Waterville Cutlery Co.

[orvet]

Well, I don't have any Waterville or Walden sticks but I do have a number of Vintage Oregon sticks.
Sticks related to such world famous cutlery companies as Murphy (Murphy combat knives & the original maker of Gerber Knives), and of course Gerber sticks, Al Mar sticks, Benchmade sticks, and Columbia River Knife & Tool sticks.

I even have a stick verified to be sharpened by Orvet, the barely known & occasionally heralded sometimes knife maker & customizer of knives.
(I think I can even get him to sign one).

Unfortunately, I do not have a way to scan them, as they won’t fit my scanner.
However, I just ordered a photo booth today & if the interest remains high in the sticks, I can make, …er, ……. I mean photograph some sticks for this thread when my new booth arrives.

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Fran,
Please post pics of all the sharp sticks (you may exclude the dull ones) in your collection.
Perhaps we can get Bryan to set aside a special thread for Stick Swapping!

Dale

[upnorth]

With apologies to AnotherKnifeCollector, for totally hijacking his thread!! Back to Waterville guys!!!!


(Real Walden sticks, Fran?? Sharp???)

[upnorth]

Four months later a Waterville beaches itself in the Pacific Northwest!!
This knife was preceded by a Tsunami!!
I have compared it to a Case 6347 premium Stockman, so you can get an idea of size. It also weighs twice as much as the Case! I've never seen that shield before either; have you??
Here's big Mamoo!! When either blade snaps, all the crows leap from their roost!!

[jonet143]

hey charlie, that is a big mamoo! great knife with an interesting shield.


my contribution. water-ville co. ivory quill knife. 3" closed.

[Pen & Toothpick]

hey charlie, that is a big mamoo! great knife with an interesting shield.


my contribution. water-ville co. ivory quill knife. 3" closed.

I think you have the largest vintage collect of knives with imperfections in the country!!!

[jonet143]

hey charlie, that is a big mamoo! great knife with an interesting shield.


my contribution. water-ville co. ivory quill knife. 3" closed.

I think you have the largest vintage collect of knives with imperfections in the country!!!

what? tranlate please.

[philco]

I can't translate, but I will say that both the knives shown above are great.

Both have such interesting designs and such a richness about them.

That big old Jack has a backspring like a bear trap. You'd have to put rocks in your other pocket for ballast if you carried that thing.

Phil

[upnorth]

hey charlie, that is a big mamoo! great knife with an interesting shield.


my contribution. water-ville co. ivory quill knife. 3" closed.

I can't tell the size, but that quill knife looks like a Little Mamoo, Johnnie ! Nice!!

[muskrat man]

Just this one.

Fran

I had a xchance at one exactly like that a few weeks back, but it had greenish horn handles. Blade was worn but still snapped like a trap, I nearly fell over when he proudly stated his $600 price tag

[caboolman]

Found this Waterville Cutlery Co. knife at a flea market this weekend.Folded it measures 4 inches long. Can anyone out there tell me anything about it?

[knife7knut]

Found this Waterville Cutlery Co. knife at a flea market this weekend.Folded it measures 4 inches long. Can anyone out there tell me anything about it?

I have a couple of those knives which I believe are either used for splicing new growth onto a tree(slice bark open w/blade;use other end to open bark to insert splice)or as a combination folding bone(for making envelopes before they were commercially available)and sharpening pen quills.Both of mine are English.

[ObsidianEdge]

I have one Waterville that I picked up recently. They do seem hard to find.

[Miller Bro's]

I thought I posted some pictures in this thread of some of my Waterville knives

I will have to find that punch jack, here is a straight razor w/original box.

Click the pics

[ObsidianEdge]

Wowzers, that straight razor looks like it just came off the shelf.

[galvanic1882]

I got this knife as a gift while at the Leheigh show this past weekend. The backsprings are covered in Tortoise.

[galvanic1882]

Here is my latest Waterville.

[tjmurphy]

Again -

[paulsvintage]

GREAT ONE ! glad one of members got it . you just don't see Watervilles like that to often ENJOY !

[Jacknifeben]

Great knife. Glad some body got it that won't mess it up.

[IMBand]

I am pretty new and don't always understand why things sell for what they do.
However, one look at that knife and even the novice can see that its a stunner.
Congrats on getting it, WAY TOO COOL!!

IM

[FRJ]

Here's a pretty well used Waterville I got a while back. Thanks

[paulsvintage]

nice . its back home in CT.

[FRJ]

::tu:: nice . its back home in CT.

Thanks Paul. Yes, and it will be carried and well cared for.

[PA Knives]

So I am at this dog show in Delaware, OH yesterday. It was at the fairgrounds. They had a small flea market near the show so I convinced my wife that I needed to go. Good thing I did. It had more knives that most of the places I visit. I wandered through the cold and fog and found a table with a couple of old knives. I asked to see this one. The owners says, "now that's a nice bone handled knife!" I keep my mouth shut. It then says "that's a button hook for shoes you know" I keep my mouth shut. I look it over, no cracks, still some snap but not perfect, blade ground some. Hook was perfect. OK I says, how much. ummmmmm!!!!!!!! I gotta have ten bucks for it.

I just didn't have the heart. I says sir, this is a nice example of a late 19th century ladies knife. It isn't bone, its Ivory and that's not a button hook, its a glove hook. OH my you seem to know a little about knives I take it? Nope just enough to be dangerous. I will give you $20 for it. Of course he was thrilled. I felt good about it and so did he. First time I every gave a person more than they asked.

I bet plenty of you would have paid way more than that for it too.

It was a good day.

Water-Ville late 1800's to 1913,

Upon closer look, I found a jeweler had encraved in long hand the owners name

EMMA

How cool is that?

[paulsvintage]

great find ! i'm glad the right person found it !