Cattaraugus Cutlery Auto

The Cattaraugus Cutlery Company was  started in about 1882. in 1886 the Champlin family and relatives all worked at Cattaraugus. They stayed in business until 1963.

 One Armed Knife by George Schrade

This knife has aluminum embossed handles and nickel silver bolsters and iron liners. The unusual curved blade with fork tines is designed for people with one good arm as a cutting and eating tool. On the front side of the tang it says “Press Button Knife Co, Walden, NY. There is nothing on the back side of the tang. This knife is about 4 5/8 inches when closed and about 8 3/4 inches when opened.

 FlyLock Letter Opener

This knife has orange celluloid handles with brass liners. It is a single blade stamped “Flylock”, then Reg US Pat Off. On the back side if the tang it reads Flylock Knife Co. B’Port, Conn”. This knife was made to open a letter.

 This is the famous Ka-Bar Grizzly with stag handles and brass liners and nickel silver bolsters. These knives are commonly referred to as the "Grizzlt". This knife has large blade and  is stamped KA-Bar and under it says USA. On the back side of the tang it says UNION CUT CO.

Don Huffman Custom 2 Blade Knife with Jigged Bone Handles

 

This is a beautiful Don Huffman Custom folder with 2 blades. This knife has two blades made of AST-34 and nickel silver bolsters and liners. The serial number on this knife is 03. This knife is 3 ¾ inches long when closed and 6 ¾ inches long when the main blade is fully opened. Both blades sit deep and well centered when closed. The handles are jigged bone, not sure what type of bone it is. The walk and talk is perfect on this knife. The fit and finish on this knife is on par with anything that Jess Horn or Frank Centofante made.

This is a beautiful Case Auto, Model 5171L. It has Stag handles and Nickel silver bolsters. This knife is a release lever with brass liners. The blade is sabre ground clip and is stamped CASE over Tested XX. The back of the blade is stamped 5171L The bottom bolster is also stamped Case over Tested XX. This knife is about 5 3/8 inches when closed and about 9 1/4 inches long when opened.

 Here is a complete set of Schrade Knives playing cards. Includes 52 cards, two jokers, what makes Schrade a Great Knife and The Schrade Bill of Rights. Picked these up at Great Western when it was in business years ago.