Utility knives,Maher & Grosh that is.

William H. Maher and Emil Grosh started the Maher & Grosh Wholesale Cutlery Co. in 1877 with a goal to sell high quality US manufactured cutlery globally. The original business dissolved in 1988, but the brand has since been resurrected.
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Thanks for showing more of your beautiful historic knives Roger ::nod::
How many years have you been collecting Maher and Grosh?
It's always important to know what you don't know.
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Re Pecan Budder:
"It was for grafting splices of limbs to another tree"
Yes but that does not explain why the 2 blades and the 1-2" spacing between them.
We need a pecan orchardist to explain and why only pecan ? what about Walnut, Hazelnut, etc. are they grafted differently from pecan ?
Do you know the manufacturer of this knife ? I presume they use an existing frame and use 2, side by side ?
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Roland,Them calling a pecan knife was just marketing on their part.I assume you could use it for grafting many different types of trees/ scrubs.I Don't know who made them for M & G.I have seen several over the years and all I have looked at were marked Maher and Grosh. I will have to pay more attention to find one marked differernt.I have had an etched one for several years and haven't looked at many since.
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No it wasn't a marketing gimmick that is what they used for pecan trees, they still make them today the same way!

Roland, if you want to learn why then Google "Patch Budding Pecans", you will find all you can read on the subject.

I use to collect these at one time and bought every one I could find for a reasonable price, old American made one's are much harder to find than German made one's.

This is a more unusual serpentine pattern model.
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Thanks stranger, good idea. i never think of google, it's too new. but i will do it right after this. I have done the occasional bud graft but i don't see how a second blade would help unless for doing 2 at a time.
Beautiful wood on your knife. Logo might be an anchor ? Who was the maker ?
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Your welcome Roland :) :)

Here's a very good video that explains the process and shows the knife in action ::tu::

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nQxv4MQDhug
kootenay joe wrote:Beautiful wood on your knife. Logo might be an anchor ? Who was the maker ?
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Thanks D. for those who don't know, Tina = German manufacturer of high quality work knives, founded in 1850's, still in business today.
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Large 4 1/2" early hawkbill.Deep stamped etch and early tang stamp.
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Large 4 1/2" early hawkbill.Deep stamped etch and early tang stamp.
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Thanks Dimitri,that video shows the purpose of the wide double bladed pecan patch budder.

Also Roland and others, that brass end they used on the patch budder and on some of Roger's budding knives is what we call a spud.

A Maher and Grosh farmers jack used for gardening,budding, and grafting. Looks like it's made by Ulster.
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Here's a unique pattern that fits in this thread.Swellcenter,unequal end bolsters.3 backsprings and 4 blades.Spear,pen,saw and screwdriver. The ad is from a 1909 catalog.
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That's awesome Roger
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Miller Bro's wrote:Your welcome Roland :) :)

Here's a very good video that explains the process and shows the knife in action ::tu::

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nQxv4MQDhug
kootenay joe wrote:Beautiful wood on your knife. Logo might be an anchor ? Who was the maker ?
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fascinating video. Explains the very purposeful knife.
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Roger, I was able to add one of the Texas Pecan grafting knives to the collection, not a s nice as yours but still a good example.
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I watched that one on Ebay both times it was listed.You did quite well on the price.It's not too far behind mine in condition.Glad you got it. ::tu::
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peanut740 wrote:I watched that one on Ebay both times it was listed.You did quite well on the price.It's not too far behind mine in condition.Glad you got it. ::tu::
Thanks Roger, it's a pretty unusual knife and was glad to add it to the collection.
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Fantastic knife, John. So unusual. ::tu::

Roger, that knife of June 16 is really special.
That must be a scarce model.
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FRJ wrote:Fantastic knife, John. So unusual. ::tu::

Roger, that knife of June 16 is really special.
That must be a scarce model.
It is the first one I have run across Joe.It is a neat knife.The saw and screwdriver blades are really cool.They had that pattern in a couple different 3 blade combinations also.I haven't seen any of those either.
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