"The Knife Makers Who Went West" by Harvey Platts is a First edition cloth, 201pp., profusely illustrated, map, diagrams. This thorough study has become a valuable reference for researchers and collectors. The author is the great-grandson of W.R. Case and Charles Platt, reporting much about his ancestors roles in the development of knives. Beginning in 1864 the author studies the knifemakers and the development of their trade. Northfield Knife Co.; Cattaraugus Cutlery Co.; C. Platts & Sons Cutlery Co.; C. Platts Sons Cutlery Co.; Case Brothers Cutlery Co.; W.R. Case & Son Cutlery Co.; Crandall Cutlery Co.; and Platts Brothers Cutlery Co.; are among those chronicled here.