An old Robeson in need of new life.

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I picked up this Robeson easy open jack recently. As you can see it has had a hard life. At the suggestion of another forum member, the main blade could be ground to a wharncliff and the broken blade to screwdriver.

Any interest in this project?

 

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Looking at it the main blade it almost looks salvagable as it is with some minor fixing. Wharncliffe?? Not sure I could point it without getting into the nail nick but a sheeps foot maybe.

On the smaller blade. Not sure it would function really well as a screwdriver. It depends on how thin the edge was and on those smaller blades they were thin on those especially toward the back.

Its such a shame. Nice looking scales from what I can see. Robeson had it going on compared to other companies in their day. I'm sure its got nickel silver bolsters also. They were high quality makes that ruled in their time IMO. I sure love those old easy openers. Its always been my favorite pattern. They ride great in the pocket, and are quite secure in the hand also.

It would be a good candidate for a parts knife for someone looking to put two good blades into a good handle using original parts. It looks like the body is still in good shape. I imagine the back springs are still good to go??

You maybe would be better off to post this on Dirk's forum here (link below) and see if one of the guys that I refer to when I'm swamped and don't want to take on more slippies that put me behind. Several of the guys over there at his forum have a pretty fair amount of spare parts from some batch purchases they made on ebay for multiple knives and they prefer and really specialize more on slippies work. One of em might have a blade that could replace one or both if you are lucky. Its a shame to let such a classic stay that way.

Go over and talk to Bob Picklesimer and Muskrat man or a couple of the other guys that work a lot on the old slippies and touch base with them about what they might have floating around in boxes. If all else fails I can probably muster something for you yes but I'd try that first if it were mine. Start a thread and tell em I put ya up to it.

http://www.ramanon.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=149


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Oh yeah Morrow, you should contact me via email. I got some pics recently you'll probably love. Can't show em here if you catch my drift though.

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[Morrow]

Looking at it the main blade it almost looks salvagable as it is with some minor fixing. Wharncliffe?? Not sure I could point it without getting into the nail nick but a sheeps foot maybe.

On the smaller blade. Not sure it would function really well as a screwdriver. It depends on how thin the edge was and on those smaller blades they were thin on those especially toward the back.

Its such a shame. Nice looking scales from what I can see. Robeson had it going on compared to other companies in their day. I'm sure its got nickel silver bolsters also. They were high quality makes that ruled in their time IMO. I sure love those old easy openers. Its always been my favorite pattern. They ride great in the pocket, and are quite secure in the hand also.

It would be a good candidate for a parts knife for someone looking to put two good blades into a good handle using original parts. It looks like the body is still in good shape. I imagine the back springs are still good to go??

You maybe would be better off to post this on Dirk's forum here (link below) and see if one of the guys that I refer to when I'm swamped and don't want to take on more slippies that put me behind. Several of the guys over there at his forum have a pretty fair amount of spare parts from some batch purchases they made on ebay for multiple knives and they prefer and really specialize more on slippies work. One of em might have a blade that could replace one or both if you are lucky. Its a shame to let such a classic stay that way.

Go over and talk to Bob Picklesimer and Muskrat man or a couple of the other guys that work a lot on the old slippies and touch base with them about what they might have floating around in boxes. If all else fails I can probably muster something for you yes but I'd try that first if it were mine. Start a thread and tell em I put ya up to it.

http://www.ramanon.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=149


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Thanks for info on this. I'll get in contact with guys and see what they suggest. The liners and pins are actually brass. I'll shoot you an email.

 

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I don't think I've ever seen but one that had brass anywhere. Virtually every one that came my way over the years was nickel silver and so were the ones my grandfather owned. Maybe Bernie would know if that means its not a Robeson body on that one. It makes me wonder too.

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According the tang stamp guide I have, the third digit (a 6) indicates brass liners and pins with nickel silver bolsters. The complete number is 626125.

 

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Ok, well thats good to know. Robeson is a lot before my time but I always thought they just made everything they did in nickel silver since its all I ever saw from them. Still its a neat old knife. I think its a good find just a shame the blades are not better for you.

Chances are that pen blade could be replaced though with a good one from even a non easy open knife of that era from Robeson.

Bob has pulled off some minor miracles for me and customers sent to me by Kabar on some I gave up on so check with him for sure. Good luck and please if he pulls off another for you post it here for all of us to drool over.

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Thanks

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