Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives

thegreedygulo · Post by **thegreedygulo** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:41 am

Three more old ebony handled H. Bokers.

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:27 am

That is a good looking group, Greedy!

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:45 am

knifegirl888 wrote:Oops... I just noticed this thread refers to Jacks. Please forgive me for posting the others.

Kathy, anything goes in this thread, as long as it has Ebony handles

Greedy, that Ebony handle Boker hunting knife is awesome

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:19 am

Greedy, it's no wonder I never see any good H.Bokers, you already have them all!

thegreedygulo · Post by **thegreedygulo** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:22 pm

MRB & kg888: Thank you. I've always thought ebony handles were underrated & overlooked by a lot of collectors as a handle material; it's always been a favorite of mine. Hopefully, there will be a bunch more pictures posted by others.

galvanic1882 · Post by **galvanic1882** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:48 pm

Here are mine, the knives that have been posted are great!!! Man I love this Boker's!!

From the left, Foster Bros & Chatillion Co, this is the only knife I have ever seen marked this way, Cattaraugus Gunstock, Etched Robeson, etched Robeson salesamn's knife, WH Sample Albany NY another hard to find mark, Carrier Cutlery salesman's knife, Sherwood NY I have only seen 3 knives with this early Camillus mark. Bottom knife is a Maher Grosh etched Moose.

Iron Hoarder · Post by **Iron Hoarder** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:05 pm

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:29 pm

Mike,

What a classy bunch of knives!!

thegreedygulo · Post by **thegreedygulo** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:24 pm

galvanic1882: Those are all killers!

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:19 pm

Michael, that's a stunningly beautiful group of knives.

Charlie Noyes

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:29 pm

As MB has opened the thread to knives other than jacks, here's my best ebony handled
Robeson.

It's a 4 1/4" sleeveboard, heavy Anglo-Saxon whittler made in the early to mid 1890's
for Robeson, possibly at the Sherwood - Bingham cutlery works in Camillus, N.Y.

There has been speculation that it's an unmarked German import.

I, personally, do not know.

It's a hefty handful of whittler, though.

The large master spear is stamped, ROBESON / CUTLERY Co.

All three blades have "PREMIER" stamped on one side of the tangs.

It was cleaned a bit before I acquired it.

Charlie Noyes

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:36 pm

paulsvintage · Post by **paulsvintage** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:41 pm

thats a beauty Charlie.......

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:47 pm

Some useful information on Ebony wood:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebony

As a result of unsustainable harvesting, many species yielding ebony are now considered threatened. Africa in particular has had most of its indigenous ebony cut down illegally, and for this reason it has become common for street traders to blacken lighter woods with shoe polish in an effort to make a sale.

Such a shame

Owd Wullie · Post by **Owd Wullie** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:15 am

WOW Charlie!!

Now THAT'S a KNIFE!!!

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:24 am

Charlie,

That knife just makes ya want to

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:50 am

Thanks everybody. It is a dandy.

It's almost as big around as a quarter.

Charlie

thegreedygulo · Post by **thegreedygulo** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:46 am

EXCEPTIONAL knife Charlie!!

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:03 am

Great knives here.
Charlie, fabulous knife, fabulous bolsters.

Paul M · Post by **Paul M** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:11 pm

Here are my Old Ebony handled knives:
A Pair of Ulsters
Hartford
Old 4 Line Camillus
Walden Knife Co.

Iron Hoarder · Post by **Iron Hoarder** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:19 pm

That is one spectacular Robeson whittler. I sincerely doubt that it's German unless someone went over there and made sure they didn't do any of those things that make German knives announce themselves when you look at them. It just doesn't speak in German to me.

The rest of those knives are great too folks.

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:04 pm

Here's mine. I guess I must have fell in like with these things at some point.
I didn't realize I had so many.

Left to right:
Savoy, Germany
Northfield
Valley Forge
N.Y. Hammer
Henry Wilton, Germany
Keen Kutter
XLCR
Wedgway
Lawton, Chicago
Waterville
Cattaraugus
American Knife, Plymouth
Miller Bros.
Challenge
Plymouth Knife Co.
Next 5
Waterville
Holly
Union
Melrose
Southington
Last 2
No name
Wright & Wilhelmy Co.

galvanic1882 · Post by **galvanic1882** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:11 pm

Charlie that is one fantastic knife!!!!

knifegirl888 · Post by **knifegirl888** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:11 pm

Joe,

Sweet picture and there are some terrific names on your list!

Kathy

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:28 pm

Thank you, Kathy.
I like these Ebony handled knives. They are usually old and therefore have an interesting history and they are usually built like a tank. Also, unfortunatly, the blades have often been put to a grinder.
I wish I could have put up better pictures. I'm pressed for time these days.

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