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Rev-o-noc

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:43 pm
by knife-nut
http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-VINTAGE-HSB-REV ... dZViewItem I've always wondered where Hibbard,Spencer and Bartlett got the Rev-o-noc name. Is it just a coincedence that it spells Conover backwards. Like in Richards and Conover. Where these cutlery companies connected?

Re: Rev-o-noc

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:50 pm
by rigwelder
i did some research in the past, but couldnt come up with anything. the knife posted above is one of the many i'm selling to pay Uncle Sam for the money he let me make last year.

Re: Rev-o-noc

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:01 pm
by jonet143
according to goins, rev-o-noc was a tribute to charles h. conover, from h.s.b. & co.

Re: Rev-o-noc

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:12 pm
by El Lobo
OK rigwelder,

I'm first batter up for that nice old knife.

Bill

Re: Rev-o-noc

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:15 am
by rigwelder
then swing Bill swing :lol: