All About Pocket Knives

LongBlade wrote:I would like to share this Waterville 3 blade Senator with solid engraved aluminum handles (ie a skeleton knife with no outside liners) and a nickel silver liner between the 2 wells of the frame. Interestingly the master blade resides in one well and the other well has 2 pen blades on opposite ends. The master blade sports a cool match striker pull - see the master tang stamp photo where you can see pointy teeth of the long pull up close which seem to be struck at an angle. There are no half stops on any blade. Master blade has the straight line Waterville stamp and both pen blades have the arched stamp. The knife has a closed length of 3”.

This is my 3rd Waterville knife with engraved aluminum handles and all are different pen knife patterns. All 3 have the same pattern of engraving including the brass pin centered in the flower - as I noted somewhere before every aluminum handled knife I have seen has a consistent engraving pattern even among different knife makers – suggesting there may have been one jeweler that specialized in engraving these handles for the industry - and I often wonder if there was a handle scale/cover supplier which sold aluminum handle covers and had in-house expertise for this work – some speculate that these aluminum handles were outsourced to a jeweler for the engraving…. I don't think I ever saw an old Rogers or Salisbury Co advertisement that alludes to aluminum handles for sale - and I did post a few old advertisements from both companies at one time from The American Cutler on AAPK but need to find that thread...

Note in edit: Here's the ads and not much detail for any of the 4 companies supplying handle covers: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=45098&p=501957&hil ... ry#p501957 - Need to do some more searching now for an answer as to aluminum handles that were worth more than gold or silver back at that time

Closed Mark Side DSCN4268.JPG

Closed Pile Side DSCN4288.JPG

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Tang Stamp Master Blade DSCN4380.JPG

Tang Stamp Pen Blade DSCN4454 3.JPG

Here's the other 2 Waterville engraved aluminum handles as alluded to above and for reference:

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Blades Open DSCN8701.JPG

woodwalker wrote:Beautiful knife Dan!! I only have one Waterville but it is absolutely my favorite knife! Great pickup. The pearl is just beautiful and fiery!!

LongBlade wrote:Sweet Ken - no doubt unusual ... Not sure if it is technically correct but I would call it a Norfolk Jack (since the Norfolk patterns I have seen that are generally pen knives are sort of a half swell-center pattern as is this knife

KAW wrote:

LongBlade wrote:Sweet Ken - no doubt unusual ... Not sure if it is technically correct but I would call it a Norfolk Jack (since the Norfolk patterns I have seen that are generally pen knives are sort of a half swell-center pattern as is this knife

Thanks Lee & Dan (danno50) for the nice comments. I must admit... I have not heard )nor seen) of the Norfolk pattern.

Dan (Old Folder)... that is an awesome MoP!
I'm about to post on the "America's "Little Sheffield" thread a Dwight Devine & Sons' Ulster I just acquired that looks very similar to yours except it has 3 blades... got it at an antique show at the end of last month & it has stayed in my pocket ever since...