Waterville Mfg on EBay

[dhillbilly]

Does this tang stamp look right? The font is different and the "g" is spaced off. Some of the other letter spacing looks odd. Also never saw a Waterville with "Congress Knife" stamped on the blade. Any thoughts from the experts? A new version of Waterville Mfg tang stamp or something fishy?

Ebay 111709919265

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Watervi ... 1a026e1821

[peanut740]

Looks like a fine old knife to me.

[RobesonsRme.com]

There was an apostrophe between the F and the G, originally.

Fakers don't generally go to the trouble of making used appearing knives.

Charlie Noyes

[FRJ]

And look at those beautiful long pulls meandering all the way through the tang.

[dhillbilly]

Well maybe it is just another tang stamp variation. Can anyone tell what stamp is on the small blade in the bottom picture. I'm assuming it's not the original blade.

[peanut740]

I don`t know what the upper part of the stamp says,but it could be either Meridan or New Britain Conn.on the bottom.

[knife-nut]

And look at those beautiful long pulls meandering all the way through the tang.

Did you notice the long pulls are on BOTH sides of the main blade.

[olderdogs1]

I would defer to Roger on the Waterville for sure.

same seller has this one listed

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-1920-19 ... 5420dbb219

Tom

[FRJ]

And look at those beautiful long pulls meandering all the way through the tang.

Did you notice the long pulls are on BOTH sides of the main blade.

Ray, I missed that.
Long pulls through the tang; doesn't that imply an older knife?

[LongBlade]

One other thing I noticed about this one is the handle - the front does not match the back side and don't think it is reflection... the long double pulls are strange but perhaps there was a reason for that back when they were made - I have no idea what the reason may have been - maybe the blade was sometimes used on front or backside

[peanut740]

Handles are ivory and probably original to the knife. Color will vary with ivory has it ages depending on what part of the tusk it came from.