"Old Knives"

Thank you My friends for the comments on that Pruner!

I agree with our buddy Dan - Ka- Bar seemed to have obtained some of the most stunning Stag for their Knives.

Hey North Shore stop being so mean and let’s into some more photos of that beauty!

 

Challenge Cutlery Co. Bridgeport Connecticut. It looks like it is from 1905-1928.

 

Very NICE North Shore, I have a similar equal end in Jigged bone with Spear main and pen. It has had work done to it (previous owner and myself) yet done well. Sure I've posted it before but may have to again. Ironically I am carrying it today.

 

Would love to see it

 

Ok, far short of yours North Shore but there's something endearing about it to me. The bone has awesome color and worn smooth over the years. The main is obviously shorter (came to me that way) the pen sat so low I put in the notch for access to the blade. It was also obviously cleaned but man, it takes a screaming sharp edge and both blades are rock solid




Travis, great old Challenge Scout!!!

 

Thank you North Shore for showing us more of that lovely Knife, that’s a real nice one!

Great Challenge Travman - Gorgeous Bone on a nice Scout!

Speaking of nice Bone - Paul that’s a beauty!
What a beauty to be carrying around my friend.

 

A Schrade Cut Co made Keen Kutter Pioneer camp knife

 

Nice condition!! Older KKnife!!
What's not to like?? And drool over??

 

QUOTE="Campbellclanman, I was SO pleased to pick up this amazing old Knife the other day, The Walk and Talk are so tight- without the slightest exaggeration -as good as new- it's outstanding, being the older Knife the Pull is hard- but far from impossible.
Lovely Marked Knife, Deeply Stamped Blade from a the era when ( imo) Sheffield ruled the World.

The thing I like about this knife- is everything!
The hammered Pins, one could say that this Knife may have been re-handled - I will argue this, the Pins are as messy as you can get when coming the Hammered, the Stag used captures everything for me- the remaining scars from the lifetime of the occupier still clearly visible, together with very nice Stag and the added notches you see next to the Liners on the edge of the Stag to help the user apply the best possible grip of this "Tool".

Not the most common Stamp to find on a Tang " Abram Brooksbank " Sheffield.

The Integral Bolsters help guide us to the late 1800's era where this was more common, but I am sure this isn't always the rule but in this case I wouldn't mind betting.

A bit of use, but still a very respectable Big, Heavy Pruner, who may be new to the "Go Big or Go Home" Pruner gang, this formidable Knife has already work it's way to the Council of the Gang!







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I found three of my "coarsened Stag knives; by W. Saynor BTW.
Looks like the cutlers hit the handles with a coarse belt to make up for lack of texture!! Maybe there was a temporary shortage of good antler?? . . . .
Anyhow, it ain't exactly pretty, but it's interesting!

 

They're fantastic Charlie, I love pruners and whittlers

 

Charlie and Duncan, I'm fairly certain that stag was trimmed with a big 'ol rasp file right in the vise at the cutler's bench. That was a far more common tool than a belt grinder at the time.

Eric

 

Thank you Charlie
Well my friend, if they couldn't find any better Stag- I could see why 'cause the good stuff is on your Knives - Those are just Great Charlie!

Eric - there's no doubting you would be right with most things in the Knife World! and what you say is making sense, before you posted this I envisioned the Cutler who was Hafting The Knife using the actual corner of the File to make the notches.

When you look at Charlies Knife- top Knife of the Three- Pile Side, the pattern left almost completely all over the Stag look like what you have suggested.

Eric, do you think they did this simply to get the job done quick or.... to actually leave the marks in the Stag to aid grip? I have seen early Pruners that have been finished quite beautifully - and although yes being a tool- especially made in this era- 100% made for use and not a collector for looks.

 

You would know, you old Hafter, you!!
It sure makes sense!!

 

Duncan, I'm really not certain about that. It almost seems as though they're unfinished, and the filing on Charlie's beautiful whittler seems almost excessive. I'm not sure why they'd do that at the shop at all. Especially the fact that they went over pins and butts as well without smoothing out the scratches. It's very possible that they were done by someone afterward. I've never seen an absolute mint knife with those marks. You can see that the stag is actually below the liner edge on a couple of the pruners yet the marks are still there. It's definitely a bit of a mystery to me. I have seen some videos of the old cutlers using a rasp to take the handle edges down, so it's definitely a tool that was used for that purpose. They weren't shy about it either, chips and dust were flying!

Charlie, I'm starting to feel the "old" part

Eric

 

Killer knife.

 

Syracuse Knife Co.
I'm guessing 1930 to 1940 manufacture, since no "Made In___" or "USA" stamp.

 

Thank you for the Reply Eric! Very Much appreciated =- as Always!

 

A Camillus sub-brand!!
Made in USA in the 1930s,
or imported from Poland in the 1970s!!