Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:32 am

Nice One!!

Charlie

wlf · Post by **wlf** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:50 am

Beautiful old Ulster Dimitri.They made some exceptional knives. I like ebony.

danno50 · Post by **danno50** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:37 am

MB, very nice

Dan

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:57 pm

Thank you Charlie, Lyle & Dan!

Hard to beat Ebony handles on an old knife

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:41 pm

Here's a couple of recent Ebay items I posted in the Robeson Brand Specific thread, but as they both have ebony handles, I'll drop a shot or two of them here, too.

Charlie

wlf · Post by **wlf** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:02 pm

Sorry I missed that one Cates,that's a wonderful ebony Empire.

I really like that whittler Charlie ,that's for posting them.

danno50 · Post by **danno50** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 3:36 am

Hard to beat Ebony handles on an old knife

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Have to agree with you on that.

Charlie, I still can't believe the deal someone got on that Robeson jack!

Dan

danno50 · Post by **danno50** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:37 pm

Here is a Naugatuck jack I just got.
Dan

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:16 pm

I like that Dan!

Salernoslim · Post by **Salernoslim** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:22 am

Awesome knife dan. I love it!

wlf · Post by **wlf** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:46 am

Great knife Dan,obscure stamp I would think?

danno50 · Post by **danno50** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:36 am

Thanks Dale, Robert and Lyle. Goins calls Naugatuck "one of the lesser cutlery concerns founded in Naugatuck, CT". In operation from 1872 to 1891. So I guess it could be considered somewhat of an obscure stamp?
Dan

thegreedygulo · Post by **thegreedygulo** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 1:18 am

H. Boker & Co.'s Improved Cutlery.

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 2:37 pm

For a working man`s knife that Boker has a lot of class!

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 3:06 pm

That is a fine looking knife.

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 5:40 pm

Here are two that I may or may not have posted before.The KK I just dug out and cleaned up a bit to EDC.Looks like a German made one by the steel pin.Blades aree pretty well sharpened and snap like a bear trap.The Fletcher Hardware knife was right beside it so that came out for a cleaning as well.Sorry for the bad pics;my camera batteries were going south.
A couple of curious things about these knives:
The KK has a small piece of back spring missing on the rear outside but it doesn;t seem to affect the operation of the knife.Looks like the heat treating might have been flawed and it broke when the knife was being assembled.
The Fletcher knife has a diamond stamped into the rear of the tang on the master blade and I'm wondering if this may have indicated a contract knife for whomever made the knife for them.Anyone ever seen this on a blade before?

wiseguy · Post by **wiseguy** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:07 pm

Season Greatings all ..

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:08 pm

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:17 pm

Wiseguy, your always coming up with somthing like that!!!

How do you do it?

K7K, that Fletcher Hdw. with the diamond sure is a new one to me - no doubt it came from the factory that way. Mr.Goin`s makes no mention of it. Wonder who it was made by? The swedge running all the way across the top of the nick reminds me of Catt but the angle of the tang on the pen blade looks more like NYKC - but the pull on the main is not consistant with the long pull NYKC is known for.

I am no where near being able to read a knife the way you and MB can. Can ya ponder a guess?
Great stuff!

Joe

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:45 pm

Joe Dirt wrote:Wiseguy, your always coming up with somthing like that!!! How do you do it?

K7K, that Fletcher Hdw. with the diamond sure is a new one to me - no doubt it came from the factory that way. Mr.Goin`s makes no mention of it. Wonder who it was made by? The swedge running all the way across the top of the nick reminds me of Catt but the angle of the tang on the pen blade looks more like NYKC - but the pull on the main is not consistant with the long pull NYKC is known for.

I am no where near being able to read a knife the way you and MB can. Can ya ponder a guess?
Great stuff!

Joe

Joe:It looks a bit like a straight line Remington that I have construction wise.The time frame doesn't really fit though;the Remington is post 1933 and I think the Fletcher is much earlier.
The diamond might possibly indicate manufacture by Russell.The time line is right and I have a couple of Russells with similar scales and construction although they are pruners and not jacks.I also don't know if Russell ever made contract knives.
For the time being the mystery will remain just that.

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:24 pm

It`s been quite a while since I found a nice Ebony handle knife, this one fits the bill.

Checkered Ebony handles.

wlf · Post by **wlf** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:15 am

I'd say,love that knife!

Checkering still looks crisp.What's your opinion on why most have grooved (rat tail) bolsters?

thegreedygulo · Post by **thegreedygulo** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:29 pm

Very nice MRB.

danno50 · Post by **danno50** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:42 pm

Very nice knives posted greedy, Ray and wiseguy.

That Miller Bros gravity knife must be a rare one? MB, love those checkered ebony handles.

Dan

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:29 pm

I really like this thread and it seems to just keep on going. It's not likely to die or go into long-term obscurity, as there are still a wealth of ebony handled knives out there.

Charlie

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