"Old Knives"

Those Draw type Knives were used here in Finland to strip bark from felled trees prior to sawing. Some were curved, you needed a lot of muscle and fitness in those days for that manner of work!
 
waynorth said:
Duncan, you are right that stamps that look like that can be a problem. The term is cold-stamped, but the meaning is slightly different. Knives are stamped before heat treating and finishing, but they are not hot stamped. Cold stamped means stamped after heat treating.
Slight difference. A shoulder gets pushed up or displaced around the lettering, and not levelled or polished off after heat treating, as would be usual.All that said, the knife sure looks like a Schrade! I think it is O.K. from the pictures!
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Thank you Charlie for explaining that to me! its great that you have come in-I just had a peek in the auction-thank you for putting that up piston&gears.
And its good to hear that the knife looks good to you-thats enough for everyone I would say.
In the photos Charlie - what do those stampings look like? Do they look cold stamped to you? - if so... was this common for Schrade at time? or are they not cold stamped - please dont get me wrong here guys, its just to me they look as though they are and Im trying to learn :o, I know that a William Rodgers of mine has Cold Stamping and Bernard said that that wasnt anything unusual.
 
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I think it is a Schrade Cut for sure, stamps look authentic, shield is 100% Schrade. The blades look like they have been "repolished", but it does say in Jakes catalog pic, that both blades were glazed, on the one shown with a clip blade. Hard to find an old carbon steel knife from the 30's or 40's with that much shine on the blades though. Whatever the story, it's a dandy.
 
I do have a Schrade like the subject knife to compare but I am 3000 miles away from home! Thanks for the blow-ups, Hal. It still looks O.K. to me too.
It seems that the "shouldering" can occur on legit stamping, is my guess. It depends on the condition of the steel when it is stamped.
Nothing is black and white in this business!!
 
Great feedback everyone, and thank you!
Charlie...three thousand miles!!! running away from your Kitchen project will not make it go away :D
 
thawk said:
I think it is a Schrade Cut for sure, stamps look authentic, shield is 100% Schrade. The blades look like they have been "repolished", but it does say in Jakes catalog pic, that both blades were glazed, on the one shown with a clip blade. Hard to find an old carbon steel knife from the 30's or 40's with that much shine on the blades though. Whatever the story, it's a dandy.
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GORGEOUS knife Hal. :)
-Bruce
 
I don't have pics, just got them tonight. My mother is cleaning out my grandmothers house, and she gave me a set of watch fob knives. One is a small pen knife, the other is a small two blade jack style pen knife. Both have mother of pearl scales, one looks like cracked ice. The small one is marked Hong Kong, the large one is just marked USA. The cracked ice, or imitation, I have no idea, looks really neat.
 
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Won this on the bay, haven't recieved it yet but normally I don't go for gimmick knives unless they're advertising something that interests me...but, it had character and cost less than a $10 bill shipped to my door. Can't go wrong. ‎"SAFETY FIRST PAYS" / SAFETY AWARD J. BENISHEK" and its stamped ROBESON Shur Edge ROCHESTER.
 
supratentorial said:
Neat knife, Robert. How wide is that small screwdriver blade?
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I'll have to look at work, it looks like whoever first owned it ground it in because I found one other identical to this (different name engraved of course) but it had the original pen blade and full blade cut swedge. I will say whoever ground it in did a real professional job. I will post some images in a few minutes.
 
Thanks guys, my first Robeson and if they all have walk and talk like this one plus the nice fine cut swedges ill be wanting more.
 
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