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Antique Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co. Knife "True Value Swell Center Stockman"
Proudly made in the U.S.A. 1940's

Antique Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co. Knife "True Value Swell Center Stockman". Black jigged delrin handle scales. High carbon steel clip point blade, spear point blade, and coping blade. The blades are tang stamped and have good strong snap. Nickel silver fluted bolsters, file worked liners, handle pins, and inlaid True Value bow tie shield. Truly an awesome antique pocket knife by Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co. Proudly made in the U.S.A. in the 1940's

Here is a little history on the company of this knife I think it is interesting and exciting to know the history on things.
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.

This leading hardware dealership was the descendant of a Chicago store called Tuttle, Hibbard & Co., which took that name in 1855 when William G. Hibbard became a partner. In 1865, Hibbard was joined by Franklin F. Spencer, and the enterprise was renamed Hibbard & Spencer. By 1867, the company's annual sales of hardware had reached $1 million. When longtime company employee A. C. Bartlett became a partner in 1882, the company's name became Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett & Co. When Spencer died in 1890, the company was already among the leading wholesalers of hardware in the United States. In 1903, the year Hibbard died, the company opened a 10-story warehouse next to State Street Bridge in downtown Chicago. In 1932, the company introduced a new line of hand tools under the brand name "True Value". By 1948, Hibbard's annual sales reached nearly $30 million. Business slowed and profits were shrunk, however, as new hardware cooperatives began to bypass traditional wholesalers. In 1962, the company's owners, who wanted to move into the real-estate business, sold the hardware operations and the "True Value" brand to John Cotter for $2.5 million.