"Old Knives"

Great story and find:thumbsup::thumbsup: Tim
pmek5 said:
I had a great discovery happen this weekend with my old tackle box my dad put together for me a a kid. I did a lot of lake & stream fishing with my dad in our Sierra's when I was elementary age. I had my old tackle box for many years without ever giving any attention to it. Well I knew there was an old (probably cheap) fishing knife in it I wanted to check out. To my surprise there was sitting in one of the trays was a jack knife. Sitting there for probably 45+ years like in a time capsule. I don't even remember it, and assume my dad had given it to me at a very early age. This probably was my first knife :) . I cleaned it up a bit some 50+ years of grime & rust. After reading the Voos Arrow wrong (X00S, Voss, etc), I finally figured out the correct spelling. I see that this is a Jack knife with bone covers, steel liners & bolsters. After soaking & cleaning the action came back & is quite nice now. Bone was quite dry too. I will need to show to my 95 year old dad to see if he remembers. He probably will since he still has the memory of an elephant.
I have found out a little about VOOS USA, and New Haven Hardware Co. But does anyone know the years that this knife might have been made? I would have received it in the late 60's probably.
Pic of the Imperial Prov RI fishing knife too.
Thank you

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Picked up this nice ebony jack, just under 3 3/4". Tang stamped Cornwall Knife Works Conn. Goins has a date range of 1890 to 1910 and little else. Bar shield and using Works in the name does make me think it is that old. Works was used by Sheffield companies and a few early American companies such as Russell Green River Works.



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Augie said:
Great find Tim, those Voos jacks are nice solid knives, as far as I know they only had a few patterns but what they did they did well.
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Thank you. That's the one thing that stood out to me as well; how well built it was. Does not seem like a dime store knife. The back spacers are very tight & finished well. Love the large nail nicks too.
There is just not a lot of info on this knife to get any kind of date range of manufacture.
 
pmek5 said:
I had a great discovery happen this weekend with my old tackle box my dad put together for me a a kid. I did a lot of lake & stream fishing with my dad in our Sierra's when I was elementary age. I had my old tackle box for many years without ever giving any attention to it. Well I knew there was an old (probably cheap) fishing knife in it I wanted to check out. To my surprise there was sitting in one of the trays was a jack knife. Sitting there for probably 45+ years like in a time capsule. I don't even remember it, and assume my dad had given it to me at a very early age. This probably was my first knife :) . I cleaned it up a bit some 50+ years of grime & rust. After reading the Voos Arrow wrong (X00S, Voss, etc), I finally figured out the correct spelling. I see that this is a Jack knife with bone covers, steel liners & bolsters. After soaking & cleaning the action came back & is quite nice now. Bone was quite dry too. I will need to show to my 95 year old dad to see if he remembers. He probably will since he still has the memory of an elephant.
I have found out a little about VOOS USA, and New Haven Hardware Co. But does anyone know the years that this knife might have been made? I would have received it in the late 60's probably.
Pic of the Imperial Prov RI fishing knife too.
Thank you

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I'm gonna guess your Voos knife has Early Rogers Bone handles and dates from around the 30s to early 40s!! Little evidence, except the Arrow through the name, and the familiar Bone!!
 
Lots of great ones found and saved here lately:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Awesome finds there Tim, the Imperial and that wunderful Voos are both awesome with all the nostalgia you could possibly ever muster!!
John’s and Gev’s Cornwalls look rich and Gawgeous!!
R8shell’s pair of W.H. Morley & Sons tell true stories, and Jose’s beautiful stags…
All mawvellous showings and thanks for all the pics.

I haven’t been pouncing on much lately, but this one certainly got me going.
Model 74304 Congress missing the sixth digit as Robeson’s numerical system wouldn’t fit on this main’s tang! All blades stamped and built circa 1916 as the “CO” is dropped and replaced by U.S.A. afterwards. Hardly if ever used with no cracks, factory lines and fine workmanship throughout. The main is 1 1/2” long and all other blades are roughly an inch in length. Snappy, sharp, shapely with sweet liners and pulls, and all in this 2 3/4” beauty of a package…

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Un-Chained said:
Lots of great ones found and saved here lately:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Awesome finds there Tim, the Imperial and that wunderful Voos are both awesome with all the nostalgia you could possibly ever muster!!
John’s and Gev’s Cornwalls look rich and Gawgeous!!
R8shell’s pair of W.H. Morley & Sons tell true stories, and Jose’s beautiful stags…
All mawvellous showings and thanks for all the pics.

I haven’t been pouncing on much lately, but this one certainly got me going.
Model 74304 Congress missing the sixth digit as Robeson’s numerical system wouldn’t fit on this main’s tang! All blades stamped and built circa 1916 as the “CO” is dropped and replaced by U.S.A. afterwards. Hardly if ever used with no cracks, factory lines and fine workmanship throughout. The main is 1 1/2” long and all other blades are roughly an inch in length. Snappy, sharp, shapely with sweet liners and pulls, and all in this 2 3/4” beauty of a package…

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That is a joy to behold Unchained. Love the coining on the liners, swages, long pulls and a manicuring blade. A fave pattern of mine and have two new additions in that format I must post here.
Enjoy using it, tis a beauty for sure!!
 
pmek5 said:
I had a great discovery happen this weekend with my old tackle box my dad put together for me a a kid. I did a lot of lake & stream fishing with my dad in our Sierra's when I was elementary age. I had my old tackle box for many years without ever giving any attention to it. Well I knew there was an old (probably cheap) fishing knife in it I wanted to check out. To my surprise there was sitting in one of the trays was a jack knife. Sitting there for probably 45+ years like in a time capsule. I don't even remember it, and assume my dad had given it to me at a very early age. This probably was my first knife :) . I cleaned it up a bit some 50+ years of grime & rust. After reading the Voos Arrow wrong (X00S, Voss, etc), I finally figured out the correct spelling. I see that this is a Jack knife with bone covers, steel liners & bolsters. After soaking & cleaning the action came back & is quite nice now. Bone was quite dry too. I will need to show to my 95 year old dad to see if he remembers. He probably will since he still has the memory of an elephant.
I have found out a little about VOOS USA, and New Haven Hardware Co. But does anyone know the years that this knife might have been made? I would have received it in the late 60's probably.
Pic of the Imperial Prov RI fishing knife too.
Thank you

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Great find ! The Voos is a great knife, here's mine :thumbsup:


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Augie said:
Picked up this nice ebony jack, just under 3 3/4". Tang stamped Cornwall Knife Works Conn. Goins has a date range of 1890 to 1910 and little else. Bar shield and using Works in the name does make me think it is that old. Works was used by Sheffield companies and a few early American companies such as Russell Green River Works.



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Just watched slide show of this specimen and just love the workmanship ...a gem indeed.
 
Un-Chained said:
Lots of great ones found and saved here lately:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Awesome finds there Tim, the Imperial and that wunderful Voos are both awesome with all the nostalgia you could possibly ever muster!!
John’s and Gev’s Cornwalls look rich and Gawgeous!!
R8shell’s pair of W.H. Morley & Sons tell true stories, and Jose’s beautiful stags…
All mawvellous showings and thanks for all the pics.

I haven’t been pouncing on much lately, but this one certainly got me going.
Model 74304 Congress missing the sixth digit as Robeson’s numerical system wouldn’t fit on this main’s tang! All blades stamped and built circa 1916 as the “CO” is dropped and replaced by U.S.A. afterwards. Hardly if ever used with no cracks, factory lines and fine workmanship throughout. The main is 1 1/2” long and all other blades are roughly an inch in length. Snappy, sharp, shapely with sweet liners and pulls, and all in this 2 3/4” beauty of a package…

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My friend - that’s a very fine Knife indeed. The skill to be able to create such fine tolerances is hard to imagine.
That Knife has absolutely everything and I can definitely see why it got your attention 😊👍
 
Thanks ed_ can’t wait to see yours !!

Steve’s Voos is a really clean beaut up there !!

You bet Duncan, fine detailed work indeed. The file blade is rounded on one side and flat on the other…. thank you !!
 
Grandpa Peter's and Grandma Betty's said:
Cool story ~ My first tackle box was a Old Pal 1010 ~ I too had a knife in mine from my Dad as well ~ One day, some how, some way, that Tackle Box disappeared from my possessions and life...I had old lures in it with memories of purchasing them from Kmart out of the .10 Cent Fishbowl that they would have sitting on the glass countertop there in their Sporting Goods Section and behind that Kmart always had a wall rack of rifles and this is also where my Dad bought me my first .22 a Marlin Model 60 a very good rifle the Marlin Model 60 anyways back to the tackle box.....my Dad was the first person who taught me how to throw a knife end over end sticking it into the grass it was a 5" Sporting Knife with a Brass Riveted Black Jigged Handle ~ Forever that knife had a residence in my old pal 1010 tackle box, well it too disappeared along with the tackle box and along with all it's other contents ~ Happily I came into Possession of another Tackle Box just like the one that went missing ~ Just a couple weeks ago ~ My Brother had the exact same one too and I am sure his has disappeared as well so I am probably going to give it to Him and Buy me another one as Well ~ We had Matching Tackle Boxes and got them on the Same Day along with a couple Zebco 202's Fishing Poles ~

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Sorry you never were able to recover that tackle box. Great memories though. Thanks for sharing.
 
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