Finally a Railsplitter !!

[markpmc]

I've been looking for one a while. Was try to avoid the off shores, so I think I was limited to Queen. Well I finally found one that caught my eye. Showed up in the mail this afternoon.

Robeson Mastercraft (Queen) in Buffalo horn. So far I've only had time to do a quick inspection and it's pretty good.

Sellers pic.

 

[Modoc ED]

That's a very nice looking knife. Are those ebony or bone covers?

 

[markpmc]

That's a very nice looking knife. Are those ebony or bone covers?

Buffalo horn

 

[Gevonovich]

Congrats ...its a beauty

 

[richstag]

That is one nice looking knife.

 

[Groove]

Beauty! Forgive the noob question, but what makes a railsplitter a railsplitter?

 

[Modoc ED]

Here's a place to start. Use the search function of the forum.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...ctly-is-a-Railsplitter?highlight=railsplitter

Not trying to be short with you Groove. There's a lot of opinions about the Railsplitter and the best info has been posted here before.

 

[supratentorial]

Congrats, Mark. Groove, it's the name that Queen (the manufacturer) has applied to the old surveyor pattern. It's a fancy cattle knife that is defined by the handle shape. Queen's "railsplitter" resembles the old Valley Forge surveyors.

 

[Groove]

Here's a place to start. Use the search function of the forum.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...ctly-is-a-Railsplitter?highlight=railsplitter

Not trying to be short with you Groove. There's a lot of opinions about the Railsplitter and the best info has been posted here before.

No problem, no offense taken. To me, it looks like an inverted humpback stockman with a cooler blade configuration. Thanks!

 

[markpmc]

And I think the hump can be on either side of the frame.

 

[supratentorial]

Yes, that's what it says in LGIV. Anyone seen one with the hump on the other side?

 

[supratentorial]

Here are some oldies from Maher & Grosh and Robeson...

...and an example with a split backspring and punch from Valley Forge... a cattle knife/whittler/surveyor... catt-ittle-yor.

This stout little knife is a 3" Valley Forge Surveyor made in a whittler configuration. Valley Forge is a stamp that goes back to 1892. Sometime in 1902, Boker USA got involved in the company and ended up having controlling interest by 1916. The stamp was used from 1916-1950.

Some intersting features on this knife include:
*The master blade seems to be made from thicker material than it needs to be
*The tapered cut spacer/liner seems to be thicker on the secondary blade end than it needs to be
*The springs are notched on the inside to keep the master from rapping when closed
*The liners are bowed outward slightly in the center on the open side to make room for the blades

Too bad the punch was tipped at some time, huh Charlie

 

[markpmc]

The Valley forge is amazing. Now how do we get GEC to make one?

 

[Peter Parker]

I was not aware of the Robeson model, and I think that is the nicest one I've seen yet! I knew of a small bit of the pattern's history and being a cattleknifeaholic I had to have a S&M WG amber bone RS when I came up with a way to get it. I'm even more glade I did now!

 

[markksr]

Nice find Mark! That one's a real beauty!

 

[Railsplitter]

Great looking knife there, Mark!