Waterville Manufacturing / Waterville Cutlery Info

[LongBlade]

My opinion and as I always say I can be wrong but - The blade looks to be a true Waterville stamped blade and not a counterfeit blade - However I don't know if the handle and the rest are Waterville - at least I have never seen them use black composition handles on any knife I have seen over the years but maybe they did so at the end of their existence - the fact you say the mark side handle doesn't match the pile side handle is very suspicious!!! I have seen that alot on bone or wood handled knives that differ from mark to pile sides but no excuse for synthetic handled knife slabs to not match on each side of knife... I have seen celluloid Watervilles (not many) but no black composition faux jigged plastic handles... The fact you say the tang was hammered and the blade doesn't fit well is suspicious in addition to not locking up (though the spring lock can be broken) - to that point does the width of the blade fit the back spring??? That in itself if not matching suggests cobbling

Just my 2 cents...

[Meridian_Mike]

Well.... the fit really looks poor in general.
As far as the blade comparison to the locking lever.... the lock lever looks wider that the blade. I don't think the lock lever is broken. It locks but is easy to get the lever to jump out of the blade slot.
ALSO.... it looks like there has been some fit-up hammering on to of the tang too. You can see the obvious hammering on the bottom of the pic.... but it does look like the top had a hit too.

Mike

[LongBlade]

Mike - thanks for the other photos - looks to have been cobbled to me and no doubt something is very wrong in my opinion - the blade doesn't look like it fits that spring - and perhaps hammered (or whatever) to try and make it work/fit during a shoddy cobbling job... I would like to hear another opinion from somebody else... but I have seen many Watervilles and this knife doesn't fit the bill of the quality of all their knives that I own (one of my favorite CT makers of old) or have seen from other collectors.... I also become suspicious when I see the pins as on this bolster -sometimes I am right - sometimes I am wrong as pins can loosen due to use - in this case the photo doesn't even make them appear flush to the bolster...

[Meridian_Mike]

Thanks for your comments and observations Lee. I'm right there with ya'.

Mike

[BWT]

I've had this for a year or so and just found this thread.Waterville Co,it's 2 3/4 inches long. Very good snap opening and closing. Two blades have half stops.

[LongBlade]

Sweet Waterville Bill ... Beautiful bone, good blades - note the flush joints!! You have a good taste and make wise purchases in knives considering all the attributes that a nice collectible should have for a collection - at least in my humble opinion ... Given you noted once you haven’t been doing it that long I am impressed with your knives

[BWT]

Thanks Lee I appreciate that, must be blind luck not experience, some I have look like Stevie Wonder picked them out!!!

[FRJ]

That is a fine little knife, Bill. Congratulations on that one.

[BWT]

Thanks Joe

[Meridian_Mike]

Oh yes.... that is a real beauty! Very fine quality knife for sure!

Mike

[BWT]

Thanks Mike, I didn't know anything about the maker when I bought it. I like the bone and it was a really solid knife, thanks again.

[KAW]

There's something about those tip bolsters applied to bone handles that just makes a knife look more eloquent.
Nice lookin' knife there Bill.

[BWT]

Thanks Ken, I appreciate that.

[FRJ]

Here's an old Waterville dogleg. 3 3/4".

[woodwalker]

Here's an old Waterville dogleg. 3 3/4".

Very nice Joe!! That's a larger Waterville!! I like it!

[Meridian_Mike]

That's a real beauty Joe! Thanks for letting us see that one!

Mike

[stockman]

Joe very nice!!

Harold

[LongBlade]

Indeed a hefty dogleg at 3 3/4” Joe ... cool shield too

[BWT]

Very nice Joe, another good looking knife

[wlf]

Indeed a hefty dogleg at 3 3/4” Joe ... cool shield too

Exactly what I saw Lee. Cool old knife Joe.

[KAW]

I concur... I really dig that shield...

[FRJ]

Thanks so much, guys.
This thing really is a chunk.

[danno50]

Lovely senator, Bill, to echo others, great bone, flush joints and tip bolsters! Great find!
Very nice dogleg, Joe, I also really like the shield!

[FRJ]

Thank you, Dan.

[dcathome]

I received this well used knife from my dad before he passed in 2010. He said he carried it through his time in the Korean War. Going through this post I don't see anything that looks like this knife. The square top and the curved handle. Any guess on the year it was made?