"Old Knives"

Beautiful Craftsman Sta-Sharp, Gus.:thumbsup:
Lovely 881, Ed.:thumbsup:
Barbababa said:
A friend got an old pen knife with a stamp we can not find info on. It´s a S on each side of what looks like a spire with 3 points and a lying S under the spire
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does any one know what it is?
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That is the mark of Hermann Schulder, Stahlwarenfabrik, Solingen. The firm was founded in 1853 and registered in 1881. That trademark was registered in1897. The firm is still trading. Information from: "German Knife and Sword Makers 1850 1945" by J Anthony Carter.
 
danno50 said:
Beautiful Craftsman Sta-Sharp, Gus.:thumbsup:
Lovely 881, Ed.:thumbsup:

That is the mark of Hermann Schulder, Stahlwarenfabrik, Solingen. The firm was founded in 1853 and registered in 1881. That trademark was registered in1897. The firm is still trading. Information from: "German Knife and Sword Makers 1850 1945" by J Anthony Carter.
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Super! I knew there was knowledge here :)
 
danno50 said:
Beautiful Craftsman Sta-Sharp, Gus.:thumbsup:
Lovely 881, Ed.:thumbsup:

That is the mark of Hermann Schulder, Stahlwarenfabrik, Solingen. The firm was founded in 1853 and registered in 1881. That trademark was registered in1897. The firm is still trading. Information from: "German Knife and Sword Makers 1850 1945" by J Anthony Carter.
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Where'd you find the info, Dan??
 
danno50 said:
Beautiful Craftsman Sta-Sharp, Gus.:thumbsup:
Lovely 881, Ed.:thumbsup:

That is the mark of Hermann Schulder, Stahlwarenfabrik, Solingen. The firm was founded in 1853 and registered in 1881. That trademark was registered in1897. The firm is still trading. Information from: "German Knife and Sword Makers 1850 1945" by J Anthony Carter.
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The man has skills:)
 
danno50 said:
Beautiful Craftsman Sta-Sharp, Gus.:thumbsup:
Lovely 881, Ed.:thumbsup:

That is the mark of Hermann Schulder, Stahlwarenfabrik, Solingen. The firm was founded in 1853 and registered in 1881. That trademark was registered in1897. The firm is still trading. Information from: "German Knife and Sword Makers 1850 1945" by J Anthony Carter.
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waynorth said:
Where'd you find the info, Dan??:rolleyes:
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The importance of reading carefully!! Duh!!
 
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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Nothing wrong with the number on your knife.
On Handle-Die Shape numbers 001 through 099, you will often find a knife with that first zero omitted.
You will also find them with the complete six digit number, unless they are tiny knives.
I think the die cutters took shortcuts.
The pattern number on that is actually, 743004, so, when they started numbering their knives in the early 1900's, that was the fourth pattern to receive a number.
 
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Thank you so much Charlie N. :D:thumbsup::thumbsup:
I had read that the zero was dropped on the smaller blades at times in the early 1900s as they wouldn’t fit on the tangs. I certainly didn’t know that the last digit represents a sequential manufacturing cue, as this particular example is the 4th numerically!!

I hope you enjoyed the pics, and again thank you for chiming in !!
 
Robeson used a six digit numbering system.
Think of them as two sets of three digits.
The first three deal with construction details and the second three are the handle die shape number.
First digit is handle material, second is number of blades and the third describes the Liner/Bolster material, which can be Brass/Nickel-Silver or Nickel-Silver/Nickel-Silver or Brass/Iron or Iron/Iron.
Your knife is handle-die shape number 004, handles are pearl (7), blades are four (4) and it has nickel-silver liners (3), but no bolsters.
They may very well have made that knife with two blades, 723004 or with bone-stag handles, 643004 or 623004 as a two bladed knife.

It's a nice piece and of the almost four hundred Robeson knives I've owned, I've never had that one.
I do have a 743006, a 3 5/16" pearl handled, equal end shadow with master spear, two pens and a manicure blade.

I would post a photo, but I no longer have that capability since I left the hosting site I was using. All my hundreds of photos on BF have disappeared.
 
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This pair of unknown makers always catch my eye when I open the bottom drawer.

Herrick hardware
Waco-Tex
I like the obscure contract hardware Co knives. Steel liners on this one.


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Rauh cutlery co
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