Please help date this

[JoeJoe54]

Hello! New to this forum, but I just picked up this Marbles knife. It has the 3 line stamp without the USA, and also has the RJ Young stamp. I have the box as well but no identifying stickers or anything. Any help getting a rough date on it is greatly appreciated!

[treefarmer]

Howdy, JoeJoe54! to AAPK!
I can't help you very much with your knife but there are some folks here on the forum that will know.
What little I do know is the rings on the handle will help date the knife, I don't know the code but have seen them in print on the internet.
Also the pommels were made of different materials, the aluminum like yours in different configurations, some were made of stag.
Some Marbles knives were made for military use as well as a knife for outdoorsmen.
The Marbles tang stamp looks good and there were several different styles of stamps over the years.
The "R J YOUNG" stamp was most likely put on the knife by ol' RJ himself.
Treefarmer

[1967redrider]

Looks like an early 2000's Marble's made when the (Devine?) guy took over operations briefly. As treefarmer said, a previous owner stamped his name on it. to AAPK!

John

p.s.- I have a pretty good sense of humor, some may think it's twisted a little. My first thought was, have you tried dinner and a movie?

[herbva]

[btrwtr]

RJ Young was a Marbles employee that customized and refurbished knives after his employment. This is a more modern knife that he assembled using his skill and parts from the factory. He passed away in 2016.

[1967redrider]

Great info, Wayne.

[Gunsil]

RJ sure ruined a lot of old Marbles knives. Many of his "restorations" removed a lot of steel just to make an old knife shiny and he put stag handles on knives that did not originally have them.