Old and Obscure Brands

[Steelie99]

Not sure how obscure it is, but I have a Marttiini brand knife from around the 1960s, as best as I can tell. I picked her up at a yard sale for a buck. Thsi knife is a handy fishing knife. She needs a little work on the handle.

[Jacknifeben]

My lucky day. 5 bucks at the flea market. All four blades stamped HOLLEY MFG Co. LAKE VILLE. Top and lower liners worked. Who cares about a little crack.

[Ridgegrass]

Those Martini's are great fillet knives. They're sold as RAPALA's and are still around. .

That HOLLEY is a peach! Don't find many of those. Super quality
J.O'.

[BWT]

That’s a good looking Holley, and for 5.00

[Jacknifeben]

Thanks, my first one.

[petekuhn]

W&G Vogel didn`t only make pocket knives . I never found out much about them but thought I should show this one .. Stamped W&G Vogel Elberfeld with the tongs.

[petekuhn]

I would say its about 1900 - 1918

[FRJ]

That's a fine old Holley, Jacknifeben.
You stole it!

[luckydog64]

Nice rescue JKB. Petekuhn that is a major slab of stag you got. Is that a switchblade? I would like to see all of it. Those bolsters look unique also.

[petekuhn]

16 inches when open

[luckydog64]

Thanks that is remarkable knife petekuhn. Dont see anything like that often.

[doglegg]

Very impressive. Handles and blade. That is a wonderful knife.

[edge213]

Indiana Cutlery
Only made for about a year and a half.
Cool celluloid handles.

[BWT]

That’s definitely and old obscure brand David Good find I like it!

[BWT]

Picked this Aaron Burkinshaw up a month or so ago. Thanks for looking and any thoughts or comments!

[Duffer]

Nice one Bill Blade looks pretty much full, nice pick bone handles, fancy bolster. What’s not to like

[BWT]

Thanks Lloyd it’s one of my favorite knives

[Miller Bro's]

Picked this Aaron Burkinshaw up a month or so ago. Thanks for looking and any thoughts or comments!

Bill, I hate to tell you this but that blade was put into that frame

The jigged handles look like New York knife or Walden.

[BWT]

Thanks Dimitri I had no idea, but I hate it worse than you do

[Ivoryman]

Don't know age or how obscure, but I've never seen another. Pretty good bone too, like Rogers bone, but I don't know if it's old enough to be.

Elder MFG CO.
ST. LOUIS
USA

[doglegg]

Very beautiful bone Iman. I think my first view of that tang stamp.

[PigStikr]

Good looking knife...I've never seen or heard of one..someone will know about it..

[BWT]

Iman that’s a beautiful knife I checked Goins and all it says is Germany no dates or other information? Definitely obscure! Great find though, a lot better than the one I posted.

[PigStikr]

In a search Elder MFG. Co has been in clothing bussness in St. Louis since 1916

[Ridgegrass]

Houston Price says "ELDER & Co." Germany. No "Mfg Co." included, or date ??? Nice knife J.O'.