Please help identify this pocket knife

[kmhamlin]

Hi everyone. A former coworker gave me this knife a few years ago. He really didn’t know anything about it. I was admiring it this evening and thought I would see what people with more experience might know about it.

I did try to research it on the internet but didn’t turn up much. Thank you!

[FRJ]

We will need to see the tang stamps where the blade pivots in the knife.
Clear pictures of both sides will help.
It's a nice looking knife.

[Mumbleypeg]

Looks like probably a watch fob knife, as evident from the bail, or shackle, which was attached to a metal chain attached to a pocket watch. The knives typically have fancy gold or silver plate handles, sometimes engraved with the owner’s name or initials.

Ken

[kmhamlin]

Thank you. I’ll have to wait until next Friday evening to post the pics you requested.

[Walleye]

Based on the insignias, it appears to be a Knights of Columbus knife, likely given as a gift or award from the church to the member or possible a gift from one member to another. I’d say it was probably made sometime between 1930-1960, but the tang stamps will say more. If the blades are stainless it’s definitely newer. I wouldn’t be surprised if the knife is a German maker but it could also be an early Camco or Schrade knife that were sold in bulk to speciality dealers who affixed (likely) gold filled or brass handle scales.

[OLDE CUTLER]

The knife would have hung from the pocket watch chain just like this. T bar goes in the button hole of the vest, chain loops down and watch goes in vest pocket. Generally people wanted a fancy knife to display like this, or a knife that had some significance to them, as the one you pictured being K of C, or mine pictured which was the Masons.