Old Rope Knives

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:02 am

Beautiful!

peanut740 · Post by **peanut740** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:41 am

wlf · Post by **wlf** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:47 am

That's a knockout fs.

dcgm4 · Post by **dcgm4** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:54 am

Nice one, farside! Gorgeous bone!

thefarside · Post by **thefarside** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:04 am

Dimitri, Roger, Lyle and Dave, thanks for the comments.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 5:56 pm

Found this Schrade the other day, Plymouth Cordage was in business from 1824 to 1964. Schrade must have made a lot of knives for them as they pop up fairly often.

Quick Steel · Post by **Quick Steel** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:31 am

Rpoe Knife by Orvet.

garddogg56 · Post by **garddogg56** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:33 am

nice QS I like the bolsters on that Camillus

I picked up a four line Camillus Rope knife with jigged wood scales.2nd picture is after an overnite mineral oil bath.

cato · Post by **cato** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:52 pm

millers brothers , just picked up,

edgy46 · Post by **edgy46** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:49 am

Great knife Cato

peanut740 · Post by **peanut740** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:16 am

Cato

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:26 am

I agree. Nice old knife.

Charlie

dcgm4 · Post by **dcgm4** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 5:44 am

That's a beauty, cato!

cato · Post by **cato** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:32 pm

thanks guys, i think its real , lol i have had lots of trouble trying to buy millers bro

most were fakes, wore ol' dimitri out with posts

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:42 pm

Here is a four line Camillus rope knife.

The tang stamp would date it from the end of WWII or earlier, possibly as early as the 1920s, from all I have been able to gather and from my conversations with Tom Williams.

That interests me about this knife is it seems to be a transition knife from the WWI Navy rope knives, with the swedge ground blade of the earlier knives and the wood handles seen in the post-WWII rope knives.

This knife is 3-3/4" like the WWI Camillus rope knife shown on page 40 of Mike Silvey's book Pocket Knives of the United States Military, it has the same four line tang stamp and it has the same blade profile and long pull. The difference is the WWI knife has Rogers bone handles and a pinned shackle. Aside from that they seem to be the same, down to the placement of the pins in the handles.

dcgm4 · Post by **dcgm4** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:02 pm

Very nice, Dale!

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:31 pm

Thanks Dave.
It has in an incredible edge!
I think I will EDC it after I recover from my knee surgery.

djknife13 · Post by **djknife13** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:50 pm

Here is a Western States arched stamp amde for the Portland Cordage Co. It has a snap that would take a finger off, and the pen blade is nearly impossible to open with the large blade closed.

wazu013 · Post by **wazu013** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:58 am

Here's a Kutmaster factory 2nd with the tang stamp ground off.

edgy46 · Post by **edgy46** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:02 pm

Found this one yesterday at the monthly fairgrounds flea market. They have a three day event in May and September, and I usually go on Friday. Been disappointed the last few shows, but not this time.
Four line Camillus 4 1/4" dated 1944 05 and Coast Guard marking. Jigged wood scales, and a pinned shackle.
P.S. Please excuse the sticker glue on the blade.

garddogg56 · Post by **garddogg56** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:32 am

I hate them price stickers

love the knife

edgy46 · Post by **edgy46** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:57 pm

Thanks Garddogg.

I have passed on knives with stickers on the scales. I have seen the glue etch some composition.

cato · Post by **cato** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 9:00 pm

was able to pickup these two,
not able to find out what the writing is about
thinking insurance, or agriculture but still not sure.
still researching, had posted in rigging section,
most all i am pulling up is around 1906 with these word phrase's

both are 4 5/8ths length

the wharnie blade is different

than i had seen before

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 3:53 pm

obsequio de la rural compania de seguros translates to "gift of rural insurance company "

Fot the rest of it, PM Colonel26. He teaches Spanish.

cato · Post by **cato** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 7:57 pm

thanks jerry,

i guess the top one is a sheep foot blade not a wharnie

sweet ole knives, some massive snap

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