All About Pocket Knives

wlf wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:14 am Great collection of some beautiful knives Georgiy.
You may be just the guy to help me. Does anyone know the maker of this multi blade? the only stamp I see is an anchor with a backwards F on it's left side and a P or R on the opposite side of the anchor.

wlf wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:14 am Great collection of some beautiful knives Georgiy.
You may be just the guy to help me. Does anyone know the maker of this multi blade? the only stamp I see is an anchor with a backwards F on it's left side and a P or R on the opposite side of the anchor.

wlf wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:05 pm Thanks Georgi.

Well Franz was a master cutler. 12 fine implements in a 64 mm ( 2 1/2" ) lovely pearl handled frame.

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:41 pm Thanks for the information Georgiy. I expect my knife was early in that company.

I have an assortment of early German knives , that are of excellent quality , mostly farmers jacks ( budding and pruning).

Fabyan Knife Co . Goins shows c 1889 , so it's old , and their trademark was "Well Known". I borrowed an internet photo as the stamp on my blade was not all there.

Arched Germany stamp on the pile side of the worn budding blade.

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:25 pm If you show them one at a time Georgiy , you get more air time.

This one is old and exquisite. A Wester Bros out of their NY showcase. Marked with anchor,star, and arrow and Germany. I love the bone , even the sun bleached side.
The backspring is tapered , as did some early knives of this pattern.

Georgiy_Velchev wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:14 pm

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:25 pm If you show them one at a time Georgiy , you get more air time.

This one is old and exquisite. A Wester Bros out of their NY showcase. Marked with anchor,star, and arrow and Germany. I love the bone , even the sun bleached side.
The backspring is tapered , as did some early knives of this pattern.

I plan in the future to create a thread discussing my collection of knives and post them one by one along with the information I found about them. Maybe this will help someone in the future or it will just be interesting to watch and read. But I don’t think there will be many interested people.
In my collection I have a mother-of-pearl knife from this glorious company Wester Bros.
Your knife is in excellent condition. However, maybe it’s worth protecting the linings?
I will attach an identification table for Wester Bros knives.

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:49 pm

Georgiy_Velchev wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:14 pm

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:25 pm If you show them one at a time Georgiy , you get more air time.

This one is old and exquisite. A Wester Bros out of their NY showcase. Marked with anchor,star, and arrow and Germany. I love the bone , even the sun bleached side.
The backspring is tapered , as did some early knives of this pattern.

I plan in the future to create a thread discussing my collection of knives and post them one by one along with the information I found about them. Maybe this will help someone in the future or it will just be interesting to watch and read. But I don’t think there will be many interested people.
In my collection I have a mother-of-pearl knife from this glorious company Wester Bros.
Your knife is in excellent condition. However, maybe it’s worth protecting the linings?
I will attach an identification table for Wester Bros knives.

This knife was in a showcase in NY city many, many years before I got the opportunity to buy it ,and it was there the sun bleached it, long before I bought it .

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:56 pm Thanks for the Wester history. I would say this example is early 1900.

wlf wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:53 pm Beautiful. Is it a whittler ?
What time frame do you put that one?
Length?