"Old Knives"

W.R.Case (over) &Sons (over) Bradford, PA. was a prevalent tang stamp between about 1904 to 1914!
Getting back to "pick bone", these pre-WWI knives from the Case Brothers, is a form of the style IMO!!!;)
It looks like the makers would use a piece of bone not necessarily flat and level, and "pick it", and dye it!!!:D All in the interest of resembling "Stag" I think!:rolleyes:W.R.Case Pickbone 1.jpg W.R.Case Pickbone 2.jpg W.R.Case Pickbone 3.jpg W.R.Case Pickbone 4.jpg W.R.Case Pickbone 5.jpg W.R.Case Pickbone 6.jpg
 
Thanks for the nice comments all, and more great examples from waynorth and danno50. As waynorth correctly said, "pick it and dye it", pretty simple, just add talent. :)
The term "Rogers bone" is fairly elusive to pin down with any great accuracy. With so many possible examples shown, it starts to like more like snowflakes or finger prints than any specific pattern.
Styles like Schrade peach seed and Queen Winterbottom bone are pretty obvious, but Rogers, not so much...

I'll bet the cutlers went through a lot of chisels cutting out the jigged patterns in the iron handles of this early 1900s Russell folder. :)
Just kidding of course, as these handles were cast with the neat artwork shown.

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You are right, Charlie, the bone on my jack is made like "pick" and shows a lot of similarities with your WR Case & Sons examples, especially the Navy knife.
Good point, herder, Rogers bone would seem to be hard to pin down and the term is probably thrown around a little too loosely. That Russell jack sure is in great condition!
 
Nice Knives Charlie, Dan and Herder, friends I agree - it seems every knife has Rogers Stag Bone!:eek:
It is so very hard to tell - I wish there was example photos from the day in Cutler firms confirming the authenticity of actual supplies of Rogers Stag Bone in their ( many ) variations!!
 
I hesitate to post this woebegone old Imperial jack after all the fine knives which have been gracing this thread recently, but I’m curious as to whether anyone has seen this reptilian handle before. It may be common, but I’ve done some searching and haven’t found anything like it. I assume it’s celluloid. This was my father’s work knife many years ago, and I just recently found it again and cleaned it up a little. 3 3/8” and the tang stamp indicates 1936-1952. Thanks.
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Headwinds said:
I hesitate to post this woebegone old Imperial jack after all the fine knives which have been gracing this thread recently, but I’m curious as to whether anyone has seen this reptilian handle before. It may be common, but I’ve done some searching and haven’t found anything like it. I assume it’s celluloid. This was my father’s work knife many years ago, and I just recently found it again and cleaned it up a little. 3 3/8” and the tang stamp indicates 1936-1952. Thanks.
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I have never seen celluloid like that before. Looks pretty cool.
 
Nice old Imperial Headwinds Headwinds !! Your knife got me thinking, that it looks its age!! A certain wear, and a fairly typical appear for its era! And a fortunate bit of celluloid, not showing deterioration.
So I dug up this W.Bingham (curved stamping!), that also holds a few lessons of aging a knife!
W,Bingham 1841 to 1948, and Bernie Levine thinks it was made by Ulster!
When Schrade bought out Ulster, they continued the brand, and it is possible to find Schrade DNA Binghams!!
Both blades marked, older jigging and a simple bar shield help to age the knife. Also the inside wide swedge to allow the pen blade to pass into closed position. And the macho snap on the blades!!:eek: I'll bet it was a bear when it was new!! A hefty 3 1/4" knife, it almost becomes a Jack, rather than a Pen knife! Ulster was very proud of its productions, IMO!!:cool:
I suspect the knife was made closer to WWI (or before) than WWII.;)Bingham Ulster 1.jpg Bingham Ulster 2.jpg Bingham Ulster 3.jpg Bingham Ulster 4.jpg Bingham Ulster 5.jpg
 
waynorth said:
Nice old Imperial Headwinds Headwinds !! Your knife got me thinking, that it looks its age!! A certain wear, and a fairly typical appear for its era! And a fortunate bit of celluloid, not showing deterioration.
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Appreciate the kind comments, but I suppose I should have included a shot of it open. My father believed his tools were to be used and he used them hard. I’m going to keep this one just as it is to remember him by, and pass it on someday.
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