New Old Stock Columbia Cutlery Co 10.25" Chef Knife Carbon Steel USA 1930-50s

Marked only Columbia C Corp New York. Slim, light, hand ground hand forged after drop forged carbon steel with rosewood handle and steel rivets. A great example of excellent quality American knife-making when industrial process and skilled hand work were utilized together.

These are unused, new old stock 'new old stock', they had aquired some small rust spiders which left some shallow pits, we cleaned out the rust as gently as possible to maintain the original acid etch markings and surface grinding, a fresh edge has been applied as well.

Columbia Cutlery Co acquired Foster Bros in the late 50s and this could have been from that stock or earlier made for Columbia by another American maker, the deep ground square shouldered bolster looks a lot like LF&C.