Vintage Mother Of Pearl (MOP) Knives

[johnnierotten]

Thats nice ,Joe.

[Miller Bro's]

A nice old Miller knife Joe glad you got it

[FRJ]

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

Dimitri, can you tell by the stamp how old this knife is?
The screws must date it somehow, no?

[PA Knives]

Four line Camillus whittler.

I like it, but not PA related so off to the Bay. Thought you guys might enjoy seeing her though. Some sweet pearl on this lovely lady.

[dcgm4]

Very nice Camillus.

[FRJ]

Beautiful knife, David. When will it go on the bay?

[paulsvintage]

very nice ! 4 lines are getting very rare

[thegreedygulo]

Here's a few of mine.

[knifegirl888]

I love the shields on these!

[Miller Bro's]

Beautiful old Bokers

Here are a few more I picked up.

[gino]

The first group is all vintage


The second group has a-
Newer Case 1/2 whittler (08)
Case XX 40-64
Vintage Gilbert Saville
Queen #4 & #6 (70's)
Gerber silver knight (early 80's)

[Beechtree]

Here is a nice little HOLLEY LAKE VILLE picked up the other day. It looks to have been used only lightly and/or once sharped with a steel. Note the presence of two years growth of nacre that the cutler left on the front scale. When I first glanced at it I wondered why but then I noticed the color. Surely the sign of a master cutler, to leave what at first glance looks as an imperfection, but upon further examination is what actually makes the knife unique.

[garddogg56]

just picked up this MOP congress and cleaned up the tangs and I'm confused on the main tang it says MELBORNE/WORKS/SHEFFIELD on an inner blade it says ISAC/BARNES+SONS/SUFFOLK Is this a blade replacement or the way they did it ???

[slimpickins]

garddogg56, Tweedsdale says Isaac Barnes &Co/Sons was at Melbourne Works, Suffolk Street in 1860's. Slim.

[garddogg56]

Thank you Slim thats a great help

[paulsvintage]

great knives guys one more to keep this thread going
one small mop Griffon Cutlery -- had a old bill head

[Beechtree]

Nice little Griffon paulsvintage, the rounded shape is very pretty, quite dainty looking.

[paulsvintage]

Nice little Griffon paulsvintage, the rounded shape is very pretty, quite dainty looking.

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[thegreedygulo]

Here's on that qualifies. R & H Boker's Improved Cutlery circa. 1848-1869. It pre-dates the tree stamps.

[wazu013]

This was in the bottom of a cigar box that was filled with old beauty supplies and nail clippers at the flea mkt yesterday.
wazu013
I forgot to mention it was a $1.75 deal.

[RobesonsRme.com]

That R&H Boker is one fantastic knife.

I must say, though, that tang mark is a new one to me.

Charlie Noyes

[knife-nut]

That is the nicest boker I,ve ever seen. WOW!!

[thegreedygulo]

Thanks guys.

Charlie: The tang stamp is an OLD one. According to John Goins' book, it is circa. 1848 - 1869 while Mark Zalesky's Boker article in Knife World dates it at 1860 - 1865. There are no tree stamps anywhere on the knife. Boker started using tree stamps in 1867.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Greedy, that is one of the finest old knives I've ever seen, from any manufacturer.

Superb.

And, I had already checked Goins for that stamp.

Where has that knife been for the past one-hundred-forty years, or so?

Charlie Noyes

[cato]

YES VERY NICE, YOU HAVE BY FAR THE BEST BOKERS IVE EVER SEEN

I'LL POST THIS CRANE