Vintage Craftsman Knife

[Tool_Master]

Found a vintage craftsman knife. Never seen one and it looked pretty cool to me.


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[four.cycle]

^ about two weeks ago I sharpened three nice old Craftsman kitchen knives for my mother.
never even know Craftsman made knives up until I saw them!
who knew?

 

[Rileysan]

Dang ... one more thing to add to my list of searches!

Brian

 

[four.cycle]

kind of funny, actually... I was going to take a couple photos and post them here for the Craftsman fans and then reconsidered the idea.

 

[Beerman]

Craftsman had an ENTIRE line of kitchen knives at one time. Most of which were made by Case. My dad has a set of steak knives that were labelled "Sears" which is identical to a Case ** set I have.

I have a collection of about 5 or so with the Craftsman crown logo on them. Most of the time, I find them at the local flea market for a buck or two.

TOP quality kitchen knives.

 

[Tool_Master]

Craftsman had an ENTIRE line of kitchen knives at one time. Most of which were made by Case. My dad has a set of steak knives that were labelled "Sears" which is identical to a Case ** set I have.

I have a collection of about 5 or so with the Craftsman crown logo on them. Most of the time, I find them at the local flea market for a buck or two.

TOP quality kitchen knives.

I didn't realize that they had a whole line of kitchen knives. I just use it for misc things in the garage...LOL


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[damnesia]

Craftsman had an ENTIRE line of kitchen knives at one time. Most of which were made by Case. My dad has a set of steak knives that were labelled "Sears" which is identical to a Case ** set I have.

I have a collection of about 5 or so with the Craftsman crown logo on them. Most of the time, I find them at the local flea market for a buck or two.

TOP quality kitchen knives.

Thanks for informing me that Case made steak knives. I collect Case pocket knives but had no idea they made steak knives. More stuff to collect!

 

[Beerman]

Thanks for informing me that Case made steak knives. I collect Case pocket knives but had no idea they made steak knives. More stuff to collect!

Case actually makes all kind of kitchen knives under their own name-not just for Craftsman. Not sure if they do so anymore, but I have a number of Case ** kitchen knives, as well as some of the ones they made for C'man.

I ALREADY collect Case kitchen knives-they can be had for a buck or two at the flea market. The pocket/fixed blades knives of theirs usually go for a lot more-although I find them for a buck or two now and then.

FWIW.

 

[safariknut]

Sears had knives made by a number of manufacturers including Case;Camillus,and possibly Western. I have a carving set marked Craftsman that does not appear to be made by Case but I'm not sure exactly who made it.I have several folding knives that were made by Camillus including scout/utility and single blades. Some were made under the stamping High Carbon Steel and others Sta-Sharp. I also have a fixed blade hunter with a bear's head pommel that I believe was made by Western in Boulder CO.Here are a few pictures.

 

[four.cycle]

Thanks for informing me that Case made steak knives. I collect Case pocket knives but had no idea they made steak knives. More stuff to collect!

Case made a full line of kitchen knives. I've been using these for about 40 years now:



^ the largest one cost me $54.00 at the Bon Marche. would have been about 1976 or 1977. (I remember clearly the price on that one because that was 1/3 of what my rent was then.)
I'll have to remember to take the camera over to my mother's and get a shot of those Craftsmans - they're different than the model shown above.

"...believe was made by Western in Boulder CO."

^ That is the first time I have ever heard the brand "Western" mentioned by anyone. Top row, second from right - my father carried it for decades:

knives_013014 by ski.mohawk, on Flickr

 

[Hornman]

I'm pretty sure the OP's knife is a BBQ knife, usually sold in a set with tongs and a fork.

 

[tym]

knives_013014 by ski.mohawk, on Flickr

My dad gave me a Camillus all-stainless knife just like the second row, fourth from the right, a few years ago--we unearthed it in an old toolbox of it. Main blade is dated 1960.

 

[four.cycle]

^ that one is stamped "Imperial Stainless 1976". Probably a low-end knock-off. No idea where it came from.

 

[2oolhound]

Here's an old hollow ground kitchen knife. Logo ran prior to 1940 on tools so it's likely about that old.

 

[tym]

^ that one is stamped "Imperial Stainless 1976". Probably a low-end knock-off. No idea where it came from.

It might not be. A little Googling suggests that Imperial Knife Co (founded in Rhode Island) did make knives under military contract. So, Uncle Sam may have had multiple companies with the contract to produce the all-stainless folding knife.

 

[bb_max]

Here's an old hollow ground kitchen knife. Logo ran prior to 1940 on tools so it's likely about that old.

I have a steak knife with that logo

 

[safariknut]

^ that one is stamped "Imperial Stainless 1976". Probably a low-end knock-off. No idea where it came from.

There were many companies that made the 4 blade utility knife for the government. The production of stainless steel scaled knives was started at the close of WWII.among the companies that made them were Colonial;Imperial;Kingston;Camillus;Schrade;and Ulster. I probably missed a few but those were the main contractors.