Old Knives with Rare Tang Stamps

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Joe,
I have a Lawton Cutlery knife. Goins says 1890-95 in Chicago. They were importers and jobbers. Doubt that many are around and I don't know who made mine ::shrug::

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Real nice oldies there Joe and Tom!

Know nothing other than CASE knives but I really do appreciate ANY knives that are real old as I like old things that have survived the years/ages.

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Thank you, Jerry. I like old stuff too.
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Here is a Case Brothers & Co, Gowanda, NY and two Little Valley Knife Ass. knives. I am posting both of the Little Valley Ass knives to show that they have different tang stamps. They have been lightly used and possibly sharpened. :lol:


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Nice stuff!

Here are a few :)
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It's great to see those stamps, Tom. A real heads up. Thanks for showing them.
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Thanks, Joe, the two ebony knives are used up but I still like them.

Dimitri,
Super examples of the rarer of the rare as well as old.. Thanks for posting those. ::tu::

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Dimitri, I'm sure glad you showed those knives. They are really neat to see. I've never heard of most of them.
They are in such great shape. I'll be looking them up.
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Thanks Joe and Tom! :)

Old knives with rare tang stamps? now that is my kind of knife ::nod:: Here are some more you might like :wink:
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Miller Bro's. - These are fantastic. I'm awestruck. Thanks for sharing.
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What Dull said ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thank you gentlemen! :)

More examples for the thread.
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criterion quality
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Great stuff MB. ::drool:: ::tu::
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Those Korn`s are super rare! ::drool:: ::drool::
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peanut740 wrote:Great stuff MB.
Thanks Roger!
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Hello Miller Bro's.......... I really like the Beaver Cutlery Co. knife, I guess
you would call it a horseman knife. Is it American made? The only 2 that
I knew of are the Ulster and the Kleen Cutter that were made in USA.
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Phin Spencer wrote: I really like the Beaver Cutlery Co. knife, I guess
you would call it a horseman knife.
Thank you, it`s called a Carriage knife.
Phin Spencer wrote: Is it American made? The only 2 that
I knew of are the Ulster and the Kleen Cutter that were made in USA.
Robeson made this knife.The Punch blade has the Robeson patent date stamped on it and the handles are a Robeson patent as well. ::nod::
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MB, that just sent me into knife envy shock! I can't move. Great showing! :shock:
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:lol: Thank you Robert! :D
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Keep those great posts coming guys. I am learning a lot as we go and am seeing a lot of old knives and stamps for the 1st time. ::tu::

I am posting an old one here that dates to the late 1700's. A Barlow knife with the BAR LOW stamp.

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OK, I'm limited somewhat by my narrowly focused single maker collecting.

But, rare Robeson stamps do exist.

I have no real idea when this arch up/arch down stamp was used.

THE ROBESON CUT. CO. ROCHESTER, NY (I don't think I have a photo of this knife.)

I suspect this is the earliest form of the ShurEdge stamp. The knife this stamp resides upon has the handle die shape number 001, meaning that when Robeson came up with their numbering system, this was the first pattern to which they assigned a number. Probably circa 1903.

Terrier Cutlery, 1910 - 1916.

Fillmore Cutlery Co was a pre-1900 stamp used by Millard Fillmore Robeson on some knives he imported from both Germany and Austria.

Great stamps and knives being posted in this thread.

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Charlie,
Your post kind of blows me away.. I have heard of the Fillmore stamp but didn't know the history. Probably never see these stamps in the wild I would venture to say. Love that Terrier stamp as well.

Thanks for posting them. ::tu:: ::tu::

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Tom, was your knife made by the Barlow family?
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I am told that John Barlow had this one made in Sheffied, England. I could use a little help with the history as I am operating from memory here but I believe he was the son of the original Barlow that started the knives.

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