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Posted: **Fri May 28, 2021 2:13 pm**

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 1:30 am
Mason wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 12:23 pm Miller Bros., great old Navy knife and hard to find with a full blade as seen on yours.
Thanks, they do seem to have been heavily used.

Mason wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 12:23 pm Here is another old Navy knife that was made by H. G. Long with an additional folding marlin spike.
Very nice, H.G. Long made quite a few of these knives. The marlin spike on these are a nail breaker to open!

Thanks and yes, nail breaker, or possibly thumb breaker.

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 12:48 am**

Here are a couple more.

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 12:50 am**

JohnR wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 1:20 pm Pictures of the small Joseph Rodgers and the large I have for comparison, pretty much the same knives on a different scale.

Beautiful stag, thanks for showing them!

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 11:05 am**

Thank you Dimitri.

Great stag on your Navy knives.

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 1:52 pm**

John and Dimitri what can I, more beautiful knives!!!

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 2:07 pm**

Neal, John and Dimitri, What fabulous knives.

John, those congress are so fine and great pictures!

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 4:03 pm**

Just spent my Saturday morning and two mugs of coffee going through this excellent thread my friend, Dimitri started.

I cannot think of very many threads that hit twenty-six pages in such short order.

Beautiful, old, high quality cutlery here and more to come, I’m sure.

I have nothing to contribute, but I’ve been after a locally owned English made, stag handled, large frame knife stamped with multiple game images and
“ALABAMA HUNTING KNIFE”, which probably dates to shortly after 1831, our Statehood date. If he ever decides to sell, it will cost me dearly, but what a knife.

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 5:29 pm**

Miller Bros., Great pair of Navy models with Marlin spikes. A good bit of weight in those models.

Here is an elegant pearl handled folder from Joseph Fenton & Sons.

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 5:42 pm**

Both bolsters and bone fabulous.

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 5:44 pm**

Very Nice Neal

Posted: **Sat May 29, 2021 10:29 pm**

Thank you John, Bill and Joe!

Mason wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 5:29 pm Miller Bros., Great pair of Navy models with Marlin spikes. A good bit of weight in those models.

Thanks, there sure is!

RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 4:03 pm Just spent my Saturday morning and two mugs of coffee going through this excellent thread my friend, Dimitri started.

I cannot think of very many threads that hit twenty-six pages in such short order.

Beautiful, old, high quality cutlery here and more to come, I’m sure.

I have nothing to contribute, but I’ve been after a locally owned English made, stag handled, large frame knife stamped with multiple game images and
“ALABAMA HUNTING KNIFE”, which probably dates to shortly after 1831, our Statehood date. If he ever decides to sell, it will cost me dearly, but what a knife.

Thank you Charlie, good to see you posting in Knife Lore again

Would love to see that knife, sounds like a folding bowie knife.

Posted: **Sun May 30, 2021 12:24 am**

Neal, elegant indeed. In every way.

The Wharncliffe is fine but I love those long slender secondary pens they put on some of those knives.

Those English cutlers.

Posted: **Sun May 30, 2021 1:57 am**

Neal, is the Fenton & Sons a 'serpentine pen' ? And it looks like the caps are a different shape than the bolsters ? Great attention to all the details by the maker.
It is one of the finest pen knives i have ever seen.
kj

Posted: **Sun May 30, 2021 5:27 pm**

kootenay joe wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 1:57 am Neal, is the Fenton & Sons a 'serpentine pen' ? And it looks like the caps are a different shape than the bolsters ? Great attention to all the details by the maker.
It is one of the finest pen knives i have ever seen.
kj

Thanks for the nice comments, KJ.
That knife reminds me of a "stylized" Wharncliffe model, but the handle and blade shape are just slightly different than a classic Wharncliffe pattern.
So yes, a "serpentine pen" would be a good description.

Posted: **Mon May 31, 2021 10:47 pm**

JohnR wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 11:05 am Great stag on your Navy knives.

Thanks!

Posted: **Mon May 31, 2021 10:51 pm**

Here's something a little different, a moustache comb with solid Ivory handles and a very nice shield

Posted: **Mon May 31, 2021 11:03 pm**

This one is a later model but still a well made knife, I bought it because of the handles.

Posted: **Mon May 31, 2021 11:05 pm**

Nice MB. All the knives you have posted are great.

Posted: **Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:53 am**

That is nice handles on the IXL Dimitri, but I really like the comb

Posted: **Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:02 am**

I'll follow suit and agree that the IXL has nice handles, but the comb is quite special. Did you figure out the name yet based on the hallmarks?
I have a similar sterling comb from around 1900, but it is American made.

Here is another oddity. It is a sterling Wostenholm pen blade knife with a pull out telescoping mechanical pencil.

Posted: **Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:27 am**

galvanic1882 wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 11:05 pm Nice MB. All the knives you have posted are great.

Thank you Mike!

BWT wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:53 am That is nice handles on the IXL Dimitri, but I really like the comb

Thanks Bill!

Posted: **Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:32 am**

Mason wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:02 am I'll follow suit and agree that the IXL has nice handles, but the comb is quite special. Did you figure out the name yet based on the hallmarks?
I have a similar sterling comb from around 1900, but it is American made.

Here is another oddity. It is a sterling Wostenholm pen blade knife with a pull out telescoping mechanical pencil.

They are pseudo hallmarks, the comb is actually nickle silver instead of sterling. I would like to see the comb you have

Very nice Wostenholm, I like the unusual!

Posted: **Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:25 am**

That’s nice Neal, something you don’t see every day

Posted: **Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:14 pm**

All very special knives

. Is that genuine tortoise? Almost Winterbottom looking? J.O'.

Posted: **Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:45 am**

While not English, Miller bros. asked to see this very fine American made folding sterling comb.
This model was made by "Bailey Banks & Biddle" which date back to 1878, and have roots dating back further.
That company had quite a prestigious history and were tasked to re-design the Great Seal of the United States, as well as designing and manufacturing several military medals including the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Bronze and Silver Stars, and the Purple Heart.

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