Robeson Pocket Eze

[stockman]

3 7/8" two blade punch jack Pat. Apr.25-05 pattern # 422438 With a big75 below pattern
number. What does the 75 mean? Pictures not to good best I could get. This is a friends
knife.

Thanks Stockman

[RobesonsRme.com]

Apparently authentic and very nice.

I have never to my knowledge seen a 438 pattern knife. One should assume that the 438 was available as a two blade jack and a three blade stockman.

Suffixes appended to the pattern number on Robeson knives are common.

Unfortunately, no one has ever published data relating what they mean.

Generally, they indicate a departure from the usual pattern configuration.

I have seen "25", "50", "75", "100", "125" "150" and "200".

Also, "1/4", "1/2", "1-4" and "1-2", but I think the second two are meer repeats of the first two.

I suspect your 438 serpentine jack was most often produced with that nice sabre-cut clip and a secondary pen blade.

I'd bet that punch, which looks a little short, was a departure from the norm, hence the "75" suffix to the pattern number.

Charlie Noyes

[stockman]

Thanks Charlie this friend that ownes the knife is crazy
about knife history and could not find anything on the
"75" He likes anything cattle or cowboy related. He is
a real live cowboy, has made his living doing so for
around 40 years.

Again Thanks
Stockman