Miller Brothers knife

[croesus]

Hello:

Got this in trade recently. Can anyone give me some information about it? I was told it's a good knife, and I trust the guy I got it from:

[Miller Bro's]

to AAPK!

It is a real good knife! It is a gravity knife made for the U.S. Navy, most of them during the Spanish American war era.


Let me know if you want to sell it

[Beechtree]

Thats a sweeeeeet knife croesus!
Welcome

[prairiedog]

wow. welcome to aapk

prairiedog

[croesus]

Thank you everybody! If I could ask, what makes this knife so special? I figured it was military, but is it super-rare, or particularly valuable? I have a few neat knives, which I'll post more pictures of as I get the time to dig them out!

Jim

[Beechtree]

Greetings Jim,
Your knife is special for number reasons. Firstly, it is an early type of gravity knife. I do believe the mechanism used was the first patent awarded in the U.S. for an automatic knife, although not for this particular model. In addition, it was made by a company who produced some of the finest quality knives of their time. Also, this particular model has a military connection with the U.S Navy of the 1890's which attracts quite a lot of collectors. Therefore, it is interesting historically as well as being beautifully made. It is both rare and valuable. Thanks for posting it. It is fun to see here on AAPK. If you want more information, there is a fantastic article by Mark Zalesky regarding the Miller Brothers gravity knife from the July, 2006 issue of Knife World. Also I'm sure there are some avid switch blade and automatic knife collectors on this site who can provide some more insight.
Cheers,

[RobesonsRme.com]

May be the best introductory post ever.

Very Nice Knife.

Charlie Noyes