Vintage Schwabacher Hardware Company Sporting Goods and Cutlery Catalogue No 18 from Seattle Washington with branch office in Tacoma.

This is a large early hardware and sporting goods trade catalog filled with period illustrations descriptions specifications and original pricing. Particularly interesting is the extensive Remington Cutlery material showing Remington pocket knives blade patterns handle materials numbering systems and other information useful to knife collectors and researchers.

The catalog covers far more than knives including sporting goods fishing and outdoor equipment dog collars and harnesses marine equipment outboard motors cutlery silverware and numerous other period products. The photographed pages extend beyond page 1200 making this a substantial reference catalog.

Schwabacher Hardware Company was an important early Seattle wholesaler and surviving company catalogs are collectible pieces of Pacific Northwest commercial history. Comparable Schwabacher catalogs from this era are described by specialist booksellers as scarce.

Condition: Original vintage condition with age related wear. Cover shows staining spotting edge and corner wear. Interior pages show age toning and some corner and edge wear as pictured. Binding remains intact. Please review all photographs carefully as they are part of the condition description.

A great piece for collectors of Remington knives vintage cutlery sporting goods trade catalogs Seattle Washington history and early hardware advertising.