All About Pocket Knives

Hey, Buck...
Believe it or not, your knife is an electricians knife and the half-moon in the tang is used for stripping wire.
...CCBill...

Hello dcgm4 These are very rare. I do have the same knife. My knife has he persons name REOMA with sterling upside down under the name on the front, the back 1895 and the
tang C KIRCHBAM NEWARK NJ. I think that Kirchbam might have been a jewelry maker in Newark.
Newark at one time was a hub for jewelry makers. But not sure just my guess.

CCBill wrote:Hey, Buck...
Believe it or not, your knife is an electricians knife and the half-moon in the tang is used for stripping wire.
...CCBill...

Thanks CC wire stripper never crossed my mind.

Hi buck123. Thanks for the info. The "C" from "C Kirchbaum" must have worn off on mine. You're probably right about it being made by a jewelry maker.

- Dave

I picked up this knife a few years ago because one of my daughters lived in Clifton NJ and thought she would like to have it. She gave it back to me a few weeks ago to clean up for her and then a friend who is writing a book on New Jersey knives and cultery asked if I would send pictures of my NJ marked knives for his book and I thought yea I got some plus this Clifton knife. Well it seems that the mark on the knife, J. VAN BAVEL Clifton NJ, is the name of a prominent business man that died in 2007 in Reno Nev. There seems to be nothing about him and the cutlery business so I thought I would revive this thread and see if anyone has any info on him and knives. I have attached a picture of it below. Any info on the man named on the handle would be welcomed also.

Thanks Mike

I picked this one up on ebay the other day and thought it should go in this thread. The stamping on both blades is H & H MANUFACTURING CO BRIDGEPORT CONN. At first I thought it was a H&B but low and behold it is not. Now Goins has a reference to Hatch & Holmes Mfg in Bridgeport under Hatch Cutlery so maybe this is the company?? The back tangs have a series of triangles over a straight line. Anyway I love the thing it has iron hardware and after I oiled it up the action is really nice and smooth. If anyone has anymore info on the maker I would appreciate it.

Mike

Nice knife Mike! How long is it?
Can you do close-ups of those interesting tang stamps??

Thanks Charlie, if you click on the picture it will enlarge and you can see the tang marks better. It is 3 5/8" closed and beefy!!!

Bishop Cutlery Co.

Nice knife M.B--Very similar pattern to that H&H!!!

Here's an oldie--c1889---FABYAN KNIFE CO. "WELL KNOWN". Neat Etching on master(a banner w/ some words I cannot make out but cattle knife), Early picked bone, long pulls go through the tangs, marked on all blades front and back--Very high quality old knife from Germany. Thx Mark

ratlesnake75 wrote:Very high quality old knife from Germany.

It does not look like a German made knife.
I am sure it was made in the U.S., the jigged bone handles tell the story.

Very attractive old knife

My wife & I just got back from vacation.
I found a couple while we were traveling that might fit here.

A Weske fixed blade. 6-1/4" inches.
Goins says they were in Sandusky Ohio, c. 1946-1952.
Also a Excelsior that has seen better days.
I like the bolsters on this one.

Dale

This is a well made knife and really looks good...I think I may have shown it here before. It has Calidad on main blade and has a bow and arrow on other blade.

knfmn wrote:It has Calidad on main blade and has a bow and arrow on other blade.

Very nice looking knife. Is it from Spain? I ask because I believe "calidad" means "quality" in Spanish.

I need to take a close up of the stamp, but both blades are stamped "Hollinger/Fremont/Ohio. The Hollinger is in a semi-circle. I posted it when I found it but no one had any information, so it may be a one hitter. Not the kind of one hitter that comes with a little box though.

Joe

Oman, my goodness, that Troll is amazing! Ummmmmm.....I`m in loveeeeeeeeee!!!

Here are a few knives Ive found over the years that may qualify: 1st 2 photos are a German 3 inch Emrod Cutlery company knife. Next 2 are Wabash cutlery(terre haute indiana) 3 inch tuxedo Next is a 5 and 5/8ths inch G. Butler and Co, Sheffield England knife.
Thanks for all the great photos guys!
Bob

Edward Weck, NY

1896-1943

Nice find Wullie ! sure was a lot of one hit wonders in NY

Weck is still business, just not making knives anymore.
http://www.teleflex.com/en/emea/brands/weck/index.html

ratlesnake75 :

I reckon this means neither of us have a one hitter anymore. Wish my Fabyan had as good of blades as yours. I don;t believe I have seen a handle shaped like this. My book says circa 1890 made in Germany possibly imported by firm in N.Y. Makes no difference as it sure feels good for a hundred twenty years old.
wb