Old pocket knife in creek

[ASR77]

Well after work me and my son got out for about an hour. We decided to give the creek a try well about 30 mins in along the cliff wall I got a mixed tone, well it was about 4 inches of water to the gravel so I started digging and digging then wait for the dirt to clear the water well I got about 8 inches down and I felt around and found this puppy it says on the knife " best English steel full warranted

 

[ASR77]

Also the knife looks to be copper on the outside has anyone seen something like this before ??

 

[dig kzoo]

Nice find!

 

[webatch]

Cool find... have you checked to see if they will replace it under that "fully warranted"?


Any indication of how old it is?

 

[ASR77]

Can't find anything yet on it but my guess is 60+ years old I haven't seen a coper knife in a long time

 

[Eastexasoutdoors]

Great knife! I love finding them.

 

[John Boy]

I like that knife.congrats

 

[Pulltab Parson]

Those are my favorite finds! I have found a few, always a great day when I pull up a knife! Great Job!

 

[SilverPirate]

Sweet find!

 

[arnofarrell]

Looks simular to this one I found online:

Vintage "Best English Steel" "Fully Warranted" Keen (09/28/2011)...

 

[ASR77]

Awesome I think I found it online from what I can see it is a 1917 keen kutter "budding" keen kutter was a offshoot of the 1874 Simmons hardware co. Made by the Walden knife co