Old Advertising & Premium Knives

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peanut740 wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 10:59 pm MB that is a dandy! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Waukonda wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 2:57 am
That is a real beauty, and "matched for symphonic tone"!!!!
Great piece all around!
Thanks, the advertising is great!
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 5:39 am
Good looking Remington, Dimitri. ::tu:: ::tu::
Thanks Skip ::handshake::
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Not sure why I've never posted anything here before. Here's one that I have...never heard of the maker before.
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Here's another Dirlam, Like you, only one I've ever seen.Nice knives. O'.
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Here is a mid sized circle Remington advertising knife. No model number as standard with premium give away knives. The advertising is almost invisible and was merely stamped into the scales. On one side is stamped "MIDNITE EXPRESS". On the reverse side the stamping is mostly worn away with the following,"--------1940------". Hoping someone here has a similar knife that has visible writings.
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I took a chance and bought this advertising pocket knife. When I found it, I immediately thought that it might be a tang stamped, "W & H" (Whitehead & Hoag), advertising pocket knife. A tang stamped "W & H" advertising pocket knife, that had a body pattern or style that I had not yet seen. The blades were almost black, so I could NOT tell if there actually was a tang stamp or tang stamps. I did NOT want to ask the seller to check, because I did NOT want the seller to possibly ruin any remaining, full or partial, tang stamp or tang stamps. Well.....

Yesterday morning, my visit to the post office produced this advertising pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my general, advertising, pocket knife accumulation. It is a F. H. NOBLE & CO, two blades, two tang stamps, 3 1/8" closed, all metal, one spring, advertising, pocket knife. Both tang stamps, are the curved or arched style. The main blade front tang stamp says, "F. H. NOBLE (over) & CO (over) CHICAGO ILL" The secondary blade front tang stamp also says, "F. H. NOBLE (over) & CO (over) CHICAGO ILL" The main handle side says nothing, it is blank. But, it does have on the right side, a logo or symbol with the letters, "C T A" inside a circle that is divided into thirds. The other handle side says, "CHICAGO TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION" The main blade does have a WEAK half stop. The main blade does have an OK opening snap. The main blade does have a GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade does have a GOOD half stop. The secondary blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The secondary blade does have a GOOD closing snap. It appears that, like the WHITEHEAD & HOAG COMPANY, F. H. NOBLE & CO was also an advertising company. I do NOT know if F. H. NOBLE & CO manufactured ANY of their own products or if they contracted out for all or some of their products. I am 99.999% positive that F. H. NOBLE & CO did NOT manufacture their own pocket knives. So, what knife or cutlery company manufactured this pocket knife for F. H. NOBLE & CO? I do NOT know, but it could very well have been made by a knife or cutlery company that also manufactured pocket knives for WHITEHEAD & HOAG. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife DEFINITELY NEEDED some cleaning, ESPECIALLY the blades. I took some pictures and here it is.
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Just doing a simple, basic, Google search, did NOT provide much information regarding the history of F. H. NOBLE & COMPANY. There were/are some F. H. NOBLE & CO marked items available to look at. The VERY LAST picture posted
below features two of the F. H. NOBLE & CO marked items. They are NOT my items. They are NOT my pictures.
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The Main Blade Front Tang Stamp.
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Two Of F. H. NOBLE &amp; CO Items.<br />NOT My Item(s). NOT My Picture(s).
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Great find Skip!
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Here's my latest one........
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Miller Bro's wrote: Thu May 29, 2025 6:47 am Great.....
Thank you, Dimitri.🍻

Miller Bro's wrote: Thu May 29, 2025 6:53 am Here's.....
Dimitri, a NICE pocket knife, and a DELICIOUS product. ::tu:: ::tu::
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