Loveless Archer Chute Knife

Del Raso Knives said:
Fairly certain the timber is lignum vitae.

The brass inlay may have been installed for the cross hatching file work Bob had on some of his blades, but never got around to it or decided against it.


Peter
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Hey, I think you absolutely nailed the wood, thanks. Now that you mention it, that's what it appears to be.
 
Doesn't surprise me that you picked up a rare Loveless, Bob.
Congratulations !
Great input by some of the folks here.

Doug
 
The brass was a "parry" strip, as I was told by Rod Chappel, who borrowed the feature....did anyone contact Jim Merritt to ask about this?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
And I also heard that it was a spot to engrave the owner's ID.

It's a sexy one, by every measure!

Coop
 
Kohai999 said:
The brass was a "parry" strip, as I was told by Rod Chappel, who borrowed the feature....did anyone contact Jim Merritt to ask about this?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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STeven-

The first person I contacted about this knife, after I picked it up, was Dave Ellis, who gave me excellent information, including the rarity factor on the brass inlay. I had decided to go the route of Blade Forums to see what others might know before contacting Jim M (Dave gave me his shop phone #).

Jerry Manuel indicated that there was a term used to refer to the brass inlay but he couldn't remember it. And actually, "parry" strip would make alot of sense. I know I'll find out once I make the call, but the forum here seemed a good first route to take, given that I had lots of other questions I wanted to ask Jim Merritt anyway.

Bob

ps: Now that I think about the "parry" strip thing, not sure it would make sense to refer to it as a "parry" strip anyway, since it's behind the guard, not in front of it.
 
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Brass insert is used for name or initials, some were fileworked with the crosshatch.
Dave
 
Ellis said:
Brass insert is used for name or initials, some were fileworked with the crosshatch.
Dave
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Dave, I should have just asked you the question to begin with when we were communicating yesterday, but it didn't occur to me until I began to assemble the images for this thread.

Thanks, Dave, really have appreciated all your assistance during my persistence on this one!

Bob
 
Very nice. It's off the path you usually follow but wow what an excursion.


Thanks for Posting it. I hope to handle one someday.

Mitch
 
what's the deal with the brass inlay?
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Bob,

In the 1975 Loveless Brochure the Brass inlay is listed as an option.

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Nice knife.

Jim Treacy
 
I knew I would get lotsa answers by bringing this one up on Blade Forums.

Jim, thanks for the best kind of evidence one can find - the one supplied by the maker's own print!!

Thanks to all.

Bob
 
only adds 20 bucks to the price! Can't be that big a deal (lol)
 
Interesting knife Bob!

From the location of the brass strip, it is for engraving the owner's name onto the knife (an early version of the latter stainless steel "name plates" that were fitted by a milling slots into the handle scales).

These early brass name plates were dovetailed into the tang (similar to fitting the rear sight on a 1911 pistol).

Just my humble 2 cents, hope it helps.
 
When Mr. Loveless came to Japan, he ordered Japanese engraver to engrave his name for his personal knife in Japanese letters.

This is the photograph from Japanese KNIFE MAGAZINE.
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For your information, "ボブ・ラブレス" means...
ボ(Bo)ブ(b)・( )ラ(Lo)ブ(ve)レ(le)ス(ss)
 
Looks like all of the final input on the brass strip finally settles the question of what the brass inlay is all about. With those images of the catalogue and a Loveless user, not doubt in my mind that the intended purpose was for use as a place for the name to be engraved.

Thanks so much to all, again, for all the input/answers/etc.
 
I was wondering about the wood too, and then I read on. Can anyone confirm that on the wood?
 
KYJ said:
When Mr. Loveless came to Japan, he ordered Japanese engraver to engrave his name for his personal knife in Japanese letters.

This is the photograph from Japanese KNIFE MAGAZINE.
599a9ee2.jpg

For your information, "ボブ・ラブレス" means...
ボ(Bo)ブ(b)・( )ラ(Lo)ブ(ve)レ(le)ス(ss)
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That is very cool
 
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