Are old Keen Kutter knives any good?

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ackeith4570

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I was at this little second hand shop and he had a few old Keen Kutter knives. They were black bone? Dident have much time to look at em but he had 3 or 4 of em. Dont know much about the brand. Just want yalls opinion if i should pick em up or not.



Thanks!
 
I am a big fan of the old EC Simmons Keen Kutters, very nice knives. They are my only experience though.
 
The tangs did say Simmons on em. I am just going to get them he only wanted a few bucks for each of them.

Thanks.
 
The history of Simmons is one of fine made tools. I have a few Simmons Keen Kutters and they are very fine knives. Read about the history of the Keen Kutter brand here:

http://www.thckk.org/history/simmons-hdwe.pdf

If he only wants a few bucks then what do you have to lose;)

I picked these up for a about 6 bucks and I love them.

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They are great old knives there Gevonovich!
I wish I had a lot MORE Keen Kutters!!!! fantastic knives.
 
I grab 'em when they surface, cool knives in a variety of styles, fun carry.

The logo is cool, too:D

^..^

Campbellclanman said:
You are too good, but if you see a good one, you MUST keep it for yourself, like I did
with this beautiful KK...
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-VERY nice, and danged if it ain't broke in already;)
 
blademan 13 said:
I am a big fan of the old EC Simmons Keen Kutters, very nice knives. They are my only experience though.
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I collect vintage logging hand tools and Simonds (note one M) was famous for their one and two man logging saws. The Simonds Royal Chinok is considered by collectors to be the holy grail of two man saws. The steel and the special grind of the saw, a crescent grind was unparalleled by other makers. Keen Cutters was also an axe brand that is very well thought of by collectors. I don't have any of their knives.

Here's a picture of my 78 inch Simonds Royal Chinock No. 503 with the correct western style handles on it. It is a Lance tooth pattern, which was designed for sawing soft woods like pine and redwood.

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Tom
 
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