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Oh yeah! I did send you one!
Betcha I have owned 20 of the things.

I still have 5 between the CMons and the Burrells.....Make that 6.
Forgot about the wedge. It says Allegheny on it!
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So now I am beginning to see what I had come to realize!

Each partner had their own particular skills. I would like to call you soon and discuss. A litttle time to organize the facts and have...

Must have been quite a razor production at Burrell Cutlery, John!

Was Walter Pohlig ever employed there?
Young Monkhouse remembered the name of Walter as I spoke with him....
I figure Carl...

I bet that was a slice of American apple-pie, John! :)

Dug around and found a CMon hone which has Ellicotteville on it as well as a Blackie CMon blade from there.
Interestingly, the box the...

Now THAT would be cool! :tu

John, forgive my last question about things way before your time!
....Let's call it being excited. History does that!

Certainly, since you said you were born in '45, you were quite young as...

Man! So he was in the thick of things! I once saw a website (cannot find it again) where you were making knives in partnership with the local Indians there. They were beautiful and quite ornate as...

Yes, Carl IV remembered he and his father helped you with some knives as I spoke with him. He must have been quite young at that time!
Was your grandfather a knifemaker before marrying into the Case...

To give this thread a bump, I am happy to announce that John Burrell, a Grandson, is in our midst.

I hope he will read through this thread and straighten out the history as he can.
To have...

Wow! Very cool, Martin! This old cutlery stuff is amazing.
Thanks!

Not a coincidence, I think?

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Gotta pick up the phone and call John Burrell.
The Monkhouse clan have forgotten old details, but Carl Jr told me Burrell would know more.

COOL, Martin! Carl's dad! Englishman?
Looks like he came to California a long while before his son did and moved to be with him in Ellicottville?
Always assumed Carl was German. Hum!
So Carl...

Well, I am happy you seem to be OK now, Zak! I do see the backside stamp is same, but an intrigued by the front.
Your razor must be an early, or late one? OR the stamps were separate and someone...

I assume the backside tang stamp is light or worn? Does it say Monk-Co?
Now I am confused. A later PJM Blackie always says CMon Blackie. An Ellicottville or Allegany, always Blackie CMon.
Not...

Looks like 1943 as Carl teamed up with Burrell!
So Carl III has informed me that he contacted John Burrell and he is willing to discuss some history!
Also, Carl told me John would know much...

Ohhtay! It get's better! Since we know the Monkhouse family still runs Cutlery Associates, I decided to go to the source.
Picked up the phone and called. The phone was answered by Carl Monkhouse...

Lots of conflicting info (unsupported) in your 2 BB references, but I can assure you German-produced PJM CMons with the fancy scales and bolsters post date those made in Ellicotteville and those from...

Look at the above article. Carl was trained in Germany and emigrated to the U.S. He had Ace Cutlery in San Fran. He went east and moved into Burrell's building. Did a big business back in the 30's...

An update to this thread regarding Carl Monkhouse and Burrell Cutlery. Martin dug this up a while back.


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So my PJM Blackie was after Carl Monkhouse sold his name, and the USA one before? I had always heard that he was a buyer and seller, not a maker. I could not come up with any manufacturing from him....

I had bought this old CMon a while back. It was in rotten yellow scales, but the blade and bluing looked new. As I drug it out, I marveled at the blades condition. I wondered about the cruddy yellow...