J Russell 'California Carver' Copy 9" Offset Carving Knife Carbon Steel Nickel Stag 1870s 1920s Spoon show stopping desserts and mouth watering cakes and aspirational picnickers show stopping desserts and mouth watering cakes What you get: One 4 Large scale East Coast manufacturers like J Russell saw the popularity of the original San Francisco made knives especially from Will & Finck and Michael Price and before long pumped out cheaper imitations like this one In a curious turn of events as the Transcontinental railroad opened up the West Coast to imports from the east by train (rather than by boat around South America) the demand for locally made products (including cutlery) softened and San Francisco makers even began retailing Eastern copies of the 'California Carver'