Antique Pocket Knife Handle Dies

[Miller Bro's]

Here is another one.

This one depicts Kansas City Missouri, I don`t know what the buildings are, anyone know?


Has to be someone else out there with some of these, come on guys break them out

[Mason]

Miller Bros. and I were talking recently and he mentioned this neat thread on stamped metal handled knives which I had not seen. Great topic and some good responses and input from others. Here is a shot from a Pre WW I German cutlery catalog which shows some similar stamped metal handled knives. These German knives were meant for local sales as well as export and #2106 depicts the "U.S. Congregational Library". Also included is knife from the ad which shows "Graf Zepplin". The blade stamp is "Omega Solingen" (Joseph Feist) but it was more than likely a contract knife. Thanks for this interesting thread M.B.

[Miller Bro's]

That`s awesome! Thanks for posting the page.

Here is an unused handle, it is an exact match for #2102 of your catalog

Maybe you can find the top one with the horses

[btrwtr]

Awesome post I had not seen. Thanks for getting it back up for us to enjoy.

Wayne

[Mason]

That`s awesome! Thanks for posting the page.

Here is an unused handle, it is an exact match for #2102 of your catalog

Maybe you can find the top one with the horses

Thanks, and here are your horses.
This is from a different German knife catalog, 1908 "Gottlieb Hammesfahr". Note that the caption says "Bronze" as your handles appear to be.

[Mason]

Awesome post I had not seen. Thanks for getting it back up for us to enjoy.

Wayne

M.B. certainly comes up with some interesting topics.

[Miller Bro's]

Also included is knife from the ad which shows "Graf Zepplin". The blade stamp is "Omega Solingen" (Joseph Feist) but it was more than likely a contract knife.

Does your knife have the same "Graf Zepplin" handle on both sides?

[Mason]

Also included is knife from the ad which shows "Graf Zepplin". The blade stamp is "Omega Solingen" (Joseph Feist) but it was more than likely a contract knife.

Does your knife have the same "Graf Zepplin" handle on both sides?

No, the back side shows some people looking up at a Zeppelin airship. There were several models and variations of the Zeppelins and the model shown on the knife handle is the "LZ-3" which was introduced in 1907. The airship picture is fairly small on the handle but has great detail when looking at it through a loop. These old German stamped metal handled knives had beautiful artwork and were quite well made.

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks!

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks to my friend Tom, I now have these knife handles

They are uncut just the way they would be after stamping, then the edges would have been trimmed off and holes drilled.

I love the bat handle!

[b1k3hobo]

Here is another one.

This one depicts Kansas City Missouri, I don`t know what the buildings are, anyone know?


Has to be someone else out there with some of these, come on guys break them out

That building is the Kansas City Union Station, 3/4 view from the front-left side. The Station opened in 1914 and still stands. The rather impressive Liberty Memorial to WWI which is about 400 meters away is not portrayed on the handle die - it was completed in 1926. I'd say the knife was prior to that date.

[Beechtree]

This is an interesting thread and this die belongs here. I have no idea of the origins of this lovely lady, possibly German as they seem to have been the most prolific of stamped pattern handles.

[Miller Bro's]

Nice one thanks for showing it

[Beechtree]

I wish I had a whole bunch to show, but alas, these seem to be pretty few and far between. I did come across a brittania type cutlery handle die for a dinner knife the other day, but at $90 I was not about to purchase it. If it had been a pocket knife die, I would have been much more tempted

[Miller Bro's]

These certainly don't come up very often and I agree if they are pocket knife related they are much more desirable.

I did find several more of these since I started this thread so someday when I get set up to take pictures again I will post more. One thing I did buy last year was a salesman's sample case of all the different engine turned metal handle die designs they offered for pocket knives

[msteele6]

Interesting, there was a discussion about a metal handled knife in another thread and I was wondering exactly how the handles on that knife were made, now I know, thanks.

[Mumbleypeg]

The rest of the Fokker in Gringo's link
http://www.abar.de/serie/index.php/abschnitt-1/02

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The top flying wires are there, you just can't see them in those grainy pictures. The wires were used to keep the wings from folding down and another set was under the wings to keep them from folding up as well.
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There is a Bleriot XI hanging from the ceiling in one of the exhibit halls at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine. Here's a picture from when I visited there. In it you can clearly see the wires above and below the wings.

Ken

[tjmurphy]

Since this thread has been revisited, here is another WWI lighter which would more likely be "trench art". Looks like they started out with a large nut and applied the coins to it. Not as interesting as the other three posted earlier, but in the same WWI era.

[tjmurphy]

Since we've already digressed from the original topic, I'd like to show some lighters from the China-Burma-India Theater of WWII. All are sterling silver with the exception of two, one of which is solid silver and the other is a chrome plated steel ZIPPO lighter.

ZIPPO chrome plated steel

Solid Silver

[Miller Bro's]

There is a Bleriot XI hanging from the ceiling in one of the exhibit halls at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine. Here's a picture from when I visited there. In it you can clearly see the wires above and below the wings.

Ken
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Thanks, I will have to check it out the next time I am up that way.

[Mumbleypeg]

There is a Bleriot XI hanging from the ceiling in one of the exhibit halls at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine. Here's a picture from when I visited there. In it you can clearly see the wires above and below the wings.

Ken
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Thanks, I will have to check it out the next time I am up that way.

And you won't be sorry. By far the best collection of vintage to modern-day cars, planes, motorcycles, bicycles, I have ever seen. Most amazing thing about it is they say everything there except the full-scale replica of the Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk airplane actually runs. If you like that sort of thing plan a full day. The day we were there they started up and drove an 1885 Benz automobile. They actually let the visitors pick which vehicle we wanted to see running. It was fantastic!

Ken