H & J W King

[galvanic1882]

I posted this knife in the counterfeit forum because there was a Rodgers knife that was very similar that was being sold on ebay but thought I should post it here. It is Marked H & J W King but I believe it was made by Rodgers. It has shields on both sides and the long pulls go through the tangs and are on both side of the blades!!! Those are 2 very unusual things to see on a knife. The stag is just great and it is the same on both knives. No brass at all on the knife and one of the larger blades has the King etch. I have had the knife for over 15 years and is one of my favorites. I have another by the same company, a little pearl lobster also etched and a few billheads.

The Rodgers knife went fo more then I could afford right now but I would have loved to own it, it sold for 810!!

Remeber keep looking because the good ones are out there waitng to be found!!!

[Miller Bro's]

They are very similar

[knife7knut]

Beautiful old knives!I wonder though if the blades on your knife were all sheep foot originally or they are as made.I have seen congress patterns that shared a sheep foot and spear point master blade and had pen blades as secondary ones.The E-bay knife to me is very unusual in that all the blades are sheep foot.I don't believe I've ever seen that before.What era do you think they originated?I would guess the early part of the 19th century.Thanks for posting them.

[RobesonsRme.com]

I think the two smaller blades might actually be coping blades.
LVG-4, on the Congress page, shows a similar knife with the same blade configuration, but it's a German import by Kastor, marked A. W. Wadsworth.
CNoyes

[knife7knut]

I think the two smaller blades might actually be coping blades.
LVG-4, on the Congress page, shows a similar knife with the same blade configuration, but it's a German import by Kastor, marked A. W. Wadsworth.
CNoyes

Good call Charlie;guess I'm gettin' old.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Actually, I cannot take credit for that observation. The Rodgers knife was discussed earlier in another forum and someone else pointed out the coping possibility.
I found the LVG-4 reference, though.
Charlie