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A nice old Robeson with worm groove bone handles

I love robesons nad thats a coo; one! Very nice.

Not sure if this is the right place for this knife
Hammer Brand no other markings
Its 3-1/4" and a heavy blade meant for work

Just got this today a nice old wooden handled Kutmaster. I cant stop buying these when I see them.

Found the pics of my Schrade. If I posted it before, forgive me.

Very cool wullie! Nice olD Schrade boy!

I just thought I would post a pic of some of my older hawks.

Knice collection Gino. s-k

I got this one today
Stamped Clean Cut (with a clover) trademark
used by Dunham,Carrigan & Hayden co 1845-1954
4" closed a nice heavy blade
travman

Here is a two blade Maher & Grosh that I got last weekend at a gunshow.

That is one killer knife!!!!!

Thanks Mike. I probably paid too much, but I don't often see 2 bladed ones, and it wasn't all used up.

Bret, you may have read this: a guy on a elephant toe site said " when is the best time to buy a toe; answer: when they're available. (or something like that)

I'm glad you got that knife. When will you see another one. It's a real beauty. Nice catch!

FRJ wrote:Bret, you may have read this: a guy on a elephant toe site said " when is the best time to buy a toe; answer: when they're available. (or something like that)

I'm glad you got that knife. When will you see another one. It's a real beauty. Nice catch!

I like that philosophy! I just have to find some deeper pocketed pants.....

Bret888 wrote:

FRJ wrote:Bret, you may have read this: a guy on a elephant toe site said " when is the best time to buy a toe; answer: when they're available. (or something like that)

I'm glad you got that knife. When will you see another one. It's a real beauty. Nice catch!

I like that philosophy! I just have to find some deeper pocketed pants.....

If you find some of those deep pocket pants, let me know. Especially if they're on sale at Walmart.

I subscribe to that philosophy. Several times I've paid more than I thought the knife was really worth but since that particular item came up for sale so seldom - $$ cha-ching $$.

For example, this Family Tree Doctor with Christmas tree handles. I needed it to complete the celluloid handles of the series. I hadn't seen one come up for sale anywhere for the two years I'd been looking so I bid more than twice what the others had been going for and I'll be damned, that's what it took to bring it home. I was shocked but at least I got the knife and completed the set.

Let me apologize for veering off topic but you know us old people - "Oh, look! There goes a chicken."

Chicken? Where? .........................

jerryd6818 wrote:
Let me apologize for veering off topic but you know us old people - "Oh, look! There goes a chicken."

orvet wrote:Chicken? Where? .........................

Here is one I thought I had posted here, but I guess I haven't yet, so here it is.

I*XL with the tang stamp of:

GEORGE
WOSTENHOLM
SHEFFIELD
ENGLAND

It appears to be stag handles but if it is, it is the most consistently patterned stag I have seen.
Does anyone know anything about this?



I think a person could probably use it on that darn chicken!

Hi Dale,

It looks to me like it was made during the period late 19th cent to WWI. The scales might be pressed buffalo horn. This was like an early synthetic stag. The horn was heated and then pressed in a metal mould which had a pattern on the inside surface. Can't say for sure though s-k

Very interesting Steve!
Thanks for your input.
You certainly know more about British Knives than I do!

I suspect the cutlers at Wostenholm fit those handles right snugly to the bolsters when the knife was assembled.
Now, there is some separation or shrinkage, especially at the top bolster.

Does genuine stag or buffalo horn shrink? I honestly don't know.

I think the handles and their varied color palette are simply beautiful.

Whether they're synthetic or not, genuine stag or not, buffalo or not, I'd love to own a knife with those type handles.

Charlie Noyes

Synthetic was not a good word to use. I think they are buffalo horn made to imitate stag.

Here is an excerpt from an 1844 article describing the process. Start very last line of left column.

S-K; I knew what you meant.
I injected the synthetic, as in "man-made" into the conversation based on the amount of shrinkage. I wasn't suggesting they are synthetic, just included it as a possiblity.

Sheffield knives are not my bailiwick.

Pressed horn sounds good to me.

But, do they shrink away from the bolsters?

BTW, S-K look in the General Forum for a thread on an interesting multiblade belonging to a British Boer War participant named C. Ambrose. Fascinating knife.

Charlie Noyes

RobesonsRme.com wrote:Pressed horn sounds good to me.

But, do they shrink away from the bolsters?

Yes, they shrink over time.

Wow thanks guys.
It doesn't matter how much we know about some knives, there is always much more to learn.
That is what makes AAPK so interesting, that and the companionship of decent intelligent people.

Thanks again,
Dale