All About Pocket Knives

I found this article, the first picture, in a June 1929, New York Newspaper. It is in regards to the "Say-It-With-Flowers" advertising campaign. It's just a coincidence, but this morning I received my first and only (so far), "Say-It-With-Flowers",
single blade, all metal pocket knife. It measures 3 1/8" closed. The tang stamp is almost nonexistent. The last line says "STAINLESS" and just above the "STA", it looks like it says "B PO." So, I'm 99.999% positive that this is a GEO SCHRADE
pocket knife. It didn't need any cleaning at all. I took some pictures and here it is.
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

So, post your "Say-It-With-Flowers" pocket knife or knives.
Please, ONLY post your "Say-It-With-Flowers" pocket knife or knives.
Please, DON'T post your "general" horticulture/pruning pocket knife or knives.
There are topics/threads already dedicated to them.

10101 CATTARAUGUS SAY IT WITH FLOWERS. Had this for a long time.

Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 10:23 pm 10101 CATTARAUGUS SAY IT WITH FLOWERS. Had this for a long time.

BEAUTY! Thank you for posting it.

SCHRADE CUT. Co. Walden, no pattern number, French Ivory. Like both of yours. J.O.
(Can't ever figure out how the pics get oriented )

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 10:36 pm SCHRADE.....

G@@D LKING pocket knife, J.O'.

I just did some calculating, and found a $2,000,000 (which even by 2021 standards is a large amount; and many larger firms don't spend that much in a year now) ad campaign in 1929 was just short of 31,000,000 today. It would be considered a pretty massive campaign today.

Still don't know why I haven't gotten one yet. I really like all the ones shown so far. I hadn't seen the G. Schrade or Cattaraugus before.

Skip and Cody, Thanks. I used to see them now and then, usually well used. Guess they're bought up now. J.O'.

Here are a couple Remington had.

My only one.

espn77 wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 1:18 pm Here.....

NICE!!
Thank you for posting them.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 3:29 pm My.....

.....and a mighty fine lking specimen it is.
.....and with the original box.

That was fun, dig out some more rare ones.

Interesting thread. Really like the articles about the Promo Skip!! I was just looking to see if anyone had posted anything about the "Say It With Flowers" promo knives and Bam here it is. I have one in the mail I ordered off the bay this past weekend. It's a Geo Schrade also, but not quite as fine like you guys have been posting. But I believe it will clean up nicely.
I will post it when it arrives. Hats off to everyone on this thread. Beautiful examples all.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 10:14 pm I found this article, the first picture, in a June 1929, New York Newspaper. It is in regards to the "Say-It-With-Flowers" advertising campaign. It's just a coincidence, but this morning I received my first and only (so far), "Say-It-With-Flowers",
single blade, all metal pocket knife. It measures 3 1/8" closed. The tang stamp is almost nonexistent. The last line says "STAINLESS" and just above the "STA", it looks like it says "B PO." So, I'm 99.999% positive that this is a GEO SCHRADE
pocket knife. It didn't need any cleaning at all. I took some pictures and here it is.

Awesome Knife Skip.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 3:29 pm My only one.
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Whoa, you might as well call that one New Old Stock. That is Pristine.

Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 10:23 pm 10101 CATTARAUGUS SAY IT WITH FLOWERS. Had this for a long time.

I agree with Skip, that's a beaut!!

espn77 wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 1:18 pm Here are a couple Remington had.

Great looking Remmies for sure.

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 10:56 pm Interesting.....
Awesome.....

Thank you Smitty.

A Utica with French Ivory handles. Judging from the phone number on the pile side, probably from the 50's or 60's, . Only a couple of very minor issues keep it from being in factory condition.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 7:10 pm A.....

NICE one, Jerry.

Thanks Skip.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 7:10 pm A Utica with French Ivory handles. Judging from the phone number on the pile side, probably from the 50's or 60's, . Only a couple of very minor issues keep it from being in factory condition.

Good looking knife Jerry. I looked the 7 digit phone dialing up in relation to another knife I had found with the phonetic listings. According to what I found, In the U.S. 7 digit direct dialing started in the major cities around 1958. Then expanded through the 60's into the smaller cities.

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 11:54 pm

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 7:10 pm A Utica with French Ivory handles. Judging from the phone number on the pile side, probably from the 50's or 60's, . Only a couple of very minor issues keep it from being in factory condition.

Good looking knife Jerry. I looked the 7 digit phone dialing up in relation to another knife I had found with the phonetic listings. According to what I found, In the U.S. 7 digit direct dialing started in the major cities around 1958. Then expanded through the 60's into the smaller cities.

I remember when we lived in Evansville, IN in the mid '50s one of the phone number prefix's was Harrison. HA 5-4321 would have been a representative number. If I remember correctly (and there's no guarantee on that) if you had a HArrison number and was calling a HArrison number you didn't have to dial the HA (42). The information I found before I posted earlier indicated the prefix's started in the late '40s and persisted into the '60s. In the late '60s that alpha prefix was discontinued. When I first came to Rockford in the mid '60s one of the prefixes we had was Forest which was gone by 1970. Our numbers after that were preceded by 968, 962, 877 & later on 229 and you had to dial all 7 digits.

Received this one Friday. It was a El Cheapo but seller said it had good snap and just needed some cleaning and sharpening. It is a Schrade Single Blade Florist Knife. It has the SCHRADE CUT. CO., WALDEN N.Y. Tang Stamp. On the pile side handle it has the "Say It With FLowers" etch, and front side is etched with the Business info. It was dirty when I received it. So gave it a warm mineral oil bath, then cleaned with warm dish washing liquid before cleaning inside the blade well, along with the blades. They did have some rust on them. The blade has great snap, and a positive half stop. I just need to resharpen the blade now, it is quite dull. Here are some photos.

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 12:31 am Received.....

Smitty, that's a BEAUTY.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 2:24 am
Smitty, that's a BEAUTY.

Thank you Skip!

Here’s a short line Camillus for the thread here. This one had been my EDC some years ago ,and it disappeared for a few years . The other day was cleaning out a corner in the shop, and it showed back up . When was using it ,it held a good edge, it’s got some blade loss , but still a good solid piece .

Ripster wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 2:31 am Here’s.....

Thank you for posting it, JP.
It still has a lot of life left in it.

Ripster wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 2:31 am Here’s a short line Camillus for the thread here. This one had been my EDC some years ago ,and it disappeared for a few years . The other day was cleaning out a corner in the shop, and it showed back up . When was using it ,it held a good edge, it’s got some blade loss , but still a good solid piece .

Nice JP. Glad you found it. I hate when I loose a knife.

Another addition for my Steelies, "Say It With Flowers" and G.Schrade family, A Stainless Steel hawk bill pruning knife. It is 3-1/8" closed not including the eyelet. The tang stamp is G.SCHRADE KNIFE CO. INC over B'PORT.CT.USA over STAINLESS. The blade has an etch with SUPERTEX RIBBON CO. over DON O'CONNEL. The body of the frame is stamped in script with "Say It With Flowers"underlined over STAINLESS STEEL. I'm figuring it was a promotional give-a-way knife. The knife is like new, great snap, doesn't appear to have been re-sharpend, and just has a few spots on the blade. The blade is high polished and the body is a brushed finish. Not sure of the age of this one. The only thing I could find on Supertex Ribbon Co. was in New York City & was established in 1955, then around 1971 was re-established as SuperTex Textiles Inc. which was dissolved in 1993. Here are some pictures, all this knife needed was to oil the joints.