Mastercraft

The first Robeson knives were imported by Millard Robeson from England and Germany exclusively. This continued from 1979 until 1896 when Robeson began manufacturing knives in the United States. Since inception, the company has gone through several reorganizations & eventually ended up as a Queen Cutlery brand.
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Robeson Mastercraft 623653.
Coined liners.
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What a lovely knife! Great find. ::nod::
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doglegg wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 3:38 am What a lovely knife! Great find. ::nod::
Thanks dog.
Another flea market find.
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Very nice jack, David.
The small cap and the easy access to the pen give it a certain elegance; and that bone.
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FRJ wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 5:46 am Very nice jack, David.
The small cap and the easy access to the pen give it a certain elegance; and that bone.
Thanks Joe.
I sure love the Robeson bone.
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edge213 wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 6:03 am Thanks Joe.
I sure love the Robeson bone.
Yes, Robeson put some very nice bone on their knives.
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David, what does “coined liners” mean and look like?
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Sharpnshinyknives wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 12:04 pm David, what does “coined liners” mean and look like?
The edge of the liners have been machined like the edge of a coin. I know that's a bad description.
I will try to post some pictures in a little bit.
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Sharpnshinyknives wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 12:04 pm David, what does “coined liners” mean and look like?
I take all the pictures using my tablet, so the quality is not the best.
The coined edges on the Mastercraft don't show up very well, so I included pictures of an Imperial and a HSB&Co.
I think you can see what I mean.
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edge213 wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 5:57 pm
Sharpnshinyknives wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 12:04 pm David, what does “coined liners” mean and look like?
I take all the pictures using my tablet, so the quality is not the best.
The coined edges on the Mastercraft don't show up very well, so I included pictures of an Imperial and a HSB&Co.
I think you can see what I mean.
Thank you David. I have seen that before, just didn’t know what it was called. I see where the name came from. It’s very attractive on a knife.
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Great looking Robeson, David. I have a Mastercraft I bought off of Charlie but it's a Queen Cut Co, Titusville, PA modern knife.
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Sharpnshinyknives wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:38 pm
edge213 wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 5:57 pm
Sharpnshinyknives wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 12:04 pm David, what does “coined liners” mean and look like?
I take all the pictures using my tablet, so the quality is not the best.
The coined edges on the Mastercraft don't show up very well, so I included pictures of an Imperial and a HSB&Co.
I think you can see what I mean.
Thank you David. I have seen that before, just didn’t know what it was called. I see where the name came from. It’s very attractive on a knife.

You're welcome Mark. I find them attractive also.
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1967redrider wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:14 pm Great looking Robeson, David. I have a Mastercraft I bought off of Charlie but it's a Queen Cut Co, Titusville, PA modern knife.
I have a few of the Queen made Robesons.
I sure like the old ones more.
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I agree David. The old ones have soul ::nod:: !

Nice OLD Mastercrafts ::tu::
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I like the OP knife.
Looks hefty.
Do the blades open and close in a smooth manner.

Assuming I am the “Charlie” referred to above, I do not think I have ever owned nor sold a Queen made MasterCraft knife.

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Here's the knife, Charlie, and believe it or not I still have the PM. Like I posted though, it's made by Queen not Robeson, and I think that's why you were selling it.
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RobesonsRme.com wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:06 pm I like the OP knife.
Looks hefty.
Do the blades open and close in a smooth manner.

Assuming I am the “Charlie” referred to above, I do not think I have ever owned nor sold a Queen made MasterCraft knife.

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Charlie, the main blade has a little issue.
The secondary is fine.
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Only MASTERCRAFT I have. 3""Peanut" Pattern# 823646 .Main blade stamped: ROBESON SHUR-EDGE over Rochester
Secondary blade half-moon stamped: ROBESON U.S.A. "coined" iron, liners, smooth black composite. J.O'.
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By the way, that Peanut has three distinct stops, 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 on the main blade. Never seen that before ??? Anybody ? J.O'.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:38 pm By the way, that Peanut has three distinct stops, 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 on the main blade. Never seen that before ??? Anybody ? J.O'.
Robeson Mastercraft knives had a bronze bearing on the tang of the blade. Some of these fell off resulting in the 3 stops.
Robeson changed to Permalube, putting the bronze bearing on the spring.

There is a thread on here somewhere where Charlie explains this much better.
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Thanks EDGE. The tang appears to have 3 "flats" ground along its edge, I get the use of half stops, especially on opposite pens on a single spring, but I'm puzzled by 1/4 and 3/4 open positions . Great for photos though.
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Like he said above, your knife has lost its bronze bearing, leaving the tree little dovetail indentions that held it in place to catch on the backspring, resulting in the three stops you described.

It’s abnormal. The knife was not manufactured to have three stops, but to open smoothly on the now missing bronze bearing.

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