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Talking to a knife collector in AZ earlier this week I learned there is a Platts stamped jumbo pen blade somewhere out there floating around. The collector said it reeked old. The guy who had it wanted $600 for it.

If you know the whereabouts of this blade let us know. And, don’t go taking one off your swellcenter….

In the quest of dating Cattaraugus toenails and the number of pins used during the company’s 77 year existence (1886- 1963), here’s a tidbit-

Pre- 1913 Etched Cattaraugus Elephant Toenail

This Catt is etched “The Western Hdwe & Imp. Co.”

I am able to only find a snippet of information at this point on the hardware company. 

 

 

 

 

The Western Hardware & Implement Company’s name was changed in 1913 when the business was sold.

So, one fact we can nail down is this- the 3 pin dates back to pre- 1913.