All About Pocket Knives

I've got a Canastota pocket knife and read they were only made between 1875-1895. Found a Canastota Knife Co catalog online and it appears the knife is a No. 3620. It has the tortoise shell scales, silver bolsters, brass liners, etc. I can find little else. Do people collect these and anyone have pictures of Canastota knives? It is a cool little knife.

That is a beautiful old survivor!

Great knife. It is a rare and highly collectable piece of pocket jewellery .

Very nice old gent's knife with a button hook. "Swell-center Balloon pattern". J.O'.

Thank you all! No doubt a piece of history. Any thoughts on value? I haven't been able to find anything similar.

Nice find! You’ll probably be surprised to learn several Canastota pocket knives have sold on eBay in the last few months. An advanced search for sold listings only for ”Canastota knife” will give you a ballpark value. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Ca ... &LH_Sold=1

If you haven't ’t already read it, take a look through the posts in the “What’s it worth” thread also. Some good advice there. viewtopic.php?t=77592

Ken

Great old knife and tortoise shell at that !
Small profile but the tang stamp will sell the knife