Augie
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Found in city business directories in Chemung County Archives:
1886 – Charles Kenning (116 Lake Street) sold hardware and cutlery
1900-1901 – Carrier Cutlery Co. (206 Steele Memorial Building) manufactured cutlery
1902-1917 – Cronk & Carrier Manufacturing Co. (made cultlery)
1902-1903 – located at 206 Steele Memorial Building
1904-1905 – located at 515-519 Robinson Building
1905-1917 – located at 150 Lake Street
Still looking for Robeson. According to Goins' they were only in Elmira from 1893 to 1896.
The M&G on top is more worn than the Ulster below it. The bone is very similar,but the resounding tell in a farmers jack is usually the frame, the small bolster being the most prevalent way to differentiate between makers.
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Great old knives being shown everyone, Lyle, I am always awed by your wonderful collection of Farmers Jacks, hope to see them again at the Rendezvous.
Picked up this 3 5/8 Wards equal end jack, pretty nice condition with full blades, suspect was made by Winchester.
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Wonderful paper and pictures, and history, Charlie!!
And great Elmira box!!
Is there a book that has collected all that is known about Robeson (and Terrier) cutlery??
Great Boys' knife, Neal!
And a very enjoyable Boys' Knife article in Knife Magazine!
Great Boys' knife, Neal!
And a very enjoyable Boys' Knife article in Knife Magazine!
Excellent Wards knife John ...
Super looking IXL NorthShore ... What is the closed length of that jack??
Neal - Great looking Armstrong Cutlery knife ... Too bad we didn't have this one either for the article ...
Glad you liked the article Charlie - I was Neal's co-author for that Boys Knife article and we had some fun putting it together ...
Here is a recent Boys Knife pickup I found that came 6 weeks after the article was submitted but would have been another good one to include.. This Frary knife was another great example of metal handles in early Boys Knives and along with the Russell "Boy of America" knife with malleable cast handles and the coined brass classic like the Union Knife Naugatuck (both in the article) this would have been the other classic metal handle to include that was made of pewter... "Our Boy" on the mark side and "Frary" on the pile side. I am also attaching a photo where one can see the frame was folded over and the spring is within the folded frame... As an aside Frary left Landers, Frary & Clark in the 1870s and started his own cutlery in Bridgeport CT - interestingly I always thought LF&C was following Frary but apparently they kept Frary's name as part of LF&C name until they terminated production in 1965.
Cheers
Lee
Thanks for showing those Lee and Neal! Beautiful!!
They missed the article, but we get to see them here!!
It's hard for me to resist a knife on a chain! I am sure some of these fall into the "boy's" category:
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Excellent Wards knife John ...
Super looking IXL NorthShore ... What is the closed length of that jack??