All About Pocket Knives

Thanks guys ! i would think 20's or 30's .some books say " union" in the north american logo up to 1951

An old puma knife box.

That's a sweet one

never seen one of those Millerbros...nice!.thanks for posting it.

Dimitri, do you have a date on that Puma box?
We sold them in the cutlery store in the 1980s and I am sure that box predates the '80s.
Maybe '50 or '60?

Dale,

The knives that came in the wooden boxes, from my experience, all pre date 1964 the year Puma started the date code system.

It seems they switched to the hard plastic box when the date code system was started.

So if you had some with the wooden boxes in your store in the 1980`s, then it was new old stock

You should have bought them

Miller Bro`s wrote:Dale,

The knives that came in the wooden boxes, from my experience, all pre date 1964 the year Puma started the date code system.

It seems they switched to the hard plastic box when the date code system was started.

So if you had some with the wooden boxes in your store in the 1980`s, then it was new old stock

You should have bought them

No, the only ones we sold were the hard green plastic boxes.

There have been several nice knife boxes auctioned on the internet lately.
I followed the auctions and saved the photos.
It's been sufficiently long enough that I feel pretty comfortable assuming no one here bought any of them.
If I walk all over someone's opportunity to shine forth, I sincerely apologize.

Charlie Noyes

One more.

This Waterville Cutlery Co. box and contents did not sell for the starting price.

I think it's been relisted.

Charlie Noyes

Charlie,

I watched very closely the last item you listed, Waterville Cutlery Box with what I remember being 24 knives. I am not smart enough to evaluate what the seller said, but still wondered??? The tang stamp said Italy Waterville, Conn. is not in Italy. Maybe I missed out. Also if I remember correctly it could have be won for $200.00 which may have been worth the price of $8.33 a knife even if it was not made in Italy.

We need David A. to help us out here

Bonehead

I looked at that auction.

Those knives were put into a vintage Waterville box.

The knives are from the 1950-60`s and have nothing to do with the original Waterville company, another fleabay seller that is either misinformed or is looking for a sucker with a quick BIN sale

I admit I did not read the auction description. I do not bid on boxes other than Robeson's.

I did think the knives looked inconsistent with the time frame of Waterville.

I apologize for any confusion I might have caused.

Here's a better pic of the Waterville box.

Charlie Noyes

We have a Waterville box similar to that one. The name "Waterville" is only an etch on the knife. The knives are stamped Kirkham England. I wonder if this is one instance where the British actually played off a great American knife maker's success?

Galvanic had some of these knives a while back http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... =4&t=22537.

Bret & I got this John Primble box at a reasonable price. It is kind of rough, but I like the colors.

This one is not nearly as colorful and detailed as most I've seen on this thread. But I don't remember seeing any old Boker boxes. This one I suspect to be from the early 1950s. Almost certain it was made after 1937, but before 1955.
Anyone know for sure?

I have quite a few Boker boxes.

nice ones Miller Bros!
I have one like your second photo also.
Any idea as to age?

rangerbluedog wrote:Any idea as to age?

I am guessing the 1960-70`s

There have been some great knife boxes shown in various threads, but it would be nice to see a group of them together. Here are three to start and sorry if a post already exists for this.

Thanks for linking this and what a fantastic array of knife boxes.

Humbly adding a couple more.

Nice collection you have there Mason. The Henckels really stands out.

Beechtree wrote:Nice collection you have there Mason. The Henckels really stands out.

Thanks, but I hope you have had a chance to go through all of the previous posts to see the many stellar examples from other members.

Absolutely Mason . I think old cutlery boxes may be underrated, but the collections here are stunning. This is simply an amazing thread. It is a very unique opportunity to see all these pieces together.

Just wanted to say THANK YOU x's 100. I just discovered this thread and read it from page 1 thru end and I am overwhelmed and well educated with all the information/history,knife boxes and personal comments in this thread. LT I tried to use your collection pics to show my wife that others have more expansive collections than what I'm working on,( alluding to my rational to keep building). As she looked at your pictures she said,"it's obvious that he is not married and lives in a big man cave!"It was only a few minuets later that I read in your post that you were "no longer married". Hope you were joking and if not, it wasn't because of your passion for knife collecting. I do have the capacity to learn from other's mistakes, regardless you and the boys have my admiration and thanks for sharing in part your amazing collections. Rocky