Humason & Beckley Mfg. Co

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Very nice old knife, Lee! ::tu:: Like you pointed out, amazing match between the handles.
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Thanks Dan ::tu:: ::tu:: ...
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Nice ones fellas.

Joe ,I would like to have this H&B farmers jack in this catalog cut.
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I picked up a couple of H&B knives this week.
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Lovely old H&B's Keith, thanks for sharing them!
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Thanks Tom. The jack knife is obviously heavily cleaned bit the whaler knife looks to have very minimal use. They came in a group of Remington knives i bought. Been fun reading threw this thread about these knives.
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Super knives Keith ::tu:: ::tu:: ... that New England Whaler is awesome!!!
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Thanks Lee. What do you think the handles are. I want to say horn but I haven't seen enough horn to say that.
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Definitely horn Keith - and very cool!!!
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Hey Guys, thought I would post my H&B Stag Lockback for us to look at
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Hey Guys, And now its Clip Blade twin brother, LMAO
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Hey Keith, That is some KILLER STAG on the H&B,,,,LOVE IT Bro
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espn77 wrote:Thanks Lee. What do you think the handles are. I want to say horn but I haven't seen enough horn to say that.
100% horn!
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Beautiful knives, espn77 and Mark! ::tu:: I especially like the horn handled jack.
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Beautiful old knives guys! I lucked into this H&B 3 3/4" jack the other day. Pretty decent shape considering the age, I'm not sure what the handle material is, maybe horn? If it's wood I have no idea what type.
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Great find, and an fine example of the cutler's art!

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Beauty of a H&B jack John ::tu:: ::tu:: ... looks like horn to me as well.... cool find!!
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Ken, Lee, thank you for the comments. This is the first H&B I've been able to find, based on this example they seem to be very high quality knives.
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Very nice knife, John. ::tu:: I like the bar shield and the matchstrike long pulls. Nice looking handle material, whatever it is. I personally think wood, however, if someone with your experience is unsure I think my 2 cents worth is worth just about that.
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I have a question about these "Bar Shields".
To ME they actually look like a match strike, yet the long zig-zag type nail nicks are referred to as "match strikes"

Is there a reason that so many old knives all share these "bar shields, and they are not used for or called a match strike?

Beyond that I have to say that those scales look like beautifully clean/clear buffalo horn. Great knife!
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americanedgetech wrote:I have a question about these "Bar Shields".
To ME they actually look like a match strike, yet the long zig-zag type nail nicks are referred to as "match strikes"

Is there a reason that so many old knives all share these "bar shields, and they are not used for or called a match strike!
The bar shields I have seen are smooth polished nickel silver - would be difficult to strike a match on them. As for the so called "match striker pulls", I don't believe those were intended for use as match strikers either. That's just what they're usually called. I'm sure any folks that disagree with me will be posting soon! :lol:

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Thanks Ken
That is why I asked. ::tu::
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After reading Ken's comment I took a closer look at the cover and changed my mind. When magnified, they definitely appear to be horn.
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Thanks Dan, I am now convinced it's horn and it does show some similarities to the horn on the whaler that Keith posted on the previous page.
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Mammoth Hunter H&B , Had a pic in a book and cannot for the life of me Find it again , ::paranoid:: K.C.
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