Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:44 pm
Nice lineup Joe! 
Challenge and Atlantic jacks
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Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:27 pm
I don't think I ever did post any ebony handled knives here. It is one of my favorite woods. I have a few:
Challenge and Atlantic jacks Miller Bros. whittler Union jack Keen Kutter and Cattaraugus pens Henry Sears jack American Shear whittler Imperial utility which I recently rehandled in ebony
Challenge and Atlantic jacks Miller Bros. whittler Union jack Keen Kutter and Cattaraugus pens Henry Sears jack American Shear whittler Imperial utility which I recently rehandled in ebony
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:25 pm
OC your use of few is too modest. Great looking old knives. Great job on the rehandle as well. 
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:44 pm
dogleggdoglegg wrote:OC your use of few is too modest. Great looking old knives. Great job on the rehandle as well.
That Imperial utility I rehandled is one of the POS knives you sent to me.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:55 pm
OC you did a great job on it. My BIL gave me that one and several others that were found lying around his Dad's farm. His dad had passed and they were liquidating everything. Most were heavily oiled and surprisingly sharp. Glad you put it back into service.
Even better job cause it didn't look like much when it left here.
Even better job cause it didn't look like much when it left here.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 12:56 am
OC, just texted with my BIL and sent him the picture of the refurbished knife. He said he can remember his Dad carrying either that knife or one like it. Said he liked having the screw driver and the beer opener. Also mentioned that he made 4 visits to South Dakota visiting Indian sites and places in Indian history. Funny to think that this knife might have been there before. Any way my BIL was pleased that the old knife was back in operation. Thank you. 
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:31 am
Added a Schrade Cut Co and a Holley recently.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 1:24 pm
Like them both JohnR.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 4:10 pm
Those are beauties John!
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:12 pm
Thanks guys, while it's hard to beat a nice deep jigged bone there is just something about the classic beauty of ebony.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:30 pm
Just recently got into trying to collect some ebony handles. Here's what I have so far.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:30 pm
What a great thread.....Beautiful cutlery being shown here !
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:26 pm
Here is a Wedgeway Cutlery that has the "Diamond" on back of blade also. Thx Markknife7knut wrote:Here are two that I may or may not have posted before.The KK I just dug out and cleaned up a bit to EDC.Looks like a German made one by the steel pin.Blades aree pretty well sharpened and snap like a bear trap.The Fletcher Hardware knife was right beside it so that came out for a cleaning as well.Sorry for the bad pics;my camera batteries were going south.
A couple of curious things about these knives:
The KK has a small piece of back spring missing on the rear outside but it doesn;t seem to affect the operation of the knife.Looks like the heat treating might have been flawed and it broke when the knife was being assembled.
The Fletcher knife has a diamond stamped into the rear of the tang on the master blade and I'm wondering if this may have indicated a contract knife for whomever made the knife for them.Anyone ever seen this on a blade before?
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 2:22 am
I agree John. I have a thing for the ebony handles also. Here is a pretty cool Cat in my opinion.JohnR wrote:Thanks guys, while it's hard to beat a nice deep jigged bone there is just something about the classic beauty of ebony.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 2:38 pm
espn that is a great knife and a great pun. 
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2019 3:53 pm
So, I was giving a few knives some routine attention and this Catt kept begging for inclusion in the Ebony Handles thread. How can you say NO to a talking knife?
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:43 pm
Great knife. Full blades. Should give that some pocket time. I use a Cat electricians knife and can’t believe how long it holds an edge.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:02 am
Thanks James, I am not opposed to that idea, I carry an old ebony jack every so often
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:58 am
That is a very nice old "talking" survivor.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:40 pm
I was digging around in a $3 box at a gunshow last weekend and found this old 3 3/4" ebony jack. The master blade is stamped "Hammer Brand" with the Hammer logo and the pile side of the master is marked 2109. The pen blade is stamped "New York Knife Co Walden". Kind of a neat old ebony jack with a bomb shield. Unfortunately at some point in its life it had a run in with a live power wire, and it left a divot in the spear blade. I sharpened it and it took a real good edge.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:23 am
Lovely old knife, too bad about the divot!
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 1:28 pm
OC, $3 knives don't get much sweeter than that one. Congrats. And the scar just says it is a worker. Great old knife.
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:53 pm
Whoooooooooooahhhhh dude!
Love that spear point blade. I got this super rare (not sure if it's ebony) Pacific Hdw Co
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:44 pm
OC, that is a great old knife, a lot of character there! I would take a $3 knife like that any day of the week.
Scott, that knife has "haunted me" (it IS Halloween) since you first posted a pic after you found it. I have gone back several times and looked at your pics of it and wondered about it's history and how it ended up in Florida etc etc, really awesome and unique old find!
Re: Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:48 pm
Here is a survivor in ebony, tang stamped CATTARAUGUS CUTLERY Co. LITTLE VALLEY on the front tang, and 32206G on the back.
Then on the spey blade is stamped FOR CUTTING FLESH ONLY. Big round shield means it has a punch blade. Poor storage is about the only thing wrong with very old knife.
Then on the spey blade is stamped FOR CUTTING FLESH ONLY. Big round shield means it has a punch blade. Poor storage is about the only thing wrong with very old knife.