Jos. Rodgers Whittler.

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Jos. Rodgers Whittler.

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Here is a knife that i think is quite rare: 3 1/4" Jos. Rodgers His Majesty Swell Center Congress Whittler. In LG4, pg 253, Bernard says "They are lightweight premium quality knives, and every one of the few i have seen had a manicure blade.
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That’s a cool whittler KJ with a sheep foot master ::tu:: ::tu:: ... pretty unique in design!!
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Gorgeous little knife KJ!! Lee, most congress whittlers will have sheepsfoot main blades, and that is a swell center congress.
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Roland, That is a really nice whittler. Unique without a file, a true whittler. Cutlers To His Majesty .... with England stamp vintage 1910 to 1952. I think the earlier part of that period. Thanks for sharing, Barry
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Pretty cool that most have a sheep foot master Gene - I haven’t seen many of that whittler knife pattern .. though as you allude to sheeps foot master blades in a congress are common so makes sense..
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Really nice Joe. I like that. ___Dave
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Lee, if you look in Levine's Guide, pg 253 you will see a few Swell Center Congress whittlers and can see all have a slender sheepsfoot master blade.
I found this in with a group of pearl senators. I need to look through the rest of my pearl pen knives to see if i have anymore of this pattern.
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Thanks KJ ::tu:: ::tu:: - will check it out as it’s not a whittler pattern I am not sure I have ever seen so thanks for posting it or if I have seen one before I certainly don’t remember ::facepalm:: :) ...
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Here is a KK whittler that is just a little rebel! ::mdm:: :mrgreen:
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Very nice ! but what makes it a "rebel" ?
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No sheepsfoot and sporting a manicure blade.
And it has that fashionable belted shield.
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Great knives!! Love that Rodgers knife Roland. They really knew what the heck they were doing.
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NICE knives gentlemen! ::tu:: Here's a H. Boker & Co's Improved Cutlery version of that pattern with a manicure blade.
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Nice Boker knife Roger ::tu:: ... looks like a wharncliffe master blade too 8) ... Joe’s knife had a spear blade as a master - in Levine’s there was also a congress whittler with a spear so guess a sheep foot master doesn’t define or there are no doubt exceptions to what the master blade can be... the handle frame no doubt is similar among all...
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Beautiful pattern everyone. Love the curvy knives.

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