Vintage Hen & Rooster!!!

[rprocter]

Hereare my vintage Hen&Rooster knives. "Vintage" here meaning i think all are pre 1980.

This is a very nice 4" C.Bertram SS Pen knife:

C.Bertram 3 1/8":

Voss 2 7/8":

and from close to closing time, A.G.Russell CM-5 3 1/2"

roland

 

[A. G. Russell]

What a wonderful collection!

I wonder about the cap lifter, the fruit tester and the wooden handled knife.

I know that the fly fisherman's knife was not a part of the tooling inventory but it could have been made up for a customer like Voss.

 

[rprocter]

Thanks for your kind comments Mr. Russell. i have a pic of the caplifter.
i'll get the others up tomorrow plus the "C.Bertram/Germany" on the pile side tang of the C.L. if you wish.

roland

 

[A. G. Russell]

Thanks for your kind comments Mr. Russell. i have a pic of the caplifter.
i'll get the others up tomorrow plus the "C.Bertram/Germany" on the pile side tang of the C.L. if you wish.

roland

That cap lifter is real, few people know of the secondary trademark of Bertram, Tresor. This kind of knife was made on demand. If Bertram did not have the tooling they would buy parts from someone who did. Notice the quality of the blade grind.

 

[pipedreams308]

Amazing collection, Roland!

 

[rprocter]

4 1/8" wood handle Jack, marked "Bertram/Solingen". Pile side tang has some lines that might be what's left of a logo, but even with a 9x loupe little can be seen.

4 7/8" Fruit Tester, ivory celluloid, marked with H&R logo over "stainless". pile side:"C.Bertram/Germany"

Any ideas on age of the Jack knife ?
roland

 

[A. G. Russell]

4 1/8" wood handle Jack, marked "Bertram/Solingen". Pile side tang has some lines that might be what's left of a logo, but even with a 9x loupe little can be seen.

4 7/8" Fruit Tester, ivory celluloid, marked with H&R logo over "stainless". pile side:"C.Bertram/Germany"

Any ideas on age of the Jack knife ?
roland

My guess is that the wood handled knife was made before WWI. The fruit knife was made for export to the U.S. before WWII.

 

[Mike Robuck]

Great collection Roland.

 

[A. G. Russell]

I have just spent day after day judging a collectidon of almost 200 Hen and Rooster knives. Some of them were so well refinished that I had to go over them three or four times to determine that they were indeed resfinished.Our email folks can look forward to seeing them soon.

One made in the 1860s some made in thje late 1800s most in the 19500s and 1960s a few fakes and several made by fsrost. the fakes and Frost knives will not be shown.

 

[btmccutcheon]

Any H&R experts have any idea when this little Bertram Whittler was made?







I found this that indicates to me it might have been made pre-1900. Are my eyes deceiving me?

http://api.ning.com/files/yO1JdgjIDGbgrGzwwH9qbHzkoCCb*cswlc7puev8HGqO*AjZCnjpbbVhgtzdz8BRqwTjruE1pWCcOSgDT1g-c4FYIvE--Dfj/henandroostertangs.jpg

 

[mckgreg]

Notice that the changes from one stamp to the next is very slight and almost duplicated . There may have been some additional changes since this info was published. Don't know.
Greg

 

[btmccutcheon]

Notice that the changes from one stamp to the next is very slight and almost duplicated . There may have been some additional changes since this info was published. Don't know.
Greg

Based on the above, the tang stamp matches the 1864-1900 stamp the most. But, surely that can't be right. There are signs of previous rust and use, but I'm having a hard time believing this could be a hundred year old knife.

 

[A. G. Russell]

Tdhe knife was sone of abouit 300 made for the dilrectors of the company making Jack Daniels Whisky. The handles are white oak from whisky barrles. Made ab out 1978
there were no pocket knives made between 1913-1918, 1938-1945. Only the first and last marks shown above are corrsect

typed in the dark thjis am

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[btmccutcheon]

Tdhe knife was sone of abouit 300 made for the dilrectors of the company making Jack Daniels Whisky. The handles are white oak from whisky barrles. Made ab out 1978
there were no pocket knives made between 1913-1918, 1938-1945. Only the first and last marks shown above are corrsect

typed in the dark thjis am

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Thank you very much Mr. Russell! I was hoping you'd weigh in.

 

[Currahee]

Here are some of my Hen & Roosters from days gone by...

This one above is a very sweet little Gutmann H&R Whittler c. 1960's

Next are some from Mr. Russell's ownership period...

Above are 2 of my Stag Handled CM-6 Coffin Jacks c.1976

And here are 2 of my Jacaranda Wood Handled, Bertram CM-7 .45 Long Colt Folding Knives c.1979

These older Hen & Rooster offerings are truly some of the nicest folding pocket knives I have ever encountered.

 

[Hamishg]

Hi team, can anyone tell me whether the old Bertram knives are carbon or stainless steel? Just picked up an old Fife congress for a steal!

 

[black mamba]

This stockman from the mid 1980s has German Stainless blades, an alloy close to 440B in composition.

 

[Hamishg]

Thanks Jeff. Mine has 575 stamped on the tang if that helps. Got t for $43 US equiv shipped here in Aotearoa