A Previously Unknown Tang Stamp
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:08 pm
To me, anyway.
ROBESON / CUTLERY CO. in two lines.
And Tom Kalcevic did not include it in his definitive Robeson book,"Knives Can Talk!".
No idea how old this knife might be, but I suspect circa turn of the 19th century.
It has long pulls on both blades, which is very rare on a common knife like this. They did use them on some premium pearl-handled multi-bladed gentleman's knives.
There is a similar stamp known, but with a line beneath the "O" in "Co.".
This stamp has no line and the "O" in "CO." is the same size as all the other letters.
I see no country of origin stamped on the blades. It might well be English.
Pretty handles and fairly full blades.
Charlie Noyes
ROBESON / CUTLERY CO. in two lines.
And Tom Kalcevic did not include it in his definitive Robeson book,"Knives Can Talk!".
No idea how old this knife might be, but I suspect circa turn of the 19th century.
It has long pulls on both blades, which is very rare on a common knife like this. They did use them on some premium pearl-handled multi-bladed gentleman's knives.
There is a similar stamp known, but with a line beneath the "O" in "Co.".
This stamp has no line and the "O" in "CO." is the same size as all the other letters.
I see no country of origin stamped on the blades. It might well be English.
Pretty handles and fairly full blades.
Charlie Noyes
