Marbles pocket knives
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This next one is a little different. As has been stated, there was a time when Jim Parker, rightly or wrongly, made some Marbles branded knives. Most of them were made in Germany. But not this one. This was one of five that was handmade by Royce Shehorn of Traverse City, MI (I'm told he was out of Traverse City, but I cannot verify that.). It was made as a sample to be submitted by Parker to Marbles. Apparently, Royce could not produce these Elephant Toes fast enough for Mr. Parker, and so the number of Elephant Toes ever sold by Parker was under 100, with only five being made by Mr. Shehorn. Given the discussion above about possible Marbles Elephant Toes, I thought I would show this one.
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That ranks right up there as one of the best Elephant Toenails I’ve ever seen. The stag on that is wonderful.
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That is one gorgeous knife hardman. Beautiful handles!
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Hardman...that is beautiful!!!
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Wow Gary, that's a beauty!!hardman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:13 pm This next one is a little different. As has been stated, there was a time when Jim Parker, rightly or wrongly, made some Marbles branded knives. Most of them were made in Germany. But not this one. This was one of five that was handmade by Royce Shehorn of Traverse City, MI (I'm told he was out of Traverse City, but I cannot verify that.). It was made as a sample to be submitted by Parker to Marbles. Apparently, Royce could not produce these Elephant Toes fast enough for Mr. Parker, and so the number of Elephant Toes ever sold by Parker was under 100, with only five being made by Mr. Shehorn. Given the discussion above about possible Marbles Elephant Toes, I thought I would show this one.
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Found a list of Old Marble's Pocket Knives all have the same pattern # as a Case Knife
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Very interesting. I would love to see some of these, if any were actually made.
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5958 and 5948 remind me a lot of Sheffield-made knives.
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