Cattle Knife - Wester Bros

[thawk]

Showing a cattle knife, 3 5/8". Old jigged bone. Propellor shield? Extra long pulls. Marked Wester Bros / Warranted / New York

Anyone have a similar knife? Comments on the manufacturer, or the vintage please. Thanks.

 

[navihawk]

Hi Hal.
I don't have BRL's guide handy but Voyles has them as a German company with a New York showroom.(1904-1967) with 4 stars.(five stars max)No pictures of your pattern. Looks like they were mostly whittlers,Lobsters, pens and bartender knives in this book anyways.
Nice find. That bone is just a wee past perfection.

 

[DennisStrickland]

i know there was a wester & butz in 1920s. if my memory is clear these w&b were only sold to places like abecombie & fitch. were never available in hardware stores. the blades were hand forged in germany & sent for assemble to u.s.
dennis

 

[Blues]

From Goins':

Wester Bros. Cutlery Co. c. 1904-1967
Located at 148 Chambers St. NYC. Charles & Max Wester were owners.
Originally founded 1891 as Jacoby & Wester. Bought Jacoby out and changed name to Wester Bros. in 1904

Sole importer of Wester & Butz of Solingen, Germany.

When WWI began, imports from Germany stopped. Then contracted with U.S. factories.
In 1915 were called Wester-Stone Inc. Named used for short perod and then back to Wester Bros.

After the war they imported from Germany again. Herbert Wester became owner and mgr. By 1949 they were located at 71 Murray St, NYC.

(About a dozen tang stamps are shown in Goins' Encyclopedia.)

 

[DennisStrickland]

thanks blues for filling us in. i thought i had a little of it down.
dennis

 

[waynorth]

Showing a cattle knife, 3 5/8". Old jigged bone. Propellor shield? Extra long pulls. Marked Wester Bros / Warranted / New York

Anyone have a similar knife? Comments on the manufacturer, or the vintage please. Thanks.

 

[waynorth]

The bone looks like product from the Walden Cutlery Handle & Manufacturing. The punch looks like Schrade.
Both of my knives are Schrade Cut. Co.
The Girl Scout (lower) punch was made thinner, so less "hollow", to proportion it to a smaller, slimmer knife.

 

[1fartsmella]

Not the same pattern, but the same stamp: WESTER BROS WARRANTED NEW YORK Thought to be from the 1915 period of no German imports. This knife is exactly similar to a Schrade Cut Co of the same pattern (pin position, shield, size). Barry

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[p1123]

Pg. 385 right column fourth knife down Antique Knives 2nd edition by
J. Bruce Voyles. Same knife with spear blade #s8373. This knife with clip master would be s8373 3/4. Schrade Cut. Co.

 

[Noddy]

Lovely cattle knife that

 

[lambertiana]

Banner shield. The knife that Barry posted has a propeller shield.

General design, especially the blades with long pulls (especially the secondary spey), makes me think it is most likely pre-WWII, probably closer to 1910s or 1920s. Charlie, when was that Schrade punch patented?

 

[thawk]

Banner shield. The knife that Barry posted has a propeller shield.

Thanks! I must get them mixed up. What does a bowtie shield look like?