Lets show some Old and Rare ones.

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Lee, The bird hook has a long shaft for reaching into the birds cavity. Button hooks typically have a short shaft, the length of a pen blade.
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Thanks Dan, Dimitri Lee, Bill, Roger and Barry. It was super stiff opening everything but they are starting to loosen up a bit.
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Frank Buster and Pal Cut Co.
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Very nice IM, really like the Pal, thanks for sharing.
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The knife itself isn't that rare,but with "St.Louis World's Fair"etch,I'm guessing there ain't too many floating around.
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Roger that is very nice and with that blade etch has to be super rare! Does it work?
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It does!
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Harrison Brothers and Howson, I believe horn handles??? Any help with that will be appreciated!!
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That small PB hunter with the fair etch is great …. I want it :D here's my set from the WF 1904
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BWT wrote:Harrison Brothers and Howson, I believe horn handles??? Any help with that will be appreciated!!
Nice Bill ::tu:: ... I do believe it is horn ::nod:: ... Side note - Interestingly I have recently read about blond tortoise shell (from the underbelly shell of a tortoise) but have never seen a knife handle use it - that would be the only other thing those handles could be but again never have seen it used and only bringing up blond tortoise shell as an aside... I truly doubt this handle is blond tortoise and would bet the house on horn :D
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wiseguy wrote:That small PB hunter with the fair etch is great …. I want it :D here's my set from the WF 1904
Cool old set wiseguy ::tu:: ::tu:: ...
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wiseguy wrote:That small PB hunter with the fair etch is great …. I want it :D here's my set from the WF 1904
Very nice Wiseguy, program, knife, and photo. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks Lee for the info.
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BWT wrote:Harrison Brothers and Howson, I believe horn handles??? Any help with that will be appreciated!!
That is a beautiful little knife, Bill.
Looks like the bolsters took a little rubbing; Glad they left that blade alone.
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FRJ wrote:
BWT wrote:Harrison Brothers and Howson, I believe horn handles??? Any help with that will be appreciated!!
That is a beautiful little knife, Bill.
Looks like the bolsters took a little rubbing; Glad they left that blade alone.
Thanks Joe, I oiled the spring and wiped the bolsters with mothers mag polish.
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BWT wrote:Harrison Brothers and Howson, I believe horn handles??? Any help with that will be appreciated!!
I really like splotchy character in a scale and the horn does that. I like the colors too, reminds me of Apaloosa bone, and a cool looking knife. Congrats.
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Thanks IM for the comments!!
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BWT wrote:Harrison Brothers and Howson, I believe horn handles??? Any help with that will be appreciated!!
Very nice Bill ::tu::

Definitely horn handles ::nod::
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wiseguy wrote:That small PB hunter with the fair etch is great …. I want it :D here's my set from the WF 1904
Nice collection 8)

Love seeing the paper with the knives! ::tu::
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Thanks Dimitri, I really like the handles. I have a George Woodhead with very similar handles, they just have that old look.
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I think this fits here ...old and rare model 118 Mechanics Jack
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That knife has some great blades, wiseguy, who made it?
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Great looking knife, love those kind of bones, and bet that old steel is sweet. EZ too. Great one.
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George Schrade's Press Button Knife Co. 1892 to 1923 its an Automatic
FRJ wrote:That knife has some great blades, wiseguy, who made it?
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Thanks, wiseguy, it's a real beauty. ::tu::
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