Miller Bros. 1863-1926

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Re: Miller Bros. 1863-1926

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Very knice, Roger.
Trips a couple of my triggers !
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Thanks Chris.
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peanut740 wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:36 pm 3 5/8" Miller Brothers cattle knife.Check out the pulls on the sheepsfoot blade.
The finest kind, Roger, the finest kind.
Those round equal ends with that beautiful ebony and oh, those blades, wow!
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Quite a find!!! A real beauty, Roger. ::tu:: ::tu::

A somewhat unrelated question........can MB knives be dated in any way by whether they used screws or pins?
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Waukonda wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 11:46 pm Quite a find!!! A real beauty, Roger. ::tu:: ::tu::

A somewhat unrelated question........can MB knives be dated in any way by whether they used screws or pins?
I don't believe so.Dimitri would be a better person to ask.
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Heck of a knife there Roger. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Several great knives guys.
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A couple of MB pearls, 3 diff tang stamps present....
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Interesting and very nice knives Ike ::tu:: ::tu::
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Well, I finally found a Miller Bros that wasn't too far gone for a decent price
This one has some mileage on it and was found with several other users that were rusted away...
Here's a couple of before pictures and then some after being lightly cleaned up with no buffing and polishing... I like them to show their age ::nod::
There's a etching that is very difficult to photograph, it's very faint but it's there
Thanks for letting me show it here
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Good job Randy ::tu:: ::tu:: I really like the knife!!
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Gone2Three wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:59 pm Well, I finally found a Miller Bros that wasn't too far gone for a decent price
This one has some mileage on it and was found with several other users that were rusted away...
Here's a couple of before pictures and then some after being lightly cleaned up with no buffing and polishing... I like them to show their age ::nod::
There's a etching that is very difficult to photograph, it's very faint but it's there
Thanks for letting me show it here
Randy
Nice old knife, you made it quite presentable! ::tu::
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BWT wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:10 pm Good job Randy ::tu:: ::tu:: I really like the knife!!
Appreciate that Bill ::handshake::
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Waukonda wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:26 pm
Gone2Three wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:59 pm Well, I finally found a Miller Bros that wasn't too far gone for a decent price
This one has some mileage on it and was found with several other users that were rusted away...
Here's a couple of before pictures and then some after being lightly cleaned up with no buffing and polishing... I like them to show their age ::nod::
There's a etching that is very difficult to photograph, it's very faint but it's there
Thanks for letting me show it here
Randy
Nice old knife, you made it quite presentable! ::tu::
Thank you Ike ::handshake::
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Great work in honoring the earned patina and not giving it the old polish and buffing routine we see so often! I like it ::tu::
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Duffer wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:54 pm Great work in honoring the earned patina and not giving it the old polish and buffing routine we see so often! I like it ::tu::
Thanks Lloyd, I'm really happy with the way it turned out
Boy if this old knife could talk... the stories it would tell

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Gone2Three wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:59 pm Well.....
Randy, ::tu:: ::tu::
Nice find, G@@D job! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Gone2Three wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:59 pm This one has some mileage on it
Randy

Well, you have already treated it better than the previous owner.

Nice clean up job.
That's a real nice knife, but you already know that.
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:00 pm
Gone2Three wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:59 pm Well.....
Randy, ::tu:: ::tu::
Nice find, G@@D job! ::tu:: ::tu::
Thanks Skip! 🍻 ::handshake::
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FRJ wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:32 pm
Gone2Three wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:59 pm This one has some mileage on it
Randy

Well, you have already treated it better than the previous owner.

Nice clean up job.
That's a real nice knife, but you already know that.
Thank you Joe, I feel lucky to have found it ::handshake::

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Waukonda wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:26 pm
Gone2Three wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:59 pm Well, I finally found a Miller Bros that wasn't too far gone for a decent price
This one has some mileage on it and was found with several other users that were rusted away...
Here's a couple of before pictures and then some after being lightly cleaned up with no buffing and polishing... I like them to show their age ::nod::
There's a etching that is very difficult to photograph, it's very faint but it's there
Thanks for letting me show it here
Randy
Nice old knife, you made it quite presentable! ::tu::
Amen.

Gone2Three has restored a neglected quality knife to respectability without, as is all too often done, tastelessly (and arguably, deceptively) attempting it to make it look unused.

Gone2 Three: What is the closed length of the knife?

Great series of photos, too, depicts the story of the clean-up, detritus included, frame by frame.
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stumpstalker wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:57 pm
Waukonda wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:26 pm
Gone2Three wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:59 pm Well, I finally found a Miller Bros that wasn't too far gone for a decent price
This one has some mileage on it and was found with several other users that were rusted away...
Here's a couple of before pictures and then some after being lightly cleaned up with no buffing and polishing... I like them to show their age ::nod::
There's a etching that is very difficult to photograph, it's very faint but it's there
Thanks for letting me show it here
Randy
Nice old knife, you made it quite presentable! ::tu::
Amen.

Gone2Three has restored a neglected quality knife to respectability without, as is all too often done, tastelessly (and arguably, deceptively) attempting it to make it look unused.

Gone2 Three: What is the closed length of the knife?

Great series of photos, too, depicts the story of the clean-up, detritus included, frame by frame.
Thank you Stumpstalker, this old knife needed to look the part after it's cleaning...
It measures 3 5/8" closed ::handshake::
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Re: Miller Bros. 1863-1926

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Picked up this Miller Brothers dogleg recently. 3 ¾ closed.
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Re: Miller Bros. 1863-1926

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Mike, that is a handful. Wonderful old knife in great shape.
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Sweet! ::tu:: ::tu:: J.O'.
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