Vintage Mother Of Pearl (MOP) Knives

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Miller Bro's wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 10:18 pm Here's another one with a center divider.

This one has fancy worked pearl!
That’s a beauty ! That worked pearl is something.
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PA Knives wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 4:32 pm That’s a fine looking example. Love the mini band in the middle. Very classy. Interesting pattern to the pinning. I wonder why
That wide band on your last post w/ pic is very classy as well . Really like the wide band. ! And was wondering about the pin pattern on the 4 line Camillus myself . Have not seen that before on smaller pocket knives .
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Here's an old Keen Kutter gents whittler, shadow. 2 7/8" closed.
That band must have helped use up those smaller pieces pearl.
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FRJ wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2026 12:27 am Here's an old Keen Kutter gents whittler, shadow. 2 7/8" closed.
That band must have helped use up those smaller pieces pearl.
Very nice Keen Kutter !! Read somewhere that was the case with the bands . It makes sense in helping to use up smaller pieces.
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Thank you, JP.
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An E. Dirlam and a Robert Klauss from Solingen and a William Rogers out of Sheffield.
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FRJ wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2026 12:27 am Here's an old Keen Kutter gents whittler, shadow. 2 7/8" closed.
That band must have helped use up those smaller pieces pearl.
That knife has a great shape, and the MOP has a lot of fire. Nice! I have always suspected that the band was so that the small pieces could be used, and that if a piece cracked when it was pinned then it was easier to replace.
chickenman62 wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 2:04 pm An E. Dirlam and a Robert Klauss from Solingen and a William Rogers out of Sheffield.
Those two old knives are in really nice condition.
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Thank you, Mel. ::tu::
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Just back from Little Valley show. My goal was to find an original Northfield. Lucky me found this pearl beauty
With a cigar cutter. Very unusual I like it a lot
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Very lucky David!

Hard blade to find ::nod::
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Ripster wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 11:34 pm That’s a beauty ! That worked pearl is something.
Thank you very much ::handshake::
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chickenman62 wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 2:04 pm An E. Dirlam and a Robert Klauss from Solingen and a William Rogers out of Sheffield.
Nice one's ::tu:: ::tu::
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PA Knives wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 9:16 pm Just back from Little Valley show. My goal was to find an original Northfield. Lucky me found this pearl beauty
With a cigar cutter. Very unusual I like it a lot
Very interesting ::tu:: ::tu::
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