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smiling-knife wrote:This one is slightly unusual in that the spatula is very flexible. s-k
Even though your Repeat is a repeat for me Steve, I repeat I never tire of seeing it!
Very wonderful knife. I can't say I've seen another three blade with a spatula! Just Doctor's knives, and the usual special purpose single blades. Must be fairly rare!
Thanks for showing it!
Utopia!! A chicken in every pot!! And a Barlow in every pocket!!!
I have a Robeson three blade with a very thin, very flexible spatula as the master blade. The knife was a German import marked ROBESON / CUTLERY Co.. "GERMANY' is on the back of the master blade. So, it dates about 1892 to 1896, or so.
I've always thought of this as a pharmacist's knife. The little pen blade for cutting away the wax seal from a commercial bottle of medicine or chemical, the screw for removing the cork and the spatula for mixing/blending compounds.
There is no etch on the knife to indicate that, but I have seen a similar blade configuration on an imbossed all metal knife advertising a patent medicine company. That knife was not a Robeson. It just had the same blades and a pharmaceutical advertisement on the handles.
Charlie Noyes
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