Does any one out there have any simmons hardware or keen kutter knives?

[supratentorial]

Thank you for the compliments on the whittler, guys!

Some really beauties @Augie Luger1952 !

Here's a 1918 catalog cut for the 4577

Very nice whittler Supratentorial.

Picked up this 3 3/8" Congress this week,

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Augie, beautiful KK 4 blade Congress! Dan, thanks for the great information!

Here is a 4 blade KK Congress I have had for sometime. It is in pristine condition showing no evidence of use or even sharpening or honing post production. I don't know for sure where it fits into the production timeline. It has EC Simmons and St. Louis MO in the KK wedge logo on all blades. One of the master SF blades on the pile facing side has the number 4577. It is 3.5 inches closed. Thanks for looking!
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[danno50]

Time to bump this thread with a few more new to me Keen Kutters. Hopefully it will inspire a few more to come out of the woodwork.
Firstly a K02423, a 3 1/4" single spring pen knife. Sellens says was in the catalogs between 1921 and 1942.
Dan

 

[danno50]

Next is a K2223, a 3 3/8" 2 blade jack which Sellens says was in the catalogs from 1921 to 1929, so very likely Winchester made.
Dan

 

[danno50]

Lastly, my favorite of the three, a K2901, a 3 3/8" 2 blade jack which Sellens says was in the catalogs between 1917 to 1920, so mostly likely Walden made. It has a very hefty, sturdy feel to it.
Dan

 

[waynorth]

Nice additions to your collection, Dan!!
Especially that last one, the K2901!!!! That is a beauty of an old knife!!

 

[Gevonovich]

Lastly, my favorite of the three, a K2901, a 3 3/8" 2 blade jack which Sellens says was in the catalogs between 1917 to 1920, so mostly likely Walden made. It has a very hefty, sturdy feel to it.
Dan
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Yes sir!! My favorite three !! I sure would like to find one of those some day!! Thanks for the look

 

[danno50]

Thanks very much for the kind comments, Charlie and Gevonovich.
Dan

 

[SteveC]

 

[danno50]

Thanks for posting that one, Steve. Looks like it is sitting on a pile of old barlows.
Dan

 

[black mamba]

Dan, your last jack shown is a real treasure, I've never seen its like.

 

[danno50]

Thanks Jeff. Just been looking through Levine's. I believe he would call it a special spey on a curved regular jack frame. Says they were usually single bladed, but sometimes also had a pen blade.
Dan

 

[Luger1952]

Dan all three of those KK jacks are great! Like others I am drawn to that Spey curved Jack Not a commonly seen pattern and the bone handles are wonderful!! That jigging and the coloration of the bone are gorgeous. Certainly nice additions to your KK portfolio! Thanks for the photos.

 

[danno50]

Thank you, Lloyd, for the kind comments.
Dan

 

[danno50]

A K2022, 3 5/8" jack with French ivory handles.
Dan

 

[danno50]

A 2 3/4 inch 4 blade pearl, stamped E.C. over Simmons over St. Louis. Has a somewhat faint Keen Kutter etch in a Gothic? font.
Dan

 

[danno50]

I finished photographing my knives from the OKCA show. It will take a few posts to show them all.
First up are two Simmons Hardware Co. Germany knives: a 3 5/8" doctor's knife and a 3" whittler.
Dan

 

[danno50]

Next up are two Simmons Hardware Co. knives: the first is a 3 5/8" jack and the second is a 2 7/8" 4 blade senator with a fancy scroll Keen Kutter etch.
Dan

 

[danno50]

Next up are two peanuts, both 2 7/8" in length: an older K713 and a 1950s K838, likely made by Schrade?
Dan

 

[danno50]

Here are three lobsters: first a 2 1/2" K0443, made between 1915 to 1929 according to Sellens, has a faint pattern number etch; second is a 2 1/2" K0444, made between 1917 to 1920 according to Sellens, has an etched pattern number and salesman ink; last is a K5035SSG, made between 1910 and 1920 according to Sellens, has an etched pattern number and salesman ink, unfortunately was the victim of poor care and storage and is quite pitted.
Dan

 

[danno50]

Sorry, last picture is wrong, can't figure out how to edit it out and add the right one, so here is the one that was supposed to be last in the last post.