Waterville Manufacturing / Waterville Cutlery Info

[FRJ]

Here is a Waterville pearl. 3 1/16".
Nice little knife that is missing the manhole cover that the knife pried free.
Many chips out of the belly of the main blade.
Ahh, but still a sweety.

[ScoutKnives]

Double post

[ScoutKnives]

Here's a big 4" horn handle two blade jack .

[FRJ]

Great looking knife ScoutKnives.

[Beechtree]

Great looking jumbo ScoutKnives! I love buffalo horn handles.

[FRJ]

Do they get any sweeter? 2 7/8".

[gsmith7158]

Joe I can see right off that I am going to have to send one of my agents up there to investigate your knife finding tactics. Another Beauty!

[Beechtree]

Beautiful Joe, lovely shield on that one. That is a very good looking knife.

[FRJ]

Greg, if you send one of those soft en curvy ones what smell good usually she could leave with lots of information.

Thank you, Beechtree, the shield is unique.

[LongBlade]

Awesome Waterville Joe ... a real beauty all the way around - from pattern to bone to shield - great find Joe!!!

[CheckSix]

Joe,
That is a gorgeous little knife!

Here's a picture of my knife investigator. Can I send her over to your place?

I'm told she is pretty persuasive.

[FRJ]

Thanks, Lee. It's really nice to hear from you.

Thank you, Dave.

[LongBlade]

Bringing this back up top....

Here is a Waterville Wharncliffe with engraved aluminum handles and appears to be brass pins with a closed length of 3"... a nice compliment to Joe's knife above with jigged bone .. This one has CONN in the tang stamp which as noted in first part of this thread was often seen on aluminum handled knives which began to be produced in mid 1880s... nice snappy and tight knife for its age... Waterville in my opinion was no doubt one of the quality cutleries of the Naugatuck area of CT.... and one of my favorites .... I have been wanting to add a nice aluminum knife for awhile to my pile ...

[FRJ]

Waterville in my opinion was no doubt one of the quality cutleries of the Naugatuck area of CT.... and one of my favorites .... I have been wanting to add a nice aluminum knife for awhile to my pile ...

And you did add a very nice one, Lee. Good show!

[LongBlade]

Thanks Joe ....

[ratlesnake75]

Hey Guys, Here is a 4" Waterville Jumbo,,,Matchstriker pull,,,Beefy knife. Love these Waterville and All the rest of Conn made knives. They were Awesome built and made to last a lifetime
Kind Regards,
Mark

[FRJ]

Yes Sir, Mark, that is a real beauty you're showing there.
Love those big Ebony handles.

[ratlesnake75]

Hey FRJ, Many thanks buddy!!
Kind Regards,
mark

[LongBlade]

Recent score - Waterville Co Reverse Peanut Jack (3 ") - some may call it a Serpentine Jack (pending on your terminology likes)... while I originally called it a Serpentine Jack it was pointed out to me that one would call it a Reverse Peanut Jack based on size and the bolster size which is reversed from what one may call a Peanut Jack - i.e. the smaller tapered bolster in the pivot... Nice long pull on master and brass liners... Nice old hammered nickel silver pins in handle covers too.. tang stamp is the same on master and pen as seen in open blades and the tang stamp shown is exactly the same on both blades (date probably 1880-ish based on research info in starting thread by dhillbilly) - solid knife for sure ...

Thanks for looking!!

[ratlesnake75]

LongBlade, No matter what you call it,,,,Its a Sweet knife in Killer Condition. I was under the impression it was called "Small" dogleg jack??
Kind Regards,
Mark

[LongBlade]

Thanks Mark ... you know the terminology used for patterns is not in stone for many - serpentine, dogleg, peanut (which to me is just a small serpentine), reverse peanut (still not sure I understand that one but has to do with the reversed size of both ends on a small serpentine jack )... Anyway not sure there is a right answer but certainly lots of opinions and confusion especially when different companies made the same style knife but gave it different names - even whittlers ... and who knows what Waterville called this pattern - probably a small jack knife

Cheers
Lee

[galvanic1882]

Man that's a nice one great score!!!

[FRJ]

Exceptional little knife, Lee. A real survivor.

[danno50]

Very nice find, Lee, great little knife in very good condition!
Dan

[LongBlade]

Thanks Mike, Joe and Dan... much appreciated ... great addition for my collection and Waterville pile of knives ... and thanks again to Wayne (btrwtr) for selling it to me at the NCCA show - his tables had quite a few nice knives of many different makers and patterns!!!