All About Pocket Knives

RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:09 am A well used and carried Terrier 092 giant EZ Opener that has been heavily cleaned.

Robeson made the pattern as a Robeson and as a Terrier.

I have a Terrier with the same pattern number, but with different blades.

I am not an appraiser and usually decline to put values on knives belonging to others. I do not follow the market or trends.

It’s not worth what it could have been. The cleaning hurts it.

Charlie

RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:46 pm I was sitting in a parking lot last week while my wife was seeing one of her doctors and thought I’d check my e-mail on my cell phone.

I had a message from Lloyd Duff alerting me to a nice looking Terrier on EBay.

I looked at it, found it desirable and tried to buy it via the Buy-It-Now option, but could not as I was not logged into EBay on the phone and had no idea what my password might be. I know. Go figure.

Three hours later, when I finally got to my PC, the knife was still listed and I bought it, hoping it was as nice as it appeared.

This is what I received.

It is a 3 1/4” pearl handled Terrier Congress Whittler with a sheep foot master and two pens. The blades are close to mint with crocus polish on the front and glaze finish on the back. They all have half-stops and audible snaps opening, closing and at the half-stops.

Master is stamped TERRIER / CUTLERY / ROCHESTER, N.Y. And the pens are both marked TERRIER / CUTLERY. There is a dog’s head on the back of the master and and the pattern number 21 / 732 in two lines on one of the pens. That equates to a Robeson six digit number of 732021, which would be an early shape pattern at 021.

There is a little scratch on the front handle, otherwise they are in great condition.

Interestingly, after I received the knife, the seller listed another just like it, but not as nice. I looked at his list of auctions and he has five Congress Whittlers on EBay, all of different manufacturers. I found that very interesting.

RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 5:31 pm Some weeks back, I received a private message from Mike Losicco, asking if I would be interested in buying a Terrier he had for sale.

It was a nice knife, but I told him due to recent unexpected medical expenses re’ Sarah, I was not in a position to purchase any knives.

He expressed his understanding and best wishes for Sarah and that was that.

Or so I thought.

A week or so later, this arrived in the mail.

It was from Mike.

It is a cocobolo handled hawkbill knife with bail.

Great snap, opening and closing.

Some patina and spotting on the blade, but it dates 1910 to 1916, so that’s expected.

Interestingly, the dog’s head logo is on the front of the tang and the mark on the back.

This is the only knife I have with this mark, but others here have examples of same.

A great knife and a wonderful and generous gesture from Mike Losicco.