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by Chase » Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:43 pm
Adam,
I am Sorry for your Loss. Welcome to the site! I will tell you that your father had a keen eye for what knives to collect. I too am a collector of the Canal Street Knives and I have somewhere between 400-500 Canal Street knives in my collection. In looking at your photos, it appears he purchased a lot of the knives thru AG Russell (The colored label/stickers). In saying that he paid a little higher price for the knives.
Canal Street Knives are gaining in value as there just aren't that many of them that folks are selling. Canal Street Cutlery went out of business in 2015, they tried some specialty made knives for Red Hill Cutlery and then finally ceased production.
ea42, a member here at AAPK, worked at the Canal Street Cutlery factory and he continues to make his own line of knives (Alber's Cutlery).
My Uncle was a Custom Knife Maker and Master Cutler for Schrade USA and Canal Street Cutlery.
I would be happy to assist you in any way that I can, all you need to do is ask!
Respectfully,
Tom (Chase is my name here on AAPK)