All About Pocket Knives

Henkle & Joyce, Lincoln, Nebraska (1900-1939)

My John Primble pocket knife. The "information" tang stamp is barely legible (Belknap Hardware). The pattern # tang stamp is less legible. You can barely see the star, in the center of the tang stamp, in the center of the picture. It looks like a number "3" above and slightly to the right of the top point of the star. That's the only number that I'm almost sure of. Maybe a "0" just to the left of the "3." It is 3 3/8" closed. If anyone knows the pattern #, please let me know. Thank you. Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Here are a few.
Belknap Hdwre knife & stamp
Bingham knife & stamp
Diamond Edge knife & stamp
Fletcher Hdwre knife & stamp
George Worthington knife & stamp

A few more:
Hibbard,Spencer,& Bartlett tickler,harness jack,and fixed blade stamp.
Rev-O-Noc carver & stamp.
Keen Kutter ad knife & stamp;dogleg jack,granddaddy barlow,scout utility.

Still more.
Norvell-Shapleigh fish jack(made in Germany)and stamp.
Simmons Hardware tuxedo and orange blossom.
Simmons Lady's knife and stamps.
Lockback made for S.S.Kresge Co.(became K-Mart)
Wards tang stamp.
Western Auto Supply fixed blade made by Western(not affiliated).

Great assortment Knife7Knut, you meed to quit keeping those under wrap,glad u posted. Really like the Fletcher, been looking for one, also the Norvell Shapleigh

Nice knives guys,keep them coming!

I did some research a while back on an Oregon hardware store to solve a Cattaraugus pocket knife etch mystery-

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Posted some links to Oakland, OR history too. I just might have to visit and take that knife with me some day.

A John Primble India Steel Works, most likely made around WW1, looks like Schrade Cut Co made to me.

That's a beaut, love that jigging!

A couple of McGrew's A couple of Olsen's A couple of Rigid's And a Stanley SL-6

Jack Knife Ben sold a lot of Schrade knives when he had a shop in Union Stock Yards, Chicago.

While not exactly a "pocket knife" it is a hardware store knife. Marshall Wells co. fixed blade. They were a Duluth MN based hardware store and this is the only fixed blade I've seen of theirs. It's also marked as having German makings which is new to me as well.

From our "local" hardware store, three Marshall Wells knives.____Dave

Dave,
Those are great! HOK’s for sure.
Treefarmer

My “local“ hardware store Home Depot doesn’t have any knives like those

Dave, those are three outstanding Marshall Wells Jacks !!

Three distinct jigging patterns, three different primary blades and three different shields are all very intriguing and nice

Marshall Wells was quite a business. It had a railroad track that ran right into the building. It had a workout room and daycare for the employees in the upper floors and had regular dealer meetings where outlets around the area could send their employees for training and to see what the company offered. the building is still standing but is now several restaurants and other businesses. It still is an impressive big building down on the waterfront in Duluth. One of my son's was working on the sprinkler systems in the building and the current manager of that particular business gave my son a couple copies of old Marshall Wells common stock papers that were still somewhere in the building from the 1940's or 50's. I have one framed in my office.____Dave

djknife13 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:55 am From our "local" hardware store, three Marshall Wells knives.____Dave

Beautiful trio, and thanks for the background info!

David those are nice.I love their etch.

Marshall Wells 3 1/4"

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:16 pm Marshall Wells 3 1/4"

Beautiful knife!!

Ike

I like that Ike what year was that manufactured

Thank you David, Roger and James. Maybe 1930ish on manufacture

Gilbert, Harrisburg