"Old Knives"

Smaller knives tend to get put aside in my house. Old, arthritic fingers call for a little more bulk in hand. These old knives are all around 3 3/8", but do not deserve to be ignored!! All are well made and very functional, and downright good looking!! From the top, Dwight Devine & Sons, Robeson Suredge, R.Bunting & Son Sheffield and Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co.
The Bunting is the oldest, from well back in the 1800s. I'm going to do a little honing, and try them all out this week!! (Along with Big'un Lambsfoot of course!!)
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Oh, those are beautiful little knives, waynorth. Especially that Bunting!
A small knife, paired with a big'un Lambfoot is a great combo to carry. :D:thumbsup:
 
Thanks r8shell! I actually thought that Bunting would be your kinda knife, when I put it on the scanner!! (r8shell will like this!!:))
 
Fascinating knives Charlie, that Divine is a beauty, as is the Bunting!

Eric
 
Wonderful folders Charlie!! I am especially drawn to that bottom folder the HSB & Co. That is one great clip blade with an outstanding profile:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Here is a Robeson PocketEze pen knife I just recently acquired. It is 3.25 inches closed with a spear master and an opposite end nail file. The tang stamp is marked Robeson/ShurEdge (script)/U.S.A. This tang stamp dates the knife to circa 1916-1939. It is in very excellent condition with no evidence of use, carry or sharpening post production. The PocketEze shield has the full red paint background with not a speck missing which is highly unusual because most were well used and carried. It has fully sunken joints a unique feature to most of the PocketEze line. I say most because I have some early PocketEze folders that do not have sunken joints. The bone grips are worm groove jigged with no cracks or splits. This is pattern no. 622416. There is a photo of one in David Clark’s reproduction of a saleman catalog dating from 1908—1930 on page 5. This one has a cut in the mark side frame and handle to access the nail file and no swedge on the mark side spear. Mine is opposite with a cut in the pile side frame and handle and a swedge on the mark side primary spear. Thanks for looking!!4E2F700E-D290-4F71-8F95-5D5C2C08E9E0.jpeg 3B2275B9-DB3B-4B40-9CFD-49BFC729E2E1.jpeg 50C098B3-EB71-4666-88C7-A9DED1D86AA1.jpeg 9CAC3B30-B123-4B92-A471-BEAF8816EFA9.jpeg B8CCF005-50B9-445D-B252-9942A628177B.jpeg
 
waynorth said:
Smaller knives tend to get put aside in my house. Old, arthritic fingers call for a little more bulk in hand. These old knives are all around 3 3/8", but do not deserve to be ignored!! All are well made and very functional, and downright good looking!! From the top, Dwight Devine & Sons, Robeson Suredge, R.Bunting & Son Sheffield and Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co.
The Bunting is the oldest, from well back in the 1800s. I'm going to do a little honing, and try them all out this week!! (Along with Big'un Lambsfoot of course!!)
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Those four deserve to be honed and used Charlie !:thumbsup:

Luger1952 said:
Wonderful folders Charlie!! I am especially drawn to that bottom folder the HSB & Co. That is one great clip blade with an outstanding profile:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Here is a Robeson PocketEze pen knife I just recently acquired. It is 3.25 inches closed with a spear master and an opposite end nail file. The tang stamp is marked Robeson/ShurEdge (script)/U.S.A. This tang stamp dates the knife to circa 1916-1939. It is in very excellent condition with no evidence of use, carry or sharpening post production. The PocketEze shield has the full red paint background with not a speck missing which is highly unusual because most were well used and carried. It has fully sunken joints a unique feature to most of the PocketEze line. I say most because I have some early PocketEze folders that do not have sunken joints. The bone grips are worm groove jigged with no cracks or splits. This is pattern no. 622416. There is a photo of one in David Clark’s reproduction of a saleman catalog dating from 1908—1930 on page 5. This one has a cut in the mark side frame and handle to access the nail file and no swedge on the mark side spear. Mine is opposite with a cut in the pile side frame and handle and a swedge on the mark side primary spear. Thanks for looking!!View attachment 861375 View attachment 861374 View attachment 861371 View attachment 861370 View attachment 861369
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Lloyd I believe this pocketeze has the prettiest bone I've laid my eyes on!:thumbsup::thumbsup::eek:
 
Luger1952 said:
Wonderful folders Charlie!! I am especially drawn to that bottom folder the HSB & Co. That is one great clip blade with an outstanding profile:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Here is a Robeson PocketEze pen knife I just recently acquired. It is 3.25 inches closed with a spear master and an opposite end nail file. The tang stamp is marked Robeson/ShurEdge (script)/U.S.A. This tang stamp dates the knife to circa 1916-1939. It is in very excellent condition with no evidence of use, carry or sharpening post production. The PocketEze shield has the full red paint background with not a speck missing which is highly unusual because most were well used and carried. It has fully sunken joints a unique feature to most of the PocketEze line. I say most because I have some early PocketEze folders that do not have sunken joints. The bone grips are worm groove jigged with no cracks or splits. This is pattern no. 622416. There is a photo of one in David Clark’s reproduction of a saleman catalog dating from 1908—1930 on page 5. This one has a cut in the mark side frame and handle to access the nail file and no swedge on the mark side spear. Mine is opposite with a cut in the pile side frame and handle and a swedge on the mark side primary spear. Thanks for looking!!View attachment 861375 View attachment 861374 View attachment 861371 View attachment 861370 View attachment 861369
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Beautiful old Robeson my friend !!!! Don't think I have ever seen jigging quite like that but I do like it . I think someone carried that knife in a pocket a lot . Would you call that a Gentleman's Knife ?? I really like the shield with the red background . Thanks for showing it . You always show some great knives .

Harry
 
Lloyd, that's an outstanding Robeson! The Pocketeze line was an amazing line, they really nailed it on that one. Just a word of warning, try to avoid opening both blades half way on the same spring when they don't have half stops. The cam tangs push the springs to the max at that point and when both blades do it to the same spring from opposite ends it puts a heck of a strain on the spring. I've seen more than a few springs snap this way, and it's a sad sound indeed!

Eric
 
Thanks Bob, Harry and Eric for the nice comments on this Robeson pen knife!! Good point Eric and thanks for the warning! Bone becomes brittle and steel becomes stressed on these near one hundred year old survivors so your caution I will remember and I appreciate! Easy to get caught up in photographing a vintage folder and forget the potential for disaster. A back spring breaking or exploding would definitely be a sound you would not soon forget I am sure:eek::(

Thanks again my friends:thumbsup:
 
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All beautiful knives Charlie and sweet Robeson Lloyd :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ...

Charlie - That Bunting has me fascinated :) - especially being that Bunting was a well-known maker of Bowie's back in the mid 1800s... The blade is really interesting to me in shape - and the swedge goes from tang to tip :cool: ... I can't tell though if the blade was a lambsfoot or wharncliffe or ??... whatever it is I like it :D ... (Coincidentally I picked up a George Woodhead MOP Swell-Center pen yesterday at the NCCA show (need to get some pics) and Woodhead also made Bowies though their folders were few and far between - like Bunting's folders)....
 
Thanks Eric, Gev, Lloyd, Rob, Harry, Lee, Lyle and Paul!!:)

Wonderful Pocketeze, Lloyd! :thumbsup:
Glad you like that "stagged" bone, Lyle!!:cool:
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waynorth said:
Smaller knives tend to get put aside in my house. Old, arthritic fingers call for a little more bulk in hand. These old knives are all around 3 3/8", but do not deserve to be ignored!! All are well made and very functional, and downright good looking!! From the top, Dwight Devine & Sons, Robeson Suredge, R.Bunting & Son Sheffield and Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co.
The Bunting is the oldest, from well back in the 1800s. I'm going to do a little honing, and try them all out this week!! (Along with Big'un Lambsfoot of course!!)
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Charlie you bring so much to this forum as well as the knife world in general and I thank you for that. I am always amazed at all the examples of knives you post here and just curious do you have any idea how many knives you own? At the peak of my collecting/accumulating I had over 400 and I don't think that's a drop in the bucket compared to the number you have.
There is a post in Gallery by @makandr HERE of his fixed blade collection which is massive you folks might find interesting.
 
Thanks for the kind words, Randy!!
I've never done a definitive count, and I am definitely thinning the herd. I hope to wind up with a couple hundred significant knives to leave to posterity!!
Nice to hear from you!!
 
You are welcome, herder! Thanks for looking!!
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(BTW, I am not ignoring you - I am just slow!!):rolleyes:
 
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