"Old Knives"

Nice Barry, I actually owned one year's ago. Well made knife with what I call exceptional German jigging to the bone. What I mean is it rose a bit thick from the bolster and was quite nice:thumbup:
 
Thanks Jake and Paul; like you said Paul, the jigging is really nice and is as you describe. By forum standards, however, the knife falls way short of what is known as 'regular' production standards. What I mean by that is that the bolsters/end caps don't quite line up from side to side, the pivot pin is proud on both sides, and the blade lies to one side in the blade well to where it nearly touches the frame at the blade tip, and when opened, the blade veers off to one side if you peer down the length of the knife. :eek::eek::eek:

Maybe I should send it back to the maker for warranty! :D JK

On the other hand, it sure feels good in hand and is a cutting machine! I like the big jacks and the large sheepfoot demolishes cardboard, slices and dices tape, cord, leather, hose, or anything else that gets in the way. :) Clam packs, you have no chance. :cool:
 
There is rumor that Parker bought a lot of these old parts. Your knife doesn't look like the Parker knives that I've seen but it's a possibility to consider.

I have had a few of these Gobernador Krusius knives, most notably one congress that was a ringer for a bulldog cutplug congress except for the blades. I believe Jim Parker had a lot of these put together in the early 90's from blades he found in some bins in the Olbertz factory.
In Jim Parker's knife encyclopedia he mentions that Mr. Gronauer bought the Krusius Brothers inventory in 1983 and that there were tons of unfinished knives and parts. He mentions some of the blades being Gobernador and a lot of other brand names in the bins. Mr. Gronauer is of the Olbertz factory where Jim Parker had the bulldogs made in the 1990's.
Just a hunch that a few of those might have found there way on some knives. :wink:

Tom
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I wonder where Krusius would fit in the three grades described by Rockwell in the hearings that I posted:

Mr Rockwell (Miller Bros) c1920s : "It should be borne in mind, Senator, that as to German pocket knives it is a well recognized fact--that is, imported pocketknives--that there are three grades. There is what is known as the standard grade, which would include knives of the character of Joseph Rodgers and the IXL brands of English knives, and the Boker and Henckel brands of German manufacture. Then there is a medium grade, which might be described, as Mr. Kastor has said, as the Morley brand. There is then a third quality which is not the equal of the Morley brand. That might be described as the Kastor-Wadsworth line and the Wiebusch-Lafayette line."
 
Barry, the bone looks very similar to this German made Winchester from the mid '70s. Great jigging and color in my opinion.
Yours is a beauty!

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Jeff, BEAUTIFUL knife:cool:

I had one VERY SIMILAR in style that had a deep etch on the blade that said Columbia? on the main blade. Duncan bought it then gifted it to someone here on the forum if my memory serves?
 
gunstockjack said:
Apparently, it's a knife brand from Solingen, but that's all I know; I've never seen the brand before. :confused:

This example is 4 inches closed and has a square tang (half-stop) on the oversized sheepfoot blade. Seem to be a Regular Jack pattern with extended bolster and oversized end cap. I also noted that it has a 'stove pipe kick' and great looking bone jigged covers. A very solid knife in great condition overall, and I'm curious if it is of 50's vintage or later; I believe 'Germany' would have been added after '64, but the stovepipe kick doesn't fit into the 50's picture.

Please, somebody enlighten me! :)


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I really like this style of jigging. I have a Puma stockman in a similar style. It's a real shame that no U.S. makes attempts to duplicate it. Are you listening Bill Howard?
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Wonderful and Beautiful old Barlow Charles! Incredible condition considering its centenarian++ age!! Lloyd
 
Luger1952 said:
Wonderful and Beautiful old Barlow Charles! Incredible condition considering its centenarian++ age!! Lloyd
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Thanks everybody. I looked it over very carefully at the Tulsa show and I think it was cleaned but I could not pass this one by. Shows little use and the bone scales are incredible.

Charles
 
Wow!!!!!!
Just WOW on that gorgeous knife Charles. A rare find indeed. I think to do that knife justice it needs to be in NZ:D
 
Campbellclanman said:
Wow!!!!!!
Just WOW on that gorgeous knife Charles. A rare find indeed. I think to do that knife justice it needs to be in NZ:D
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I know you would appreciate it, but since it is a new member of my collection, I think I'll hold on to it for awhile.
Charles
 
Nice old and and hard to find pattern , Charles . What is the closed length? Should be 1800s since Challenge bought and moved production to The Hatch Cutlery Co at the end of the 1800s
 
Charles- I'm always joking when I say things like that- I would think that once anyone gets their hands on a knife like that- the lucky person - in this case you- well I'm thinking the undertakers will have a very hard time prizing that from your hands when the day comes.
Beautiful knife. Well done I always love it when someone posts a find like this.
 
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