Masonic Pine knot Stockman

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Here is a knife given to me by my wifes grandfather (1 yr away from a 50 yr pin) when I joined the lodge. I am curious about Pine Knot though I wonder who made them? No indication on the blades as to what type of steel.Blades snap both ways , seems to be a solid well made knife. I would love to see some other Masonic knives. I know Case makes a couple of different ones. I have seen several cheap novelty knives , probably bought in bulk to hand out but not many quality users.
 

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Pine Knot was another house name for knives sold by Belknap Hardware, they also sold knives under the John Primble name.
 
It's ironic that they also made the John Primble. The same gentleman who gave me the Pine Knot gave me his old EDC, John Primble which is the same pattern and size.
 
I can count on one hand the number of quality Masonic knives I've seen. I do have one, though- a little Colonial penknife with the S&C, the All-Seeing Eye, trowel, level and plumb on each side. It's a nice little knife.
 
wudnme said:
It's ironic that they also made the John Primble. The same gentleman who gave me the Pine Knot gave me his old EDC, John Primble which is the same pattern and size.
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They are probably the same knife, made by the same company. Those old Belknap knives were contracted by several different companies over a LONG stretch of time.
 
I believe that camillus was a contractor for belknap at one time but i could be wrong. that looks like a schrade to me.
 
I've only seen novelty blades with the Angle and Square. Once I get moved and get get my leather tools back out again, I plan to at least work on the pattern for sheaths.

Anyone seen a leather stamp with the A&S?

Thanks!
 
I've been tempted to pick up one of those Case masonic knives a few times. If only they made them in CV.
 
wudnme said:
Here is a knife given to me by my wifes grandfather (1 yr away from a 50 yr pin) when I joined the lodge. I am curious about Pine Knot though I wonder who made them? No indication on the blades as to what type of steel.Blades snap both ways , seems to be a solid well made knife. I would love to see some other Masonic knives. I know Case makes a couple of different ones. I have seen several cheap novelty knives , probably bought in bulk to hand out but not many quality users.
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The original Pine Knots were made Pre-WWII and sold by Belknap. Most of them were made by Imperial and were the "lower end" knives sold by Belknap.

The knife posted is NOT one of the originals. It is a recent knife (1980's) made by Colonial for SMKW. SMKW has the Pine Knot trademark. I think that they currently use the trademeark on China made knives.
 
Belknap was the original manufacturer of Pine Knot Knives (they'll have J.W. Price on the tang with a bird on it).In the 60's or 70's Colonial took over manufacturing the Pine Knot knives using the same patent# as the company did for the Ranger knives by Colonial Cutlery then they went from USA to China manufacturing in the 80's then went moribund as a knife line.The Colonial line was made rather cheaply such as not machining the backsprings flush to the liners as a manufacturing short.Similar to a Schrade though and carbon steel.SMKW does not own the Pine Knot trademark it was United Cutlery currently.Before that it was Hallmark cutlery.Hallmark in 1999/2000 contracted China to produce several patterns-med stockman,copperhead,whittler,trapper,and a congress.Brown jigged bone scales and 2,000 pieces of each pattern produced.These knives had a circular emblem on the scale that said PK Premium Quality.The mass majority of them were tossed out as a financial loss...most of the bone scales were badly cracked in manufacturing.I bought one in Gatlinburg many years ago and can't say much.Has a nicer fit and finish than the Colonial era.The stainless steel sharpens and it holds a fairly decent edge.I'd put them up there with the Camco Workhorse knives...one of the few good China slipjoint lines.
 
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