"Old Knives"

Here is a Case Tested XX from 1920 - 1940 in red stag. I did a thread on it a while back.

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knarfeng said:
1971 isn't "old" in this thread.
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Please define "old" for the purposes of this thread. Many things that are 44 years old are thought of as being old. The original poster did not attempt to define old and I think there might be others here, including myself, that would like to know what is considered the "cut off" age for "old knife", so they do not feel embarrassed by posting a knife that does not fit in. :o:)
 
Primble said:
Please define "old" for the purposes of this thread. Many things that are 44 years old are thought of as being old. The original poster did not attempt to define old and I think there might be others here, including myself, that would like to know what is considered the "cut off" age for "old knife", so they do not feel embarrassed by posting a knife that does not fit in. :o:)
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I agree with this. It would seem that at pushing half a century some would consider 44 years to be old. :eek: ;)
 
I read somewhere that up to 50 yrs old is "vintage" and older than that is "antique".
I've always thought of anything older than I am as old. ;)
 
I'll let Frank add his thoughts when he is around later today.

To my knowledge, the question "what is old?" hasn't been asked in this thread before. If you go to the beginning of this thread and look at what has been posted, although there are a lot of images missing, you'll see a pattern emerge. Use that as your guideline.

If you need something more, we'll have to make something up. If I have to do that it'll be older then 64 years since that's what I am, and I ain't old yet......:D

Now back to the knives, please.
 
I LOVE early Taylor Eye Witness!! Great Blades - awesome Stag...A real nice Jack there!
That is awesome SK!!!
 
I'm 62. If it is older than I, then it is "old".;)

But Gary's definition is what I was thinking of.
 
I'm not even in the same category of "knowlegible" as most all of you.

I keep waiting for a cautionary note from somebody re' the Marbles two blade jack with cork screw, but none has been forthcoming.

So, I'll do it.

I have seen numerous, a half dozen or more, almost identically patterned knives on Ebay in the last year or two with different tang stamp markings, although at the moment I cannot recall what any of them were. Challenge, I think, might have been one.

The knives all look decidedly European to me, with the rounded, prominent hinge pin, fancy bolters, corkscrew, etc.

Does the knife have anything to do with Webster Marble and his company or is it a fantasy item made to appear to be Marbles?

Marbles folding knives were predominantly made by Case Brothers, I believe, and any surviving examples are quite rare.

That one, in that condition, is fitting into the "Too good to be true" category for me.

Like I said, I'm not among the most knowlegible.

And, not intending to demean a possibly fantastic knife or to distress its owner, I defer to the wiser heads in this group.

Any other opinions?
 
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Re' the age of knives posted in this thread, on 2/17/2008, VCM-3, Vince, the originator, posted this:

"Old Knife" thread rule (un-official)

Charlie, let's say, as long as the knife is older than the person posting it, that's old enough, OK?

He was answering a question from Charlie, WayNorth.

Vince, himself, later posted an ivory handled nineteen year old Case Classic.
 
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Charlie, I know very little about Marbles knives, but I agree with you that it does have a European look about it. Just my 2p... I have no concrete evidence one way or the other.
 
A few further observations on the Marbles knife if I may. There is no evidence of patina on the blades and especially the spring which would suggest stainless steel and recent production rather than 110 year old carbon steel in my opinion.
 
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