Wilbert Cutlery

danno50 · Post by **danno50** » Sat May 13, 2017 4:36 pm

Beautiful pair of knives, Mark!

Dan

ratlesnake75 · Post by **ratlesnake75** » Sun May 14, 2017 2:47 am

Thanks Mr. Dan!!! Hard to beat these old Wilberts,,,they were a Real workhorse
Mark

ratlesnake75 · Post by **ratlesnake75** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:27 pm

Hey guys, Here is a Wilbert knife with a Locking punch. What I find interesting is that our knife books say "Wilbert" knives made by "Napanoch & Empire" but as we know other company's made these knives too for Sears. Very seldom do we actually come across a "Prime Example with Proof" of who made the knife,,,Mostly we just speculate. However, There is NO denying that Camillus made this Wilbert. The Punch has a Patent on it by Camillus Cutlery. The punch is stamped "Patented Aug, 11th 1908 No. 895778". This punch is rather totally flat on the front and the backside is curved. I have 2 other Different examples to go along with this interesting knife.
Kind Regards,
Mark

ratlesnake75 · Post by **ratlesnake75** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:40 pm

Hey Guys, This Wilbert knife is the Exact same pattern w/ same blade configuration, same handles, same total length as my previous knife but Different shield and an easy open spot to get to the "LOCKING" punch. However on this knife, The punch blade is not stamped at all and the punch looks a little different.

My Last picture shows another Example that is missing the master blade and the knife is coming apart,,,But its got a shield that resembles the 1st knife and sports the easy open spot of the 2nd knife,,,and still yet,, the Punch is totally different than the other 2,,,Non Locking punch. I thought this was pretty cool
Kind Regards,
Mark

dcgm4 · Post by **dcgm4** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:24 pm

Great-looking knives, Mark. I've always liked that pattern.

ratlesnake75 · Post by **ratlesnake75** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:54 am

Thanks Dave, I forgot to add that this pattern is shown in the Wilbert Catalog,,,I circled it in Red.
Kind Regards,
Mark

Mumbleypeg · Post by **Mumbleypeg** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:27 pm

You've been posting some really nice Wilbert's lately Mark! Thanks for the show.

I let a Wilbert TL-29 with bone covers on it get away a few yeas ago and gave regretted it ever since.

Ken

RalphAlsip · Post by **RalphAlsip** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:59 pm

I believe this is an example of the Wilbert cattle knife that is partially shown in the top right corner of the catalog page. All of the tangs are marked. My guess is that it was made by Napanoch.

peanut740 · Post by **peanut740** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:26 pm

Jerry that would be my assumption also.The folding hunter FRJ/Joe posted on page 2 was made by Challenge. The shield is the tell .

btrwtr · Post by **btrwtr** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:43 pm

Camillus made similar knives. Here is one from AAPK that sports the same shield as the catalog cut.

RalphAlsip · Post by **RalphAlsip** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:56 pm

Wayne, now I'm thinking my knife might have been made by Camillus

peanut740 · Post by **peanut740** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:32 pm

Jerry the shield is different.

RalphAlsip · Post by **RalphAlsip** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:10 am

peanut740 wrote:Jerry the shield is different.

Yeah I noticed that and the pen blade is a little different (maybe from sharpening), but the handles look identical. When I get to my computer I'll take a closer look on my big screen.

Mumbleypeg · Post by **Mumbleypeg** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:41 am

Mumbleypeg wrote:You've been posting some really nice Wilbert's lately Mark! Thanks for the show. I let a Wilbert TL-29 with bone covers on it get away a few yeas ago and gave regretted it ever since.

Ken

Found a picture of that bone handled Wilbert TL-29 I let get away.

Ken

btrwtr · Post by **btrwtr** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:08 pm

Here is a Wilbert lockback I have had for a while. Dark spot on the bolster is a reflection.

espn77 · Post by **espn77** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:15 pm

I know anything about Wilbert knives but that knife you have Wayne is amazing!!!!!!

ratlesnake75 · Post by **ratlesnake75** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 3:13 pm

Mumbleypeg wrote:
Mumbleypeg wrote:You've been posting some really nice Wilbert's lately Mark! Thanks for the show. I let a Wilbert TL-29 with bone covers on it get away a few yeas ago and gave regretted it ever since.

Ken
Found a picture of that bone handled Wilbert TL-29 I let get away.

Ken
image.jpeg

Thanks Mr. Ken, That sure is a very weird looking TL-29 and the 1st one I had ever seen like it,,,Now I know why you regret letting it get away from you. Its so difficult to be a Seller when we have the LOVE for the knives.
Kind Regards,
Mark

ratlesnake75 · Post by **ratlesnake75** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 3:26 pm

Hey Guys, Thought I would post another "Wilbert" find,,One blade broke as you can see. I never seen this pattern before
All blades stamped with "Wilbert" without the Chicago.
Kind Regards,
Mark

Mumbleypeg · Post by **Mumbleypeg** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 3:59 pm

espn77 wrote:I know anything about Wilbert knives but that knife you have Wayne is amazing!!!!!!

I'll second that! If you go back to the first page of this old thread, toward the bottom is a post with a picture of another like it. Same saddlehorn jack pattern and beautiful worm-groove bone as Wayne's knife. Goins Encyclopedia has a reproduction 1908 Sears catalog cut of what looks like this same knife, says it was called an "Arkansas Lock Blade Hunter".

Keith, Wilbert was a premium cutlery brand name of Sears, Roebuck & Co. in first half of the 1900s. Goins says c 1908-1921. Knives were made by Napanoch among others.

Ken

Edit: Mark, that's another Wilbert pattern I had not seen previously either. Another fine example. I'm gonna guess it was made by Camillus?

Here's a Wilbert gunstock whittler I've posted pictures of before but since this old Wilbert thread has resurfaced, I'll post it here for posterity.

thefarside · Post by **thefarside** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:02 pm

Wayne, I have a cousin to the saddlehorn you posted photos of recently.

outkast · Post by **outkast** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:31 pm

Not much etch left but it's still a little there. Was at the 2017 Blade Show it is the only one of these I've ever seen. So you know what happened next I had to bring it home with me.

thefarside · Post by **thefarside** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:23 pm

Outkast, Very nice knife!

btrwtr · Post by **btrwtr** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:39 pm

Good looking cousin! There goes my weakness for 4 1/4" double ended jacks kicking in!

ratlesnake75 · Post by **ratlesnake75** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 2:59 am

outkast wrote:Not much etch left but it's still a little there. Was at the 2017 Blade Show it is the only one of these I've ever seen. So you know what happened next I had to bring it home with me.

Beautiful Gladiator knife!!! Just curious where the 72c Catalog Cut came from???
Kind Regards,
Mark

outkast · Post by **outkast** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 3:29 am

ratlesnake75 wrote:
outkast wrote:Not much etch left but it's still a little there. Was at the 2017 Blade Show it is the only one of these I've ever seen. So you know what happened next I had to bring it home with me.
Beautiful Gladiator knife!!! Just curious where the 72c Catalog Cut came from???
Kind Regards,
Mark

From a Sears Catalog #124 which was 1912. For anyone who doesn't know from what I've read Wilbert was a contract knife made for Sears Roebuck & Co. by Napanoch and/or Empire.

https://archive.org/stream/catalogno124 ... 6/mode/2up

All About Pocket Knives

Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery

Re: Wilbert Cutlery