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.

Here are 5 knives that I picked up in the last Voyles auction, all have carved Ivory handles and 4 of them have matching forks. 4 are marked Beaver falls Cutlery and were first exhibited at the 1876 Buffalo Exposition and after JBF Champlin bought Beaver Falls my guess is these knives were part of the deal and he showed them at the 1901 Pan Am exposition. One is marked Cattaraugus. This to me is cutlery history at it's best!! 

Very nice acquisition Michael

Michael, I agree!  Folks, click on the picture Mike posted.  and see the detail in the ivory and the blades.  It is amazing.  THESE WERE EXHIBITED IN 1876!

Here is my latest Vintage pick up. It's in the mail and I can't wait to get it!!

mike the SAWBACK IS AWESOME!!

mike the larger blades below are awesome to!.. i dont have such awesome sets but i also find great amounts of history in large kitchen pieces i find at local flea markets in my area.  i agree that is some good ole cutlery history!.. very awesome pieces mike!

Thanks Pete, I am lucky to have all of them!!

Awesome Vintage Michael

Those ivory handled knives are surely special and very much admired! Let's hope the USFWS ruling on ivory can be overturned. Poaching is stopped by conservation funds spent in the area where ivory grows. Hunting permits fund the game wardens that chase the poachers, so I read. There is a lot of ivory in the states that is currently regulated, by authorization from the white house to the USFWS, including importing other hunting trophies taken in foreign lands.

Any other vintage collectors of Parkers, American Blade, Taylor, United Boker, Frost, or STAR collectors out there? 

*Keen Edge Cutlery Co. 3-1/2" 2-bld Serpentine Jack. Smooth Brown Bone. Long Pull. Both blades tang stamped "Keen Edge Cutl. Co.", Nickel Silver Shield. Nickel Silver bolsters/brass liners/pins

Tim that is a great knife.  That wood screams out to me, I would have had to buy it also

Just recently acquired a collection and may post a few here that are vintage. There are Schrade Cut. Co., Schrade - Walden, Hammer Brand (NY Knife Co.) Walden Knife Co. Wallkill River Cutlery, and others. 

Below is a nice Hammer Brand Timber Scribe that was in the collection. Wonder how many of you are familiar with these unusual knives. 

I know its not American but this is another nice Timber Scribe, IXL George Wostenholm Sheffield England tang stamp. 

The timber scribe is one heck of a knife.  The pattern is just fascinating to me. These tools were used to mark numbers and symbols onto standing & also felled timber.  The reason there are not seen so much anymore is that they were used!  BTW, I think I like the IXL better actually, it could easily fit into a side sheath where the Hammer Brand would be hard to sheath

Agreed Jan, I like the IXL too for the pocket-ability and the stag. You just can't beat a good old stag handle. What research I have had time to do, it looks like nobody has made any timber scribes for 50+ years. If true that would make fine quality and little used examples even more rare. 

Steve - I posted the Hammer Brand just below the IXL. It has the great handle that shows the grain really well. Be hard to find a much better example. 

Nice scribes . This is another example of a Wostenholm that I hope is of interest.

Timber scribes were quite common over here when I worked in forestry . Mind you that was a few years ago and I haven't seen one for a while now .

Very nice Smiling, Mine doesn't have the "tab" at the tang of the blade. I would wonder what that is for?  I have about a dozen timber scribes in the collection and some are very unusual and look to be pre 1900. Maybe even into late 1700's early 1800's. Just don't know enough about how to put a period on them. 

Thanks Rick. The tab is called a kick. A square one like this was sometimes called a stove pipe kick in Sheffield. On pocket knives it would prevent the blade from hitting the inside of the spring when closed. Filing the kick of a worn blade lowers the height of the blade and brings it back into the handle.

Ok that makes sense. Just hadn't seen that feature before and thought it might be unique to the scribes.. thanks for the info. :) 

An old Remington jack knife. Not in the best of condition but I imagine it was well used and loved. The quality still shines. Perfect opening and closing with half-stops on both blades and lovely bone scales.

Sweet Remington, those old ones are great finds. Used and cared for well is no problem in my book. 

John,

Donnie used one years ago also when he was grading lumber off the rail.  The reason you dont see them now is that the design has changes immeasurably away from a knife

SK,

Those old jacks have a beauty all their own.  From the design to the materials and the fact that they can be found in decent shape but almost always used tells us that they were well loved by previous knife nuts :)

Sweet scribe .. I've only seen one other .. & didn't even have the $ they wanted.

!!! .. Truely rare .. !!!

Wow, they have changed!!!  Would have never know what that was with a screwdriver handle if I didn't know about the vintage scribes. 

I like Utica cuttlery and Case

I guess Case knives are a favorite for me because I know more about them than others. I also like to sell one once in a while.I guess I view the PLATTS as very rare because I just see very few of them. This old folder is quite a gem!

Yes it should open when the botton is pushed.There may be someone who could repair it but I don't know who that would be.

David-Your knife is a Ka-bar Large Grizzly Clasp Folding Hunter.Circa 1920-1940's.It is a pretty rare and highly collectible knife- Just did a brief internet search on current prices & they are selling for a low of $800 up to $3750 in pristine condition with sheath. Average is around $1500-1750. I, too, don't have someone in mind who can repair it, but you might try the guys in the Knife Repair Group or the Switchblades Past & Present Group for a recommendation. Unless the blade is in really bad shape it's definitely worth having repaired.

Hi David, Did you ever get the knife to work? They can be tricky you need to make sure you are not applying pressure to the metal bar on the other side of the button?

Great rare knife.