Toenail References from the Past

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Roger Cunningham on May 3, 2009 at 10:35

Scott King said:

This is from a Funsten Brothers Trapping and Equipment Catalog from 191? I hate to guess, but if you see there is an Ulster knife shown and the tang of the top knife is also Ulster, so it might be an Ulster Toenail. I don't know if I am seeing right, but there appears to be an "..AN" on the tang stamp. How about that for some toenail trivia..

Here's the page:

Permalink Reply by Roger Cunningham on May 3, 2009 at 10:40

I don`t have my reference books close at hand,but wasn`t A J Jordan also in St. Louis?

Permalink Reply by Roger Cunningham on May 5, 2009 at 7:43

Scott-have you seen or know of a Thomas toenail?

Permalink Reply by Scott King on May 5, 2009 at 7:52

No, not yet. I have materials on them, and Mark Z sent me this pic, but no toenail yet, but knife in the pic is identical to the pic used in the Napanoch ads, plus it uses the Napanoch pattern number too (see the Nap ad above).

Permalink Reply by Joe Ball on June 26, 2009 at 21:55

Scott... as a history major and relative newcomer to the knife community, your posts here are like reading first hand accounts of the lost city of Atlantis. Good on ya Mate!

Permalink Reply by Scott King on June 27, 2009 at 10:07

Thanks Joe. I love the history part of knife collecting as much as the knives themselves....it adds significance and a frame of reference.

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• 2
• Next ›
• Page