Robeson pocket knives

[brucegodlesky]

not a problem Charlie. Fact is, Q and Ontario had an incestuous relationship thru the years.
The current CEO of Ontario was formerly the CEO of Queen......

[edge213]

Need some help with this one.
Tang stamp:
ROBESON
Shuredge (script)
Rochester NY
According to Romance of Collecting the stamp is 1901-1948.
Back of blade 628518.
Single blade even though pattern number indicates 2 blades.
Handles are rough black with worm groove. 3 3/4 closed.
Nickel silver frame, liners, bolsters.
Life long handles? The frame wraps around the handles.

[edge213]

How about a little help on this one.

[RobesonsRme.com]

It’s a quandary.

Allow me to do a little research.

Looks like a Robeson, but there are questions, as you suggested.

Charlie

[edge213]

Thanks Charlie. I look forward to your help. I couldn't find anything in my books.

[RobesonsRme.com]

The pattern is one that Robeson did make and the handle material and shield are quite common to both Robeson and Terrier knives, putting it, at least consistent with a 1910 to 1916 time period and probably beyond.

Dewey and Lavonna Ferguson had limited access to Robeson tang stamps and they broke them down as best they could, at the time. When, in actuality, there were several tang stamps that were used between 1901 and 1948.

Tom Kalcevic, in Knives Can Talk!, dates that stamp 1911 to 1921. I use Tom's dates, but I do not guarantee them to be totally accurate.

I do not know exactly when that handle attachment technique was initiated, but the patent information for it is available somewhere on the internet, as there was a protracted discussion re' it in Bernard Levine's Whut-Izzit? column in KnifeWorldsome years ago.

I have seen stabber jacks by Robeson, but all I have seen had two blades. I do not recall any pattern numbers from the ones I've seen and I do not recognize the handle-die shape number 518, as on your knife.

Did the cutler simply put the wrong stabber jack blade in the knife or has the secondary pen been broken and subsequently removed?

I don't know.

The knife is, most likely, a Robeson, but whether or not it left the factory as it is now or not is a question I cannot answer.

Here is a bone handled two blade coke bottle stabber jack photo that I took off the internet, but there was no published info on the pattern number, nor a photo of the back of the blades. Given that impressive long pull, that knife probably pre-dates yours.

Here, also, is a photo of a CARPENTER'S CHOICE three blade with the patented handle attachment technique. Given the lack of a bottom bolster on your knife, it needed a pin in that location.

Charlie

[edge213]

Thanks Charlie.

[FRJ]

Here's a nice little Robeson jack. So well built. 3" closed. 62226

Thanks for looking.

[royal0014]

Nice 'un Joe .... love that bone !

[FRJ]

Thank you, Chris.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Beautiful older knife Joe.

These are quite common from the Strawberry Bone era, 1948 to 1959 or 60. Much less common, I think, from Pre-WWII time.

Some consider these boy's knives and Robeson included one in a Father and Son set they marketed in the 1950's.

I've never seen one with a bail, but if one showed up, I wouldn't be surprised.

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Charlie

[FRJ]

Thank you, Charlie.
That is an interesting connection to the Father and Son set.
My knife has a cap so I assume it wouldn't fit the set.
Those are very nice knives you showed in the thread and a unique knife set.

[FRJ]

Here is another fine Robeson knife that was brought to our attention by Charlie the other day.

Robesons neat old bolster lock fishing knife. I'm happy to say I now own two of these.

In the picture of the two knives together the one on top is the one I just got.
It doesn't have a half stop. The bottom knife does.

Thanks for looking

[galvanic1882]

Man those are nice!!

[ScoutKnives]

Awesome and those handles

[wlf]

Wow Joe. Robeson sure had some beautiful bone, terrific knives.

[RobesonsRme.com]

I thought the handles on your newer knife were just simply awesome. Some of the nicest jigged bone I have ever seen. Hope they are as nice in hand as they looked.

Glad you got that knife.

There was another bolster-lock fish knife on Ebay a couple of weeks ago. The blades looked good in the photos, but one handle was broken straight across at about the center pen.

The example I have has no half stop.

Be careful with those knives, because when the blade is open and the locked deployed centrally, the bone overlying it has no support and will break if pressed by your thumb or fingers. I have seen several bolster-lock knives in that condition.

Charlie

[FRJ]

Thank you, Mike and ScoutKnives.

Thank you Lyle and Charlie.

The handles on the newer knife are beautiful. It's amazing that someone jigged them in that way. They look fluid.

That is a weak spot on the covers at the locking point. I am very careful of it.

This locking mechanism must have been a real test and challenge for Robeson Cutlery. It would be interesting to know how many were made.

[FRJ]

I just got this little 3 3/8" jack. Hasn't been sharpened.
Odd thing is there is no model number on the pile side tang.
I wonder if this knife was considered a second because the pin spinner slipped off the cover/spring retainer pin both front and back.

[kootenay joe]

Wow, what a beautiful knife ! You regularly find top examples.
kj

[edge213]

Joe, very nice.

[jerryd6818]

I see I neglected posting this Queen made Robeson Doc in this thread. Thanks Randy (#goldpan). Found it in his AAPK Store. It's pristine. I just love it.

[luckydog64]

Nice looking knives Joe and Jerry. Here is a couple I posted elsewhere.

[luckydog64]

Three I haven't posted.

[peanut740]

Robeson Suredge pocketeze 622602 fancy Jack.Etched "Hickory Whittler".