Peters Bros. Celebrated Cutlery 1876-1886.

[knife7knut]

While going through my accumulation of edged tools and re-photographing them I came upon a knife that I was going to post in my post on shields. The shield on this one definitely qualifies it as an unusual one.
However while looking at it through my trusty 30x loupe I came across some rather unusual facets to this knife and thought I would present it in a separate thread. Checking Goins book I found precious little information on the company other than the dates they were in business;a very short ten years in the town of Merscheid.I have 2 examples of Peters Brothers knives;all unique in their own right.
The first is a bone handled 4 blade tuxedo that sadly has two broken blades and a repaired handle. What makes this knife unique is first the heart shaped shield.Second is the fact that ALL of the blades are stamped and have match striker nail marks.Lastly the stamps on two of the blades are misspelled.The name Peters is spelled PETIRS! The I looks like it could have been a worn out E but I'm not sure.
The second knife is an interframe whittler with an eagle motif on one side and a field of stars on the other.The material surrounding the inserts is long gone and may have been celluloid or more likely tortoise shell.Again a couple blades are broken and the nail marks are plain.
If anyone has a Peters Brothers knife please feel free to post it here with any information you might have on it.

[deo-pa]

Here is one I just picked up from Lee's AAPK store (My Historical Knives). It's a pearl-handled Peters Bros. with a Stanhope viewer. The micro-photo is a nude shooting a bow and arrow and you can see a partial image in the photo below. It's a great, well-made knife. Thanks Lee!

Dennis

[Miller Bro's]

Ray, I have one like the second knife you posted except it has another maker's mark which I believe is Friedmann & Lauterjung.

[bocaj]

Great to bump into this exchange...
A few weeks ago I found a knife that looked good and interesting. I worked on the tang to reveal a PETERS stamp, had never heard of them
and was pleased to find the company rather historic. I was excited about the combo of age and short length of existence of the company but could not find other significant notes on internet or e-bay. Thanks again to my good electronic buddies on AAPKs! This kind of knife really helps me get excited about older historic knives. There must still be great knives floating in Grandma's drawer.

[deo-pa]

Nice one bocaj! What is the third word inside the shield, under CUTLERY?

Dennis

[bocaj]

Thanks for the positive reply, I may be too excited over nothing ....
The final line is
MFG. Co.

[barbadeplumas]

hi! i just saw your post while i was doing some research about a pocket knife i just got,
its also a Peters Cutlery MFG with ivory scales , bought at mexico city in 2019

[Mumbleypeg]

hi! i just saw your post while i was doing some research about a pocket knife i just got,
its also a Peters Cutlery MFG with ivory scales , bought at mexico city in 2019

Nice find! Thanks for showing it here, and welcome to AAPK.

Ken

[cdgillum]

The corkscrew acts a lever. You raise it and push it forward to unlock the blade in order to close. A recent find. Any information would be great. Thank you.