"Old Knives"

I picked up this Camillus recently, and it seems to sublimate everything an old knife should be. Well worn, but well taken care of, a smooth broken in snap, a few pepper spots, and a simple, small, perfectly capable tool. I love it.

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Connor
 
The page is from a Large Montreal wholesale hardware company dated 1900 that I found many years ago. 1000 pages. The Edwards brand was an inhouse brand for the hardware Co. The swell center Edwards is also shown on a catalog page.

Best regards

Robin

 
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wlfryjr said:
Cool buddy. Any rooster comb or farmers jack cuts in there?

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Hi Lyle, No Farmers jacks in the catalog sadly, maybe a pruner. Thats a wonderful Field you posted,haven't seen that one before. Hope you're wellmy friend.

Best regards

Robin
 
Hi Steve and Robin.

Steve, no,I thought it might be German , but Goins says Progress marked knives were American made?? Looks Kastor still,Camillus like,except the handles.

I haven't seen or heard of a Sheffield what I call typical "rooster comb"(as the A Fields). Wostenholm made a flat blade pruner,as you well know,but the secondary was not the modified flat blade spey that had the spud.

You gave me this Wostenholm cut,which is close,may be a Wostenholm "rooster":

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Like to find one of them.
 
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Hi Steve and Robin.

Steve, no,I thought it might be German , but Goins says Progress marked knives were American made?? Looks Caster still,Camillus like,except the handles.

I haven't seen or heard of a Sheffield what I call typical "rooster comb"(as the A Fields). Wostenholm made a flat blade pruner,as you well know,but the secondary was not the modified flat blade spey that had the spud.

You gave me this Wostenholm cut,which is close,may be a Wostenholm "rooster":

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Like to find one of them.
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Hi Lyle, Levine says " progress mark, agent for Joseph Rodgers and sons, George Kom.

Best regards

Robin
 
When I was young we also used to play with Opinels and our hands on the ground, when the grown-ups could not see us. Happily (or were we so cautious, after all), no one was ever hurt!
 
I've not been actively buying Robeson knives lately. Actually, I've begun to sell them, instead.

However, I still search Ebay every day using my trusted keywords, so I can sort of follow the knife market.

Yesterday, this popped up with a Buy-It-Now price of seventy-five dollars and free shipping.

The thought process was not long. I couldn't resist.

I suspect the red box and knife purse might have been added by a retail jeweler or whoever.

It's a post-war knife, dating 1940 to 1965, but given the economic difficulties Robeson was experiencing after, say about 1959,
I doubt they were producing many pearl handled lobsters.

I trust it's old enough for this thread.

The seller was unaware of the nail & cuticle blade on the bottom. He listed the knife as a two blade and didn't open it for a photo.

These are seller's photographs and he did not provide one of the knife straight on with blades open.




















 
Thanks.

I think the 077 is the most commonly encountered Robeson lobster, but this is the only post-WWII example I have seen.

Actually, of all the Robeson pearl handled knives I own, I doubt more than two or three are post-war.
 
Charlie, nice find on a mint knife.

Lyle, love the Farmers Jack. Also that Wostenholm catalog scan shows the pruner I just acquired in the upper left. Is there any date on the catalog?

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Nice acquisition Augie :) I believe that Wostenholm catalogue is from the 30's :thumbup:
 
Thanks Jack, Lyle and Steve, always adds to the collecting to find original documentation.
 
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