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Three more old ebony handled H. Bokers.

That is a good looking group, Greedy!

knifegirl888 wrote:Oops... I just noticed this thread refers to Jacks. Please forgive me for posting the others.

Kathy, anything goes in this thread, as long as it has Ebony handles


Greedy, that Ebony handle Boker hunting knife is awesome

Greedy, it's no wonder I never see any good H.Bokers, you already have them all!

MRB & kg888: Thank you. I've always thought ebony handles were underrated & overlooked by a lot of collectors as a handle material; it's always been a favorite of mine. Hopefully, there will be a bunch more pictures posted by others.

Here are mine, the knives that have been posted are great!!! Man I love this Boker's!!

From the left, Foster Bros & Chatillion Co, this is the only knife I have ever seen marked this way, Cattaraugus Gunstock, Etched Robeson, etched Robeson salesamn's knife, WH Sample Albany NY another hard to find mark, Carrier Cutlery salesman's knife, Sherwood NY I have only seen 3 knives with this early Camillus mark. Bottom knife is a Maher Grosh etched Moose.

Mike,

What a classy bunch of knives!!

galvanic1882: Those are all killers!

Michael, that's a stunningly beautiful group of knives.

Charlie Noyes

As MB has opened the thread to knives other than jacks, here's my best ebony handled
Robeson.

It's a 4 1/4" sleeveboard, heavy Anglo-Saxon whittler made in the early to mid 1890's
for Robeson, possibly at the Sherwood - Bingham cutlery works in Camillus, N.Y.

There has been speculation that it's an unmarked German import.

I, personally, do not know.

It's a hefty handful of whittler, though.

The large master spear is stamped, ROBESON / CUTLERY Co.

All three blades have "PREMIER" stamped on one side of the tangs.

It was cleaned a bit before I acquired it.

Charlie Noyes

thats a beauty Charlie.......

Some useful information on Ebony wood:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebony

As a result of unsustainable harvesting, many species yielding ebony are now considered threatened. Africa in particular has had most of its indigenous ebony cut down illegally, and for this reason it has become common for street traders to blacken lighter woods with shoe polish in an effort to make a sale.

Such a shame

WOW Charlie!!

Now THAT'S a KNIFE!!!

Charlie,

That knife just makes ya want to

Thanks everybody. It is a dandy.

It's almost as big around as a quarter.

Charlie

EXCEPTIONAL knife Charlie!!

Great knives here.
Charlie, fabulous knife, fabulous bolsters.

Here are my Old Ebony handled knives:
A Pair of Ulsters
Hartford
Old 4 Line Camillus
Walden Knife Co.

That is one spectacular Robeson whittler. I sincerely doubt that it's German unless someone went over there and made sure they didn't do any of those things that make German knives announce themselves when you look at them. It just doesn't speak in German to me.

The rest of those knives are great too folks.

Here's mine. I guess I must have fell in like with these things at some point.
I didn't realize I had so many.

Left to right:
Savoy, Germany
Northfield
Valley Forge
N.Y. Hammer
Henry Wilton, Germany
Keen Kutter
XLCR
Wedgway
Lawton, Chicago
Waterville
Cattaraugus
American Knife, Plymouth
Miller Bros.
Challenge
Plymouth Knife Co.
Next 5
Waterville
Holly
Union
Melrose
Southington
Last 2
No name
Wright & Wilhelmy Co.

Charlie that is one fantastic knife!!!!

Joe,

Sweet picture and there are some terrific names on your list!

Kathy

Thank you, Kathy.
I like these Ebony handled knives. They are usually old and therefore have an interesting history and they are usually built like a tank. Also, unfortunatly, the blades have often been put to a grinder.
I wish I could have put up better pictures. I'm pressed for time these days.