Gents and Pens!!!

A modest collection.

I think this fits here, may be somewhat of an outlier. Northfield 661225 in Ebony.
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This may be the other outlier. I believe case called this a "half stockman" rather than a pen blade but it seems to fit the bill.
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I know little about this one outside it's Schneider marking. At one point it had a secondary blade but it was broken off somewhere in its past before making it's way to me.
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Kabar 1047, some info I find calls it a trapper, others a pen blade. I tend to agree with the latter. To me a trapper is the case style pattern.
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Another I know little about, tang stamp is "stainless cutlery co, new york city". Great build and snap on this one. Coined liners though they e been worn down a fair bit. I really enjoy this one.
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Case 6233 pen knife
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Boker USA half Congress, sort of blends in to the pen blade collection. This is probably my other favorite of the bunch. Like the bone and action on this one, it has half stops.
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Little group shot:
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mac0731 said:
I think this fits here, may be somewhat of an outlier. Northfield 661225 in Ebony.
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I think your 66 pattern is more rightly referred to as a double-end Jack!! Its size moves it out of the penknife category!! (But there are some justifications for all naming opinions!!) Ever since Bernie Levine wrote his books, I've tried to stick to his reasonable classifications!!
 
waynorth said:
I think your 66 pattern is more rightly referred to as a double-end Jack!! Its size moves it out of the penknife category!! (But there are some justifications for all naming opinions!!) Ever since Bernie Levine wrote his books, I've tried to stick to his reasonable classifications!!
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Yes the size was what put it in the outlier group for me to question it. I wasn't sure where definitions fell. I'll have to take a look and see if I can find some of those books. I always appreciate the feedback!
 
The best book!! The 4th edition - the later ones are not as good!!! Out of print, but can be found!! If every collector read this book, we'd all speak the same language with way less confusion!!! I have found several for friends for less than $100!!!

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Hickory n steel said:
Looks like an 87 pattern pen to me.
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So the tang stamp on that one is a 44, which looks like a few models got made on the frame (I found muskrat, stockman, and jack knives). There was a vendor catalog that called it a half stockman so I went with that but I've seen other links listed as pen blade too. It's all over the place lol.
 
waynorth said:
The best book!! The 4th edition - the later ones are not as good!!! Out of print, but can be found!! If every collector read this book, we'd all speak the same language with way less confusion!!! I have found several for friends for less than $100!!!

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Honoured to be one of them Charlie 😊👍
 
waynorth said:
The best book!! The 4th edition - the later ones are not as good!!! Out of print, but can be found!! If every collector read this book, we'd all speak the same language with way less confusion!!! I have found several for friends for less than $100!!!

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I got one years ago direct from BRL, complete with signature inside the cover.
 
lambertiana said:
I got one years ago direct from BRL, complete with signature inside the cover.
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You lucked out!!
He would usually have a few with him over the years, at the Oregon Show in April!! I bought 3 or 4 from him over the years!! All signed of course!!
 
Curley Cutlery Co, New York!!! 1860 - 1921 according to Goins!!! Curley Gents 1.jpg

This company patented a couple of different manicure blades for Gents' knives!! This knife is constructed like a whittler with wedged springs!! It has nice Pick Bone for handles!!! The main blade has an odd grind, worn down!! Still an interesting knife though!!Curley Gents 2.jpg
 
waynorth said:
The best book!! The 4th edition - the later ones are not as good!!! Out of print, but can be found!! If every collector read this book, we'd all speak the same language with way less confusion!!! I have found several for friends for less than $100!!!

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Jack Black said:
Honoured to be one of them Charlie 😊👍
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lambertiana said:
I got one years ago direct from BRL, complete with signature inside the cover.
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I join you my Friends :)

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I have used it that much the Binding isnt there much now so I have to be careful not to have hundreds of pages on the floor 🤣
 
waynorth said:
Wonderful!!! We should start a cult, and only speak "Levine"!!!!! 😂 😂 😂 😂
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I highly recommend that newer members go through all of BRLs old threads about spotting fakes. I see a fair number of "minty" knives now that show the hallmarks of well done fakes, probably purchased for a high price by buyers who haven't done their homework.
 
lambertiana said:
I highly recommend that newer members go through all of BRLs old threads about spotting fakes. I see a fair number of "minty" knives now that show the hallmarks of well done fakes, probably purchased for a high price by buyers who haven't done their homework.
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For the uninformed (me) - is BRL the correct user name to look up?
 
mac0731 said:
For the uninformed (me) - is BRL the correct user name to look up?
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Bernard Levine. Go to his knife collecting and identification subforum here one bladeforums. There are some old sticky threads there well worth reading, especially the Immunize Yourself Against Fakes thread. A lot of the older links and pictures no longer work, but it is a good discussion.

If you are ever interested in a particular knife you can PM me and I will tell you what I see. Just remember that I don't know everything. I long ago gave up pointing out fakes in this forum because the proud owner, who probably paid a large sum, was usually in complete denial.
 
lambertiana said:
Bernard Levine. Go to his knife collecting and identification subforum here one bladeforums. There are some old sticky threads there well worth reading, especially the Immunize Yourself Against Fakes thread. A lot of the older links and pictures no longer work, but it is a good discussion.

If you are ever interested in a particular knife you can PM me and I will tell you what I see. Just remember that I don't know everything. I long ago gave up pointing out fakes in this forum because the proud owner, who probably paid a large sum, was usually in complete denial.
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I have not noticed this subforum. I love a new rabbit hole to go down lol. Thank you!
 
This thread is getting a little sleepy, but there are so many more Gent's knives to post!!!
Wakey, wakey!!! o_O
(I hate being woken up from a nap!!:mad:)
 
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