Terrier Cutlery Company

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Hey it’s a terrier they are all cool !
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Yeah, you're right. ::tu:: J.O'.
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This just came in today. Looks like it has been cleaned but if so they did a good job. I really really love it. Special thanks to a special person for his help and selflessness. Thanks so much Charlie!
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Kevin11b wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:15 pm This just came in today. Looks like it has been cleaned but if so they did a good job. I really really love it. Special thanks to a special person for his help and selflessness. Thanks so much Charlie!
Extremely beautiful knife!
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WooHoo, Doggie! $$$$$$$ ::tu:: J.O'.
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Congratulations Kevin. ::tu::

If I remember correctly, the seller's auction description suggested it might have been cleaned.

Still a nice knife and I believe the only Terrier Coke Bottle Folding Hunter I have ever seen.

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Thanks to all ! Yes he did say it was possible. His father in law was a collector. They are liquidating his estate, very nice folks to deal with. I also bought a couple of kabar coke bottle from him to show how much better terriers are 🙂
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Kevin, what a beautiful knife. Happy for you. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks Floyd !
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Memory refresher there is another nice old coke bottle terrier on page 11 of this thread .
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Yeah, I saw that today. My memory isn't what it used to be.

There is a sweet little Terrier 267 / 732 pearl whittler on Ebay right now, but they are asking $350.00.

I have the pattern already and the Ebay knife is no upgrade for me at that price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/TERRIER-CUTLER ... SwA8FgKYWd

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Don’t feel bad my memory shot too isn’t getting old fun. Hey Charlie can’t find that terrier. What search criteria did you use ? Already spent enough for now on that last one but would like to look at it Kevin
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Oh never mind I found it. Sure is pretty.
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Well I picked up the terrier that Charlie referred to in a previous post Kept trying to restrain myself but couldn’t help it any longer! It started at 350 then down to 299 then I got an offer at 280 Waited a while and I counter offered 225.00 and he accepted! Surprised it was on eBay as long as it was. Doesn’t look as nice as Charlie’s but it looks in pretty good shape. Haven’t received it yet. Kevin
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Oh Charlie thanks for the heads up !
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Two lovely old knives, Kevin. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks Danno!!!! Really like terriers and there are some really nice ones on this thread
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You’re welcome Kevin. I love spending other people’s money.

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The greatest discovery since the wheel or the ramblings of an aapk newbie. Let u decide. So, many posts back on this thread there was a discussion about what was stamped on a terrier pattern 027 I believe. It was a unique stamp and not completely legible , so hard to draw definitive conclusion. And in fact even if the stamp had been totally legible it could have been a crazy one off of sorts well I was fortunate enough to have purchased a knife that was also an 027 also the same tang stamp except this one is completely legible and supports the conclusions of the original knife. Soooo I am going out on a limb and stating that we have for sure a new previously undiscovered terrier tang stamp. I would like to know the years they had their NY showroom as that may help with production dates for this knife. Ok I am done ready to be beaten up 😊but until then very excited.
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Sorry having trouble posting clear pics of the tang stamp I will work on that. But it states Terrier first line then cut. Co. Second line and last line what u guys suspected NY city thanks Kevin
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Ok think the pics I got work well enough to see
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Kevin, I have not much knowledge on Terriers but that is a beautiful knife. Congrats. ::handshake::
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Thanks Floyd. I do like it , course the broken reprofiled blade not so nice But the tang stamps are very interesting.
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Very nice, Kevin. ::tu::

Other than the dates, 1910 to 1916, there is not much known about Terrier Cutlery and frankly, there are no guarantees those dates are accurate.

I have never seen any paper from Robeson re' Terrier cutlery. I have never seen a catalog or any kind of price list for them and I've never seen a Terrier knife box, though there was a rumor of one's existence a number of years ago.

I know Robeson had an office and showrooms on Fifth Avenue in New York City, but I don't know when it was there. I have an all metal self-advertiser that states that and has both Robeson Cutlery Co and Rochester Stamping Co (Not Works) on it, so the knife might coincide with the accepted dates of manufacture for Terrier knives.

Irving S. Robeson was an avid sportsman. He was a jumping and/or dressage horseman, a very successful amateur golfer, winning tournaments all up and down the Atlantic Seaboard and I suspect he was a breeder or owner of American Pit-bull Terriers, hence the name given to the short-lived, but premium quality line of knives, folding and straight. I have a large Terrier meat cleaver and there are a couple of Terrier kitchen knives in the Robeson catalog reproduced by David Clark a few years ago.
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Thank you for more info. It is unfortunate we have so little information. But at least one more tang stamp! However another confusing bit of information comes from the wonderful knife you included photos of . Here you have a knife clearly associated with N.Y. City yet it has a Rochester ny tang stamp. At least that stamp placed it near the terrier time period. And I have a terrier with a punch blade with the usual apr. 25-05 stamp and with a 17 year limit (which I believe is correct) on patents at that time , that also backs up terriers dates of 1910-1916 In fact I think I will show some pics of the knife with the punch blade as I have a question maybe you or someone can answer thanks Kevin
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