Marbles Woodcraft
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Re: Marbles Woodcraft
Obviously Stagman has the inside track on latter-day "real" Marbles knives. Even after reading the posts i am bewildered. Stagman, write a little book on them (digital) and some of us would prolly make it worth your time; you could at least be poor and famous!
I have two old ones (stag on stag woodcraft and ideal) and I did have a boy scout woodcraft (leather handle) but I think somebody else has it now. Hmm.... somehow my ability to post images has disappeared.
I have two old ones (stag on stag woodcraft and ideal) and I did have a boy scout woodcraft (leather handle) but I think somebody else has it now. Hmm.... somehow my ability to post images has disappeared.
Re: Marbles Woodcraft
Tr, I just posted in fixed blades the dating system for 1997-2002 knives
hope it helps ya all out...I have talked to a lot of Marble's collectors over the yrs
living in the Mitten part time, and I actually always kept a little note pad with me
at shows, auctions, estate sales, etc. and gathered a lot of usefull tid bits from collectors
By the way TR, I looked up that big Bark River you just got, if I find one in antique
bone stag, I am gonna get it, heck of a piece of cutlery !!!
Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/clearcreekknives
hope it helps ya all out...I have talked to a lot of Marble's collectors over the yrs
living in the Mitten part time, and I actually always kept a little note pad with me
at shows, auctions, estate sales, etc. and gathered a lot of usefull tid bits from collectors
By the way TR, I looked up that big Bark River you just got, if I find one in antique
bone stag, I am gonna get it, heck of a piece of cutlery !!!
Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/clearcreekknives
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Re: Marbles Woodcraft
You guys are showing some nice Gladestones I have two that I use every hunting season as the original sheaths are loooong gone.
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Re: Marbles Woodcraft
I'm really enjoying these Marbles.
David
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I am really enjoying em too edge213....and garddogg, what a gorgeous old
4 pin Ideal with the double hilt on it, them with the full guard and stag on stag
handles are harder to find...and that dude looks sharp !!!
Will
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4 pin Ideal with the double hilt on it, them with the full guard and stag on stag
handles are harder to find...and that dude looks sharp !!!
Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/clearcreekknives
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Thanks for the link Stagman before old Ben past he did replace the sheath with a modern Marbles one.As you can see by the scratches Ben was rough with a stone ,I will never buff them out cause that's the way he was..
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Probably posted these before but here they are all together for a New Year's Eve party!
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Ya just had to show off that fish knife you found setting on the $1.00 table at that estate sale did'nt ya
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Re: Marbles Woodcraft
You guys have some sweet Woodcrafts. I would like to try one out around the farm sometime but just can't bring myself to do it with one I have . . . yet. The blade design looks perfect for multi-use purposes. I just need to find a decent user condition one. The Estwing tester, Rocky, has a similar blade shape.
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Re: Marbles Woodcraft
Keep a watch on ebay Red...a good used one pops up here and there
Woodcrafts made from Marble's 1997-2001 had 52/100 blade steel
2002-2008 had the 0170-6C high carbon vanadium steel
J Bruce Voyles did a test with Bob Doziers help on the cutting ability of the Marble's Woodcraft
for Knives Illustrated magazine, old vs new...both knives impressed him, and he thought the newer ones were the best value money wise and the way they cut on the market !!! and I reckon
he has handled a few knives in his days !!!
Both are excellent, you just cannot go wrong with a Woody !!!
Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/clearcreekknives
Woodcrafts made from Marble's 1997-2001 had 52/100 blade steel
2002-2008 had the 0170-6C high carbon vanadium steel
J Bruce Voyles did a test with Bob Doziers help on the cutting ability of the Marble's Woodcraft
for Knives Illustrated magazine, old vs new...both knives impressed him, and he thought the newer ones were the best value money wise and the way they cut on the market !!! and I reckon
he has handled a few knives in his days !!!
Both are excellent, you just cannot go wrong with a Woody !!!
Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/clearcreekknives
Re: Marbles Woodcraft
I am enjoying the knives posted here. I have long been a fan of Marble's knives. There are many variations of the woodcraft knife with different handle materials and stamps.
Here are some Marble's Woodcraft models that I have.
From left to right in the first picture they are:
First model knife with small stamp, XXXX pattern cross hatching in the blade spine and stag cap marked PAT. PEND on pile side tang.
Very early transition knife with small stamp, parallel line hatching on spine, mushroom aluminum pommel with 1/2" nut marked PAT PEND on pile side.
Buster Brown model marked Brown SHOE CO. on mark side and Marble's on pile side.
Buster Brown model with larger etch out on blade, marked Marble's on front tang and Brown Shoe CO. ST. LOIUS USA on reverse.
Full stag handle with small stamp marked PAT'D 1916 USA. on reverse, correct 1/2" retaining nut.
Leather with aluminum pommel marked PAT'D 1916 USA. on reverse.
Leather with aluminum pommel, Moose and Goose sheath.
Full stag with no handle pins. Plain unmarked sheath.
Here are some Marble's Woodcraft models that I have.
From left to right in the first picture they are:
First model knife with small stamp, XXXX pattern cross hatching in the blade spine and stag cap marked PAT. PEND on pile side tang.
Very early transition knife with small stamp, parallel line hatching on spine, mushroom aluminum pommel with 1/2" nut marked PAT PEND on pile side.
Buster Brown model marked Brown SHOE CO. on mark side and Marble's on pile side.
Buster Brown model with larger etch out on blade, marked Marble's on front tang and Brown Shoe CO. ST. LOIUS USA on reverse.
Full stag handle with small stamp marked PAT'D 1916 USA. on reverse, correct 1/2" retaining nut.
Leather with aluminum pommel marked PAT'D 1916 USA. on reverse.
Leather with aluminum pommel, Moose and Goose sheath.
Full stag with no handle pins. Plain unmarked sheath.
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Wayne, Those are some serious Woodcraft's....
No wonder I can't find any...you got them all...
Bob
No wonder I can't find any...you got them all...
Bob
Bob
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My,,my,,my,, Wayne, what a nice group !!! You & me both enjoying it as Marble's
does not get a lot of press on a pocket knife site...
I was on a fishing trip in the UP of Michigan in 1998...
Craig Lauerman, owner of Marble's, and Mike Stewart really took care of the
Joe Lunch Bucket type customer..was by the factory and the little retail store
down the road...from that 1st knife *An Ideal* I picked up, I knew Marble's
was back on top of the production type fixed blade knife world,
I told Craig some years later Webster Marble would be proud of him...
been hooked on that era knives ever since with the way Craig treated me...
thats why Marble's knives is 90% of what I have accumulated since then and sell in my AAPK store
Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/clearcreekknives
does not get a lot of press on a pocket knife site...
I was on a fishing trip in the UP of Michigan in 1998...
Craig Lauerman, owner of Marble's, and Mike Stewart really took care of the
Joe Lunch Bucket type customer..was by the factory and the little retail store
down the road...from that 1st knife *An Ideal* I picked up, I knew Marble's
was back on top of the production type fixed blade knife world,
I told Craig some years later Webster Marble would be proud of him...
been hooked on that era knives ever since with the way Craig treated me...
thats why Marble's knives is 90% of what I have accumulated since then and sell in my AAPK store
Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/clearcreekknives
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Re: Marbles Woodcraft
stagman wrote:Keep a watch on ebay Red...a good used one pops up here and there
Woodcrafts made from Marble's 1997-2001 had 52/100 blade steel
2002-2008 had the 0170-6C high carbon vanadium steel
J Bruce Voyles did a test with Bob Doziers help on the cutting ability of the Marble's Woodcraft
for Knives Illustrated magazine, old vs new...both knives impressed him, and he thought the newer ones were the best value money wise and the way they cut on the market !!! and I reckon
he has handled a few knives in his days !!!
Both are excellent, you just cannot go wrong with a Woody !!!
Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/clearcreekknives
Thanks stagman! I thought I had a PM from you but I can't find it now.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
Re: Marbles Woodcraft
I am new to the site. I also moved about 5 years ago and a lot of stuff went into storage boxes. So when I find a new thread here, I have to do some digging, both mentally and physically.
Re: Marbles Woodcraft
Wayne,
I see your "pat pend" example has a brass guard while mine is steel. Is this a documented change or incidental?
Great collection!
I see your "pat pend" example has a brass guard while mine is steel. Is this a documented change or incidental?
Great collection!
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Two very nice old Woodcrafts schmoozer.schmoozer wrote:Wayne,
I see your "pat pend" example has a brass guard while mine is steel. Is this a documented change or incidental?
Great collection!
I don't recall ever seeing anything but brass guards on a Woodcraft knives. Your guard is also much thicker than normal. I would think that this could have been a premium or even reflect a shortage of material. Who knows what they did back in the day? Are you sure the guard is steel and not nickel silver? Maybe someone else has seen Woodcraft or other early Marbles knives with other than brass guards.
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Wayne
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Wayne
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Re: Marbles Woodcraft
My favorite Marbles pattern.. Don't have one yet soooo.. Maybe I need to fix that!!! John
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Re: Marbles Woodcraft
They now have a new home.