Old Rope Knives

[orvet]

Here's one that I picked up a couple of months ago. WWI c. 1915 CAMILLUS Rope Knife. 3 1/4" closed. Three line stamp on both blades with the manicure blade having the arched stamp. Missing the bail.

Mike Silvey also lists that knife in his book, POCKET KNIVES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
He adds some info on the knives; he says Camillus supplied about 155,000 of those knives to the US Nave during WWI.

[Miller Bro's]

A pretty nice one, not much wear, with etch.

[peanut740]

MB

[djknife13]

Nice classy serious working knife. Love it.___Dave

[wlf]

That's a beaute Dimitri,you reckon Crocker? owned it?

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks gents

Lyle, I think old Crocker was proud to own this one, if they could only talk

[jerryd6818]

Since you didn't qualify the thread to a certain age limit, it would be remiss if someone didn't post the 2015 AAPK rope knife.

[Miller Bro's]

They are nice knives Jerry, I bought one too!

[thefarside]

Dimitri,
The Russell is an outstanding knife.

[Miller Bro's]

Thank you Jim!

[JohnR]

Dimitri, very nice Russell. I picked one up thats a little bit rougher.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Wouldn't you love to know who "NL" might have been?

Charlie Noyes

[JohnR]

I was thinking the same thing Charlie.

[PCwizard]

Just adding my NOS ABL from 1950, my wife found it for me a few years ago.

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks John.

That one has a lot of character

Gary, those ABL knives are really rugged

[Miller Bro's]

Had to go back two years to find this thread

Added this one to my collection, happy it still has the etch

[FRJ]

And that is a nice oldie!
Good one, Dimitri.

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks Joe!

[tjmurphy]

Those old knives are magnificent. Nice one Dimitri

[FRJ]

Here's a Miller Bros.

4 3/4" excluding brass lanyard ring.

[Miller Bro's]

Those old knives are magnificent. Nice one Dimitri

They sure are Tom, thanks!

[Miller Bro's]

Joe, that Miller is great!

[ratlesnake75]

MB;
Your knife has double rat-tailed bolsters! One big rat and one little rat drug their tails across those bolsters.

Here's a big Robeson 197 with bone handles, steel liners, butt cap and single rat-tailed bolsters.
Also Robeson's version of the WWI Navy issue knife.
Charlie Noyes

Hey Charlie, If you dont mind to help me learn more about this particular example of the 2-blade sailors knife WW1 Model. Most all other examples I am aware of come from WW1 also. Just curious as too the Master blade stamping being "Robeson shuredge Rochester" was from 1922-1939 right. The dates are confusing for me. Could this particular stamping go back to 1917-1918 instead of 1922?
Thx Mark

[RobesonsRme.com]

Any dating that anyone has ever published re' tang stamps on Robeson knives is dubious, at best. That includes the dates published by Tom Kalcevic. I use them, as it's pretty much all we have, but I have never stated them to be totally accurate.

As far as I know, no one has had access to genuine Robeson records from their inception to WWII.

Given that these knives are generally accepted to be WWI issue,then that stamp has to date to 1918 or so, unless, of course, Robeson continued to offer the pattern after the war.

Who knows? I certainly do not. But, wish I did.

Charlie Noyes

[ratlesnake75]

Hey Charlie, Wonderful information and I certainly appreciate your opinion & value your input. Thanks for taking the time to elaborate on this.
Kind Regards,
Mark