Humason & Beckley Mfg. Co

[danno50]

Very nice old knife, Lee! Like you pointed out, amazing match between the handles.
Dan

[LongBlade]

Thanks Dan ...

[wlf]

Nice ones fellas.

Joe ,I would like to have this H&B farmers jack in this catalog cut.

[espn77]

I picked up a couple of H&B knives this week.

[bestgear]

Lovely old H&B's Keith, thanks for sharing them!

[espn77]

Thanks Tom. The jack knife is obviously heavily cleaned bit the whaler knife looks to have very minimal use. They came in a group of Remington knives i bought. Been fun reading threw this thread about these knives.

[LongBlade]

Super knives Keith ... that New England Whaler is awesome!!!

[espn77]

Thanks Lee. What do you think the handles are. I want to say horn but I haven't seen enough horn to say that.

[LongBlade]

Definitely horn Keith - and very cool!!!

[ratlesnake75]

Hey Guys, thought I would post my H&B Stag Lockback for us to look at
Kind Regards,
Mark

[ratlesnake75]

Hey Guys, And now its Clip Blade twin brother, LMAO
Kind Regards,
Mark

[ratlesnake75]

Hey Keith, That is some KILLER STAG on the H&B,,,,LOVE IT Bro
Kind Regards,
mark

[bestgear]

Thanks Lee. What do you think the handles are. I want to say horn but I haven't seen enough horn to say that.

100% horn!

[danno50]

Beautiful knives, espn77 and Mark! I especially like the horn handled jack.
Dan

[JohnR]

Beautiful old knives guys! I lucked into this H&B 3 3/4" jack the other day. Pretty decent shape considering the age, I'm not sure what the handle material is, maybe horn? If it's wood I have no idea what type.

[Mumbleypeg]

Great find, and an fine example of the cutler's art!

Ken

[LongBlade]

Beauty of a H&B jack John ... looks like horn to me as well.... cool find!!

[JohnR]

Ken, Lee, thank you for the comments. This is the first H&B I've been able to find, based on this example they seem to be very high quality knives.

[danno50]

Very nice knife, John. I like the bar shield and the matchstrike long pulls. Nice looking handle material, whatever it is. I personally think wood, however, if someone with your experience is unsure I think my 2 cents worth is worth just about that.
Dan

[americanedgetech]

I have a question about these "Bar Shields".
To ME they actually look like a match strike, yet the long zig-zag type nail nicks are referred to as "match strikes"

Is there a reason that so many old knives all share these "bar shields, and they are not used for or called a match strike?

Beyond that I have to say that those scales look like beautifully clean/clear buffalo horn. Great knife!

[Mumbleypeg]

I have a question about these "Bar Shields".
To ME they actually look like a match strike, yet the long zig-zag type nail nicks are referred to as "match strikes"

Is there a reason that so many old knives all share these "bar shields, and they are not used for or called a match strike!

The bar shields I have seen are smooth polished nickel silver - would be difficult to strike a match on them. As for the so called "match striker pulls", I don't believe those were intended for use as match strikers either. That's just what they're usually called. I'm sure any folks that disagree with me will be posting soon!

Ken

[americanedgetech]

Thanks Ken
That is why I asked.

[danno50]

After reading Ken's comment I took a closer look at the cover and changed my mind. When magnified, they definitely appear to be horn.
Dan

[JohnR]

Thanks Dan, I am now convinced it's horn and it does show some similarities to the horn on the whaler that Keith posted on the previous page.

[KleenCut61]

Mammoth Hunter H&B , Had a pic in a book and cannot for the life of me Find it again , K.C.