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UNION Naugatuck Slot Knife...Age?
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 12:31 am
by 98src
Bought this slot knife at auction and I am wondering if the 1868 date on the wooden handle could be the date the knife was made. Goins says 1854 to 1885. If I am reading the stamp on the fork correctly it says ARMY KNIFE over UNION. Would this have been a model used in the Civil War (not this knife but the same model)?
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Re: UNION Naugatuck Slot Knife...Age?
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 1:38 am
by ea42
I believe that refers to the Hamburg Rolling Mill in PA. It was a steel rolling mill. There's mention of a John Miller's passing in 1891 in the Dec. 1891 edition of the Engineering and Mining Journal. Possibly the knife was some kind of employee award.
Eric
Re: UNION Naugatuck Slot Knife...Age?
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 1:08 pm
by just bob
Thank you for posting pics of your knife. I've enjoyed looked at them. Also learned a little in the process. Only speculation on my part, but he may have served in the civil war and was given this as an honor by his company.
Re: UNION Naugatuck Slot Knife...Age?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 4:02 pm
by btrwtr
Resource books date Union Knife Company Naugatuck, 1851-1885.
Re: UNION Naugatuck Slot Knife...Age?
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 3:51 pm
by RobesonsRme.com
Are we sure that’s a date, 1868?
If read in line with the rest on that side, it’s “8981” and I have no idea what that could possibly mean.