SHOW YOUR NEW (TO YOU) ROBESON

The first Robeson knives were imported by Millard Robeson from England and Germany exclusively. This continued from 1979 until 1896 when Robeson began manufacturing knives in the United States. Since inception, the company has gone through several reorganizations & eventually ended up as a Queen Cutlery brand.
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FRJ,

Yes the tang stamp appears to be identical. Both blades have the long pull also. No Germany or England on back.

Knife appears to me to be American made.

Some misguided soul ground the kick down, probably to make the point seat below the liners, and got a little carried away, otherwise the knife is in great shape.

Thanks for the info, especially the very informative earlier post.

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That's a heck of a knife, Mark. Glad you got the information.

Here's a little Robeson. I can't believe how small this knife is, but it doesn't know its small.
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Very nice.

I've seen that pattern with bone handles and three blades in a whittler configuration.

I have a two blade pearl, as well.

Elegant little knives.

They also made a two blade congress that same size.Charlie
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Thank you, Charlie.
That whittler and congress must be mighty fine little knives. And the whittler must be hard to make, as are most small knives I would assume.
Would you know model numbers of those knives by any chance.
Mine is 722280.
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Here is an Ebay photo of the pattern with bone handles and three blades in a whittler configuration.

And a similarly sized tuxedo.

And the little same sized two blade congress I mentioned. I refuse to use the term, "half-congress".

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Thank you, Charlie.

What nice knives. Something to look for.
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New to me Robeson jack knives. I have to thank Charlie for the first two.
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Beautiful Robesons
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Charlie, I like that jack, 056, I think. Nice bone.

Looks good with the others.

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Thanks edge, thanks Charlie. It is a 656 3 3/4 inches closed.
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Beautiful knives. The red background on the Pocketeze shields is stunning with beautiful bone to match. Case got nothing on those!
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::shrug:: What have I got here? Looks like a 1917-1939 tang stamp. The covers are black and flat and jigged something maybe bone?but probably plastic of some kind. It has 3 blades with pretty good snap yet and is 4 inches long closed. Got it in a box of misc. at an auction. It's no cherry but kind of a unique knife, I don't own many Robesons and was just questioning the flat covers. Any further info would be appreciated. It just doesn't seem to have the quality I see in other robesons, maybe someone put a Robeson blade on a different brand of pocket knife? Any comments won't hurt my feelings, thanks, Terry
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I had that same model and was told it is a real Robeson. Just made toward the end when quality suffered.
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thanks David, that says a lot. Terry
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A knife from the late 1950's early 1960's, although the tang stamp suggests otherwise, if you think all the published data re' Robeson stamps is gospel.

I don't know why the knives have that earlier stamp, but they do.

They made an all metal version, as well. Some say the metal handles are aluminum, some "pewter", some nickel-silver.

I lean toward aluminum, although I have never owned one, as I find them patently unattractive.

I think the knives came about when Robeson was struggling financially, as an inexpensive way to put a serviceable knife to market.

They show up on Ebay almost every week, so they must have sold a bunch of them.

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::tu:: Thanks for the reply Charlie, maybe they were just using up old tang stamps to save money also! they sure didn't waste any time or money making this model, kind of ugly but the steel seems to be ok, takes an edge anyway. Terry
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Oh, the knives are very serviceable and the steel is good.

Dale (OrVet) was bragging on one he bought just recently.

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Posted this in the jumbo jack thread but it belongs here too. I couldn't find the pattern number listed in the 15th ed. of Knives, 62257. Picked it up at a gunshow today.
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I suspect the pattern numbers is 62237.

That's the number for the only Robeson four inch cigar pattern of which I am aware.

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I checked the number again and you are correct Charlie, thanks.
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This 'un ::woot::
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Hak1911, that's a nice lookin' one, are the blades in good shape?
A Pocketeze Robeson is on my want list! I like Robeson knives, only have found 2, one is real and the other was made by Camillus. The reason behind the name seems to be very appropriate!
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Hak, that's a nice pattern

Could you please share the pattern number?

That is is not a common knife. I don't think I have one.

I did copy some Ebay photos several years ago of a knife marked "F. C. CO.", which stands for Fulton Cutlery Company. Every Fulton I've ever seen was a Robeson knife and most still had a bit of the Robeson tang stamp remaining.

Whether Fulton bought factory seconds, ground off the tangs and restamped them or Robeson did the work themselves, I have no idea.

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Hi everyone, I've been visiting this forum for a while now and have learned a lot from your discussions. Thought I'd post a few pics of my newest Robeson. Marked Robeson over ShurEdge (script) over Rochester. I really love the bone scales and the shape of this pattern. It looks like there is a bit of friction between the main blade and the liner. Maybe someone tightened things up a bit with a pair of pliers?
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Very nice. ::tu::

So, think about this. It has been reported that Robeson started using pattern numbers about 1903, or just after they relocated to Perry, New York.

The numbers were six digits in length, but on some knives, whose handle-die shape numbers were between 001 and 099, they sometimes dropped that first zero, making the numbers 01 - 99.

When they started assigning those numbers in 1902 or so, the very first pattern they those was a balloon-ended, swell-center penknife like yours and they gave it the number 001.

There has been a pearl handled example on Ebay, off and on, for weeks, but it has a broken blade.

Here is my ebony handled version and its very rare and early tang stamp.

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