Miller Bros. 1863-1926

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Duffer wrote:The build quality and precision fit of the various components is near perfection. Everything fits together with such exactness and works so smoothly it is just amazing and very satisfying to use!
A lovely little gem there, Lloyd. ::tu::
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Thanks Joe! Appreciate your tips on photographing pearl knives ::tu:: Slowly learning and experimenting and trying to get somewhere close to how good you are at it ::nod::
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That's very nice, thank you.
I think you took fine pictures.
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Here's a really cool Miller Bros. pen. Quite small at 2 7/8".
It doesn't know it's small.
Thanks for looking.
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That's a cool pattern Joe. ::tu::
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Nice Joe - ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Just as nice in hand as the photos ::nod:: ...
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On another role Joe. :(
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Thanks so much for the responces, guys. ::tu::
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Here's a neat little Wharncliffe fob knife. 2 1/8".

It has great walk and talk and is noticeably pitted.
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is there a Miller bros. tang stamp list here? My friend has an old horse shoeing knife that has an arched Bros. co. on the bottom and only an R left of the top arch. Looking through this thread I can't find one like it. It's been re-handled with a rib bone, so to me anyway it's seriously cool.
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Cool farrier's knife Barry. ::tu::
I had a George Wolstenholm I*XL farrier's knife that also had a rib bone handle. I have seen several different brands with the rib bone handles, I guess they are just the right shape to make the handle.
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It's not Miller Bro's.

It was made by Heller Bro's Co., The handle looks to have been repaired but original. :wink:
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Here's a nice little gents knife. All blades have half stops. 3" closed.
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Sweet Joe ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Love that light colored jigged bone...
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Thanks, Lee. ::tu::
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I found another one of these, in much better shape, here on AAPK but here's another.
7 inches closed. Patent 1,065,863 6/24/1913 Carter, Issac T., of Emmitsburg, IA - Skinning Knife (Gut Hook in Notched Handle with Hooked Blade), (made by Miller Brothers "Carter Skinning Knife")
Mine says "patent applied for" so maybe a little earlier. The Carter Skinning Knife etch is barely there. There's a nail nick for the gut hook, which is rounded near the end to not poke into entrails and sharp down in the notch.
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Beautiful knife and great score Mike ::tu:: ::tu:: ...
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Thanks Mike. This is the first i have heard of "Carter's" gut hook. I had thought the gut hook was a more recent innovation.
And attaching the hook blade to the cap (aka rear bolster) is totally unique.
Neat, something totally new to me to start my day.
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Thanks Lee and Roland. Roland, not sure how functional the gut hook is. It seems like a good idea, but then again I don't think Miller made this pattern for very long.
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Mike nice knife. Rare find.

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A unique and beautiful knife. ::tu:: 7 inches! 8)
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Thanks Joe and Harold. It is a beast.
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Nice one Mike ::tu::

Even in unused condition these have surprisingly weak snap :o the backspring is very narrow, you would think a 7" knife would have strong snap. Then again with such a sharp long blade they were probably afraid the user would take off a finger accidentally!
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Thanks Dimitri. ::tu:: Do you have any idea now long MB made them?
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I have no documentation on how long they were made, but judging from how many I have see in the last twenty years it could not have been more than a year or two.

With the one you just posted that makes around fifteen I have seen in collections and online or knife shows.
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