

deo-pa wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:05 pm Here is an AAPK posting that sheds a little light on Chicago Cutlery folding knives: viewtopic.php?t=16119. Also, if you search on "Chicago Cutlery" using the AAPK Search function you will find more postings.

There is an abbreviated history of the company here: http://www.onlyknives.com/category/bran ... o-cutlery/.

Finally, here is a more detailed history from the Chicago Tribune but the article is old:https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct- ... story.html.

Dennis

wow In the Chicago Tribune had a lot of Information! But over the years, 1980s to now, my P 19 with the circle medallion is the only one I've seen, and no stamping on the wood. hope someone will shed some more light into this

Any way to tell a USA made kitchen knife? I've been meaning to start scouring thrift stores and the like for some. My folks have a set of older (I'm thinking made in the '80s) Chicago Cutlery steak knives, embossed on the handle, but they do seem to have rather decent steel that takes a pretty good edge; versus the store-brand Chinesium stuff my Grandmother mostly owns.

"Chinesium" ...I learned a new 'steel' word today. Thanks for that Cody. Yeah...I'll be using it too.