Homage to Traditional Pen Knives

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:21 am

Pens are very under represented in my collection, probably have 5 or less. Just so happens that 3 of them are stag, a Valley Forge, a Joseph Rodgers and a very slim Wade&Butcher whittler.

Duffer · Post by **Duffer** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:04 pm

John, you got three good ones to be underrepresented with

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LongBlade · Post by **LongBlade** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:12 pm

Ditto Lloyd’s comment

... also can’t beat a pen or whittler with stag John

woodwalker · Post by **woodwalker** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:34 pm

JohnR wrote:Pens are very under represented in my collection, probably have 5 or less. Just so happens that 3 of them are stag, a Valley Forge, a Joseph Rodgers and a very slim Wade&Butcher whittler.

Beautiful!!

doglegg · Post by **doglegg** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:32 am

JohnR, I usually don't favor pen knives but those 3 might change my mind, especially that whittler.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:59 am

Thank you all for the comments, appreciated.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:56 pm

Added 3 more in the last few weeks, a Joseph Rodgers in stag, a W. Bingham cracked ice and a Hibbard Spencer&Bartlett with an unusual High School Store etch.

danno50 · Post by **danno50** » Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:25 am

Nice finds, John, especially the Joseph Rodgers!

doglegg · Post by **doglegg** » Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:44 am

Amen to what Dan said.

BWT · Post by **BWT** » Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:41 pm

Very nice John, the Joseph Rodgers is really nice

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Sun Aug 18, 2019 2:55 pm

: Bontgen & Sabin Germany

New_Windsor_NY · Post by **New_Windsor_NY** » Sun Aug 18, 2019 3:08 pm

The only one I have, it was my father's.
The tang stamp says EAGLE over PHILA.

LongBlade · Post by **LongBlade** » Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:54 pm

Lots of nice pen knives Jerry, John and Skip

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OLDE CUTLER · Post by **OLDE CUTLER** » Tue Oct 08, 2019 9:37 pm

I picked up this 2 3/4" MOP pen knife recently for $1. The tang stamp is "Germania Cutl Works Germany". Goins lists this as 1896-1938. The MOP is intact with a couple of cracks and the blades look to be chrome plated with rust taking some of the chrome. Still an interesting old MOP pen.

LongBlade · Post by **LongBlade** » Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:58 pm

A few pens to wake up this thread...

J Copley & Sons Sheffield - Nice ivory pen at 3"... Copley was a pen and pocket knife maker but was especially well known for Bowies in mid 1800s...

I like how the same stamp was "squeezed" on to the pen blade

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and an Empire jigged bone pen at 3 & 1/16" -

TPK · Post by **TPK** » Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:24 pm

This is a great thread! I really like pen knives!

Had to make a post here so I can find this again. Can't wait to go through it page by page!

Nice Empire you got there LongBlade!

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 1:58 am

Uh huh, I thought I might find you in here.

And showing some more of your beautiful knives.
A very nice pair of knives.
Good show, Lee.

LongBlade · Post by **LongBlade** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 1:59 pm

Thanks TPK and Joe

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danno50 · Post by **danno50** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:55 pm

Nice Bontgen & Sabin, Jerry!

Lovely Eagle shadow pattern, Skip!

Two great pen knives, Lee!

I am especially partial to the J. Copley & Sons!
Great pickup on the Germania, Dan!

Sure would not get a nice knife like that for $1 here where I live.

wlf · Post by **wlf** » Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:12 pm

Nice knives John, Jerry , Skip, Dan and Lee.

bladecollectorr · Post by **bladecollectorr** » Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:05 pm

I too love the little pen knives. Great show of them here! I've posted a lot of these in more detail elsewhere. These are some groups I arranged.

Schrade eye-candy with one NYKC interloper.

A couple Sears Craftsman not in the above mix. First one is an attractive mystery-maker STA-SHARP 9493 @ 2-3/4" closed. The second is a Schrade.

LongBlade · Post by **LongBlade** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:32 am

Nice groups bladecollectorr

... Thanks for sharing them!

TPK · Post by **TPK** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:36 am

Great knives bladecollectorr! Especially that last one.

OLDE CUTLER · Post by **OLDE CUTLER** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:00 am

I picked up this old Utica sleeve board pen for a few bucks recently. The plastic handle material is not the best, but for now I will sharpen it up and EDC it. It may need new scales in the future.

kootenay joe · Post by **kootenay joe** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:22 am

Bernard Levine has said that the older Utica knives with the arched stamping, like this one, are very well made knives. I like this big sleeveboard pattern.
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