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Keen Kutter sportsman's knife.
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:27 am
by knife7knut
Found at a local antique shop. Master blade stamped w/ K-K logo; secondary stamped w/ E inside a diamond w/ SHEFFIELD above it. Wish it was in better shape. Not sure of the age,but construction looks old.
Re: Keen Kutter sportsman's knife.
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:19 am
by ea42
I don't think that Keen Kutter blade is original to the knife. I've seen similar horseman's knives where both blades are marked with the E in a diamond (no idea what company that was). Looks like that pin was added later too. Cool old timer just the same!
Eric
Re: Keen Kutter sportsman's knife.
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:10 am
by knife7knut
ea42 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:19 am
I don't think that Keen Kutter blade is original to the knife. I've seen similar horseman's knives where both blades are marked with the E in a diamond (no idea what company that was). Looks like that pin was added later too. Cool old timer just the same!
Eric
Now that I look at it more closely, I believe you may be right. The way the spine approaches the backspring at an angle rather than parallel should have been the tipoff. Now all I have to do is discover who, ''E'' is!
Re: Keen Kutter sportsman's knife.
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:06 pm
by Rookie
I had always assumed the Diamond E stood for Diamond Edge, under the Shapleigh brand. I'm sure that was probably a bad assumption though.
