Robeson MasterCraft Whittler
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:56 pm
I've been limiting my knife purchases to just Terrier knives lately and have, in fact, sold a good many of my Robeson knives, but this 3 5/8" Robeson MasterCraft whittler popped up on Ebay a short while ago. I put one of those, "this is absolutely the most I'll pay" bids on it and somehow managed to win it.
It's not mint by any stretch of the imagination. It has been used slightly and has a few sharpening marks on it and several scattered pits and spiders.
It still has a lot of original luster and the "NEV-R-BIND OIL-LESS BEARINGS" etch in a flowing banner on the master clip blade.
It's pattern number is 633659. Every MasterCraft knife I've seen has a pattern number ending in the 600 range.
Master blade stamp is ROBESON / ShurEdge / ROCHESTER, which has been dated 1922 - 1939.
There is a small secondary clip blade and a pen. The pen is stamped "PATENT / APP FOR", in two lines.
The nickel-silver liners are coined.
The handles are nicely jigged brown bone with a MASTERCRAFT shield. There are no worm grooves. There are no chips or cracks.
The MasterCraft line of knives were introduced 1929.
They had a bronze "U" shaped piece affixed to the rear of the tang that bore on the inner surface of the backspring.
I have never encountered this pattern before and at 3 5/8", it is one of the largest.
Enjoy.
Photos should expand with a left click.
Charlie Noyes
It's not mint by any stretch of the imagination. It has been used slightly and has a few sharpening marks on it and several scattered pits and spiders.
It still has a lot of original luster and the "NEV-R-BIND OIL-LESS BEARINGS" etch in a flowing banner on the master clip blade.
It's pattern number is 633659. Every MasterCraft knife I've seen has a pattern number ending in the 600 range.
Master blade stamp is ROBESON / ShurEdge / ROCHESTER, which has been dated 1922 - 1939.
There is a small secondary clip blade and a pen. The pen is stamped "PATENT / APP FOR", in two lines.
The nickel-silver liners are coined.
The handles are nicely jigged brown bone with a MASTERCRAFT shield. There are no worm grooves. There are no chips or cracks.
The MasterCraft line of knives were introduced 1929.
They had a bronze "U" shaped piece affixed to the rear of the tang that bore on the inner surface of the backspring.
I have never encountered this pattern before and at 3 5/8", it is one of the largest.
Enjoy.
Photos should expand with a left click.
Charlie Noyes