NEED SOME HISTORICAL HELP WITH OLDER KNIFEMAKERS WHOSE WORK I OWN. ALSO, AXE MAKERS MARK ID HELP

[robert s. dimesky]

HELLO ALL! I AM A KNIFE DEALER WITH A FEW QUESTIONS I NEED HELP WITH...I CONTACTED MARK Z FOR HELP ALSO, BUT HERE GOES....FIRSTLY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON R.A. NELSON OF RI, FORMERLY OF CORNWALL, CT. HE IS AN OLDER MAKER I HAD DEALINGS WITH IH THE 60’S AND NEED SOME BACKGROUND OF HIS HISTORY TO PUT WITH THE KNIVES I HAVE....SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON A WELLSTON, OHIO MAKER, M. H. MARTIN. I OWN SEVERAL OF HIS KNIVES, BOUGHT MANY YEARS AGO, JUST NEVER THOUGHT ENOUGH TO GET HIS STORY EITHER...LASTLY, I HAVE AN AXE, A BLACKSMITH MADE ONE, MARKED WITH AN INTERLOCKING TS LOGO ON IT...NEED SOME HISTORY ON THAT TOO IF YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM OR HIS WEARABOUTS....THANK YOU KINDLY. BOB DIMESKY PAWLEYS ISLAND SC

 

[jlauffer]

HELLO ALL! I AM A KNIFE DEALER WITH A FEW QUESTIONS I NEED HELP WITH...I CONTACTED MARK Z FOR HELP ALSO, BUT HERE GOES....FIRSTLY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON R.A. NELSON OF RI, FORMERLY OF CORNWALL, CT. HE IS AN OLDER MAKER I HAD DEALINGS WITH IH THE 60’S AND NEED SOME BACKGROUND OF HIS HISTORY TO PUT WITH THE KNIVES I HAVE....SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON A WELLSTON, OHIO MAKER, M. H. MARTIN. I OWN SEVERAL OF HIS KNIVES, BOUGHT MANY YEARS AGO, JUST NEVER THOUGHT ENOUGH TO GET HIS STORY EITHER...LASTLY, I HAVE AN AXE, A BLACKSMITH MADE ONE, MARKED WITH AN INTERLOCKING TS LOGO ON IT...NEED SOME HISTORY ON THAT TOO IF YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM OR HIS WEARABOUTS....THANK YOU KINDLY. BOB DIMESKY PAWLEYS ISLAND SC

May want to edit and get rid of all CAPS to make it easier to read. Also may want to ask a mod to move this to the Bernard Levine sub-forum. Unlike most that post there, you already know the makers, but they still may be able to provide more info.

 

[robert s. dimesky]

Thanks I will do that. Is there a directory of custom knife makers that has their stories...deceased makers create a problem for many who buy their products and forget about them like I do for 25-30 years. I even had difficulty with my don hastings, I know the collector group I was a part of knows who he is, but nobody else does who did not attend shows during that period...