P.W. Ostwald Pocket Knife

[just bob]

Just saw this on Craig's List. If true, very interesting how they made their knives. Maybe a forerunner of Myrtlefaye ?

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/clt/4910271845.html

[knifeaholic]

I would buy those if I were you. PW Ostwald is fairly well known in knife collecting circles, they hand forged blades and made hand made pocket knives for use on a ranch in Oregon. The knives and blades are very collectible. You may find some past threads about them here on AAPK.

Attached pic is one of their knives that I owned.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Ostwald was not a faker, creating knives with vintage tang stampings to deceive collectors, he was a maker of fine quality, serviceable, stock knives for daily use.

He just didn't think anybody else was offering that in their manufactured knives.

Time, history and an appreciation of his work has now rendered his creations as collectible.

I seriously doubt that MyrtleFaye's creations will ever be collectible as "historic fakes".

Comparing Ostwald to the crooked jerk MyrtleFaye is demeaning.

Charlie Noyes

[Miller Bro's]

Over the years someone has been selling a large quantity of left over parts, mostly blades from various old manufacturers and blades marked Ostwald on e-bay. The way that ad on Craigslist is written is very similar to the way the e-bay ads were written either it is the same guy or he swiped the description from the internet. I think it may be the same person.

There are only a certain number of collectors who are going to buy loose blades so he is probably using this outlet to get rid of them. There were a lot of business cards, letterheads and even old cutlery boxes being sold from this hoard. I have not kept up with what is being sold lately

[knifeaholic]

Over the years someone has been selling a large quantity of left over parts, mostly blades from various old manufacturers and blades marked Ostwald on e-bay. The way that ad on Craigslist is written is very similar to the way the e-bay ads were written either it is the same guy or he swiped the description from the internet. I think it may be the same person.

There are only a certain number of collectors who are going to buy loose blades so he is probably using this outlet to get rid of them. There were a lot of business cards, letterheads and even old cutlery boxes being sold from this hoard. I have not kept up with what is being sold lately

Dimitri;

Do you think those blades are fake? They look pretty good to me but hard to tell.

[Miller Bro's]

Steve,

If you mean the blades on Craigslist, it`s hard to see from the fuzzy pictures, but they probably are legit.

The blades from e-bay that were taken out of old knives they put their blades into were definitely real, I bought several from Remington that were unused.

[just bob]

Don't know if anyone else caught it or not but the person posting that ad is in Boise, Idaho and they are posting it in Indianapolis. Good chance what Dimitri is saying is right. Maybe they are trying to move items and not using ebay? Caveat Emptor.

[knifeaholic]

Don't know if anyone else caught it or not but the person posting that ad is in Boise, Idaho and they are posting it in Indianapolis. Good chance what Dimitri is saying is right. Maybe they are trying to move items and not using ebay? Caveat Emptor.

At one time there was a well known knife collector in Boise (I forget his name, but he wrote some articles for Knife World, maybe one on harness jacks?).

He had put together a large collection of Otswald knives, perhaps he is the one selling these blades. Using Craigs List is a bit odd, though for this type of thing.