What's this Dexter Russel White River Works knife?

[Hobkirk]

I found two identical knives in an estate sale. One is well used, this one is unused. I've searched the manufacturer's website and Google images with no luck other than maybe it's called a "patch" knife, although all patch knives seemed to be much smaller than this knife.

10.5" long, roughly 6" blade. Sharp edge at bottom, very sharp edge at the nose. Dexter Russel makes quality kitchen, butcher, and "industrial processing" knives in Southbridge, MA.

This is not a very good pic, but the "top" of the blade is about 1/8" thick and the "bottom" is a knife edge, so the sharpened edge tapers from the top to the bottom. The end could be used as a scraper or chisel - it feels quite good in the hand in that position - but it doesn't seem a scraper/chisel would taper from its left edge to its right edge like this does.

The metal shows something like waves in the metallurgy (?) - like a hand-forged Samurai sword. Which I know cannot be, but I thought you could educate me.

Thanks.

PS - sorry about the previously invisible pictures.

 

[Coyote3855]

Your pictures don't work.

 

[Hobkirk]

Your pictures don't work.

You can't see the pictures? Or the detail stinks? I suspect it's the latter. Which is why I included the description. But I could take another two pictures of the nose of the blade if that would make a difference.

 

[rushane]

No pics at all on my end.

 

[Hobkirk]

No pics at all on my end.

Sorry - I loaded the pictures onto a woodworking forum that allows uploading pictures. Then I cheated by referencing the pics on their site.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=288976&d=1399608848​

I guess the "attachment" only works when logged into their forum. I saw the images when I looked at my Blade Forum post.

So I did it correctly, loading them onto a web domain and changing the references in my BF post.

I feel guilty about "using" BF for my selfish purposes (although I have enjoyed several threads once I found you). So I really am sorry I messed up on the pictures - over 100 views, all (except mine) with no images. That's pretty rude.

 

[Bo T]

It kind of looks to me like the blade broke off! Check out (google) Dexter Russell knives. You might find a match. If you don't find a match, try imagining the blade profile extended out a bit.

 

[Hobkirk]

It kind of looks to me like the blade broke off! Check out (google) Dexter Russell knives. You might find a match. If you don't find a match, try imagining the blade profile extended out a bit.

There are two identical knives, one used, one (pictured) seemingly a virgin.
I looked at EVERY possible knife on the Dexter Russel site - nothing close.

 

[Hobkirk]

FYI - Official Answer:

Hi Doug,

This item is a 112-5 chisel beveled ground blade that we make as a special for a company called Solutia Inc. We make them 600 at a time for this company and they seem to be the only company that orders these types of knives.

Overall a very neat and custom knife and I hope they can be of some use to you.

If you have any additional questions about this product please feel free to email me back and ask.

Thanks and have a great day,

Greg Lapierre
Customer Service​

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The Solutia Springfield, MA, plant (they have many) is near the Dexter Russell plant. No luck searching for "Chisel 112-5," no luck searching Solutia.com for "Chisel." It's probably a specialized tool they use in the manufacture (maybe one of their films).

Thanks to everyone who considered the question.
I think it's going to become a handyman knife in my carpentry utility kit.

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In case you are curious about Solutia - this is the Wikipedia description -

History
The company was formed on September 1, 1997, as a divestiture of the Monsanto Company chemical business. Solutia filed for bankruptcy on December 17, 2003, in response to significant litigation surrounding various products, unsustainable debt structure, and a downturn in the economy. Solutia emerged from bankruptcy on February 28, 2008.[6]
Solutia employs approximately 3,400 people in more than 50 locations worldwide, and reported $1.67 billion in annual revenues for 2009, and $984 million in revenues through June 30, 2010, for its continued operations (nylon revenue not included in figures; new acquisitions included in figures for 2010 only).[7]
Businesses and products
As of April 26, 2010, Solutia reports its businesses in three segments: Advanced Interlayers, Performance Films, and Technical Specialties. The products within these segments are as follows:
Advanced Interlayers
Advanced Interlayers plastic interlayers are used for laminated safety glass, primarily in automotive and architectural applications; Advanced Interlayers also produces PVB, EVA and TPU solar module encapsulants for thin-film and building-integrated photovoltaic applications. Advanced Interlayers brands include Saflex, Vistasolar, Vanceva Color Studio and KeepSafe Max.
Performance Films
Performance Films professional and retail window films are custom-coated and used primarily for automotive and architectural aftermarket tinting, safety and energy efficiency applications under the brand names of LLumar, Vista, EnerLogic, V-KOOL, IQue, Hüper Optik, Sun-X, nanoLux, Gila and FormulaOne High Performance Auto Tint. Performance Films precision coatings products, sold under the Flexvue films brand, are used in protective and conductive films for touch screens and electronic devices, as well as thin-film photovoltaic and concentrating solar power applications.
Technical Specialties
Flexsys rubber processing and antidegradant chemicals, sold under the Crystex and Santoflex brands, are integral to the manufacturing of tires and other rubber products such as belts, hoses, seals and footwear.
Therminol heat transfer fluids are used in systems that provide for indirect heating or cooling of industrial and chemicals processes, including concentrating solar power plant applications.
Skydrol aviation hydraulic fluids and the SkyKleen brand of aviation solvents are supplied across the aviation industry.