Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles

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Empire had a similar bone. ::hmm::
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^ I agree, and the nail nick placement might be correct for them too. But, I am not sure of the overall character of the knife. I can't put my finger on it, though I am not sold on Empire, in spite of the bone being very similar. An interesting mystery.
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H. Boker & Co. Solingen
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Nice one, is the shield plastic?
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Nope, it's metal. Thanks MRB.
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H. Boker & Co's Improved Cutlery
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Lovely old toothpick,Joe. Greedy, beautiful Bokers.
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Nice Boker ::tu::

This is attractive jigged bone.
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It is Dimitri! ::nod:: ::tu::
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I agree with you Dimitri . I don't believe I've seen much unattractive old jigged bone ,actually..

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Thanks Scott ::handshake::
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Lyle, this was an import/wholesale company which means they sold knives, or other items, from any country/manufacturer they could buy the goods reasonably from.

Most of the knives I have seen with stamp are marked Germany, this one is not so it is possible it was made in the U.S.A. by a well known knife manufacturer for them.

Supposedly from written accounts they were in business from 1915-1920.

I did not have an example from them so I bought it for my collection :wink:
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Thanks, I had not heard of that stamp.

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I.XL GEORGE WOSTENHOLM SHEFIELD ENGLAND.
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Bigstan,just my kinda knife ::tu:: ::tu::
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Miller Bro`s wrote:Nice Boker ::tu::

This is attractive jigged bone.
.....I would call it BEAUTIFUL!!!!!................. ::tu:: ::tu:: .......................
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bigstancwsw wrote:I.XL GEORGE WOSTENHOLM SHEFIELD ENGLAND.
Nice color on those handles! ::drool::
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carrmillus wrote:.....I would call it BEAUTIFUL!!!!!................. ::tu:: ::tu:: .......................
Thank you Tommy! ::handshake::
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Well, this one is a no brainer for this thread.
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....I would call this one beautiful, too!!!!................. ::tu:: ::tu:: .......................
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Joe, that Miller Bros has really nice bone. BigStan, love the Wostenholm. Here is a Wostenholm I just received today,nice deep jigged bone.
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Thank you, John.
That's a beauty you have there. Nice pictures.
Here's a close relative of yours.
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^We could call this a distant cousin.
4 1/2" W R Case & Sons (1905-1914) large barlow
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Yeah, Wow, that thing is really nice and old. Great knife!
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Just to revive this good old Thread here's an E Weck NY probably made by Schrade
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