Hey all.

Here's a Vintage Cattaraugus Harness knife 3-5/8" , black composition handle, 2-blade w/oval shield that I picked up on eBay.

Tim Payne

Nice find Tim

There is also a blue 1975 knife for the Continental Navy Bicentennial. The three armed forces knives form a set. The similarity between these knives and your 1976 Bicentennial knife strongly suggest that Imperial was the maker of all the knives.  I suspect James Parker was the wholesaler and commisioned the armed forces set. The eagle was a trademark of Parker knives. I have no first-hand knowledge of all this but have pieced this together from the available evidence. Perhaps someone else will have a more definitive answer.

Ivars, I do know your was not a part of the original Parker set.  Still looking to see where it fit in the Imperial line though

The armed forces knives were a 'limited editon', 8000 sets, so have the serial number on the bolster.

Nice set Jan. 

Just a photo I found while reseaching this peice, a great peice for understanding why the one Ivars has is different but cant seem to find any info on the one he does have

Good to hear from others with Parker knowledge.  Have quite a few Parkers myself.

I have been buying a few older knives on ebay lately. Iv'e bought a Camillus and a Kabar. here are some pics of them.

I have tended to use the shotgun approach to collecting but I am trying to focus my collection on 3 or 4 makers but it is so hard for me to do.

Take this knife....this is just my 2nd Winchester.  The first one I got when I was ver young.  This one I recently ought.

It's small...just 2.5" closed with 2 blades, so nearly miniature.

Pearl handles with very long bolsters.

The Big Book of Pocket Knives calls this one a Senator Pen Pattern. 

Not being a Winchester guy, I didn't know that name.  It has a spear and pen lade, polished well and has nickel silver bolters and lining.

The model # 2306 shows up in the Big Book with a value for a top level knife of up to $180.  This one does have pitting but it's not a young knife.  I'm thinking book value on this is 100-120.

This one is pretty close to that but didn't cost me as much in an auction setting.  Only 15 bidders and I paid $70.

For the life of me I can't get this tang to show up well in a photo tho it's clear a can be in real life.

The # is 2306.  The larger blade has Winchester on the tang.  The pearl handles are in great shape with no cracks or shrinkage and the bolsters  look good and the entire knife shines well.

So I am still a noob and have a question.  Do you guys prefer photo in the post or as attachments??

Thanks.

I am looking Ivars but not having much luck

Here are my 3 Russell Barlows - old Vintage Knives. One is missing the small blade but they are in good shape.

I like old knives. Here is a Camillus WWII pre-1945 USA Knife

Here is an old Ulster - anybody have an idea on date???

Here is my favorite Cattaraugus and my favorite Robeson - great old vintage knife companies.

Hey, I kinda just discovered this group. This is right up my alley. Thanks Scott for starting it. I graduated from High School in Arcade, NY Wyoming Co - very near to Perry, NY (Robeson), Little Valley NY (Cattaraugus), and Camillus NY, as well as Olean NY. Among many Cutlery Co's in that area.

My 3 Russell Barlows above. Creig Moore has noted that the one on my left is an old German Russell fake. He pointed out the differences and I can sure see them. It is the one with the broken second blade. I thank Creig for his info. I do not like fakes and am glad to be aware now of that knife.

FromOver the years Schrade has made some really great affordable knives that served
as useful day to day tools for many of us. These staglon Uncle Henry's and their
delrin Old Timer counterparts were two such fine examples.

Did you
know...

In 1941, Albert M. Baer purchased the Ulster Knife Company (which
was founded in Ellenville, New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellenville,_New_York),
in the 1870s) and merged it with the Imperial Knife Company and designated this
new business as the Imperial Knife Associated Companies, to produce knives for
the military. Albert's brother, Henry Baer, was the company's first president
and the namesake for Schrade's "Uncle Henry" line of knives. (From
Wikipedia)
------------ Ron Cooper - some good Vintage info

Ken, I own only one Russell Barlow, I certainly hope it's not fake. It's clearly marked USA. What makes one a fake?

Now there's a table knife! LOL!

Tint Champlin, part owner of Kane Cutlery

More from the  land of "little people".

Feel free to add my photos to your files or albums. The fine print on the last photo is Platts Brothers Cutlery Float Labor Day 1907

Post Card

Great photos Craig. Those cutlers were a proud bunch.

I have found that one of the best things of knife collecting is learning the history. Thanks for sharing this photos.

I love the history behind the knife companies! Maybe because I love history in general....and I wish I could go back to a simpler time.

@ivarsday ... if you wanna have fun.. try and collect all the names of every CAMILLUS HARDWARE CONTRACT knife... let alone the knives themselves..

IVARS... you do know that most companies had other companies make their knives for them ?... this is why so many odd stamps and why sometime you will have some c0mapnies have 2 stamps both the company that is selling it and still the company that made it. this is also about money. WHY/.. well if the company is asking for a knife to be built that is actually better then what camillus normally makes they might want it drawn up that the CAMILLUS name is not to be on the knife at all. brass might be used where steel was and things like that... but then take "lesser" brands... CAMILLUS would make knives for them and maybe they would carry the CAMCO stamp but maybe CAMILLUS also might not want the knife that is being sold related to their name when it brakes or the fake mop they used starts to shrink.. they dont want folks looking down and seeing CAMILLUS or even CAMCO{they want them to see whatever company sold it to them}... CAMCO ..ended up handling a lot of the "promo" knives and ad knives...but they varied in how thy were made and some camco is stronger then others.

i even have a few knives that are ad knives and some prize/give away knives that have the ad or the company stamped on one blade and CAMCO on the other. not ad knives with CAMCO on tang..but ad knives with both the company on main blade and CAMCO on secondary.

@ craig.. I AGREE 100%!... histry and knives go hand and hand with me... im nuts.. even simple trades or simple sales... i will ask if a small note can be included ,sighed and all... i tried keeping the paper with the knives and it just looked like a mess.so i keep it in cabinet.alphabetized!

Here are a few of my latest vintage knives. The 4 blade pearl Electric is marked on both sides of the tangs, I have never seen this before on and Electric Cutlery knife.

The Utica with the Tulip shield is from a collection that belonged to Camillus.

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Love that Pearl Michael

Thanks Steve, here is a picture of the knife in an old Utica Catalog they call the handles Mahogany and ascribed on the back of the main blade is  Mahogany. First one I ever saw!!

Michael,

I wonder if there is a way to find out how many of those Utica's were made.  I know not many of them have seen the light of day recently

I love the old pic of the Platts brothers crew on the wagon. I think I remember reading that pic was done in Andover, N.Y. and the wagon was in a fourth of July parade. If my memory serves me right I am posting a pic of a knife made by them in that very building ca. 1911. The Andover knives were mfg by them and the Eldred knives were contract (by Napanoch I think please correct me).

Alan, great ole pic, thanks for posting.