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Cool old knife given to me 40+ years ago. I'm told the "pat pend" marking makes it very old, maybe 1915. Any truth to that? It's never seen real use from the looks of it.

That is what is referred to as a first model Woodcraft c. 1914-1916. Hard to find knife especially in that condition. Could you show a picture of the sheath including the snap?

Looks like a nice, full blade to me.

In addition to the requested sheath picture, could you post the Marble's ricasso stamp too?

And to AAPK!

Nice knife that falls right in the "Golden Age" of Marble's,
they were dominating the Sportsmen's world at that time with their products and with Webster Marble
and his marketing genius...
Their products were found on every continent in the world, including the poles

Stag

Here's a couple others.

Hopefully they're big enough to see the details you asked about!

This was one of my "prized possessions" as a kid. I have always used but taken care of my stuff, a side-effect of having being poor but also loving knives, guns, tools, etc. This one didn't see much use because the sheath seemed pretty fragile. It's nice to share it with others who might appreciate it too. I have a 19 y/o son who likes this stuff a little but isn't even remotely as obsessed as I was!

That is an awesome pair! The "A" hooks to the left, which some say indicates a certain manufacturing period and some say it doesn't. You have a real winner there!

I tried to find a picture of their marketing logo, "For Every Hour in the Wild," but couldn't.

Very nice example of an early Woodcraft!! Looks like the guard and spacers are nickel instead of brass? That would make it more special to some collectors.

It is a very light color but still brass I believe. I'll look at it harder when I get a chance. The nut in the stag pommel seems to always be darker and more brass-looking, so you may be on to something. It'd be nice to get a collector's input on this. It's my "collection" of one, but I've always thought it was very cool. I've made and accumulated hundreds of knives and it still stands out. One of the really noticeable things is how small the handle is compared to newer knives. Not too tiny but definitely not big.

I hadn't noticed but as Gene said the spacers and guard look like nickel silver. I do think the opinions you are getting here are coming from collectors.

Tarnish removed brass can look very silvery, but the yellow comes back in time. At least that's what I have noticed.

I went and took a close look - nickel silver bolster and spacers on the stacked handle. A little verdigris forms on it over time, which made me think brass.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:01 pm Tarnish removed brass can look very silvery, but the yellow comes back in time. At least that's what I have noticed.

And nickel silver looks very silvery when polished, more so than brass. The OP knife does not look polished anyways. Nickel or German silver was once called 'white brass", but one can easily see the guard and spacers shown here are nickel silver. I am sure some are aware that Marbles normally used only brass guards and spacers on most of their knives, the ones with nickel are more scarce.

Thanks for all the input guys. I had no idea it was so scarce; it probably belongs in a dedicated Marbles collection somewhere.