Old Ebony Wood Handle Knives

[peanut740]

Nice lineup Joe!

[OLDE CUTLER]

I don't think I ever did post any ebony handled knives here. It is one of my favorite woods. I have a few:
Challenge and Atlantic jacks

Miller Bros. whittler

Union jack

Keen Kutter and Cattaraugus pens

Henry Sears jack

American Shear whittler

Imperial utility which I recently rehandled in ebony

[doglegg]

OC your use of few is too modest. Great looking old knives. Great job on the rehandle as well.

[OLDE CUTLER]

OC your use of few is too modest. Great looking old knives. Great job on the rehandle as well.

doglegg
That Imperial utility I rehandled is one of the POS knives you sent to me.

[doglegg]

OC you did a great job on it. My BIL gave me that one and several others that were found lying around his Dad's farm. His dad had passed and they were liquidating everything. Most were heavily oiled and surprisingly sharp. Glad you put it back into service.
Even better job cause it didn't look like much when it left here.

[doglegg]

OC, just texted with my BIL and sent him the picture of the refurbished knife. He said he can remember his Dad carrying either that knife or one like it. Said he liked having the screw driver and the beer opener. Also mentioned that he made 4 visits to South Dakota visiting Indian sites and places in Indian history. Funny to think that this knife might have been there before. Any way my BIL was pleased that the old knife was back in operation. Thank you.

[JohnR]

Added a Schrade Cut Co and a Holley recently.

[doglegg]

Like them both JohnR.

[JAMESC41001]

Those are beauties John!

[JohnR]

Thanks guys, while it's hard to beat a nice deep jigged bone there is just something about the classic beauty of ebony.

[michaelspayth]

Just recently got into trying to collect some ebony handles. Here's what I have so far.

[wiseguy]

What a great thread.....Beautiful cutlery being shown here !

[ratlesnake75]

Here are two that I may or may not have posted before.The KK I just dug out and cleaned up a bit to EDC.Looks like a German made one by the steel pin.Blades aree pretty well sharpened and snap like a bear trap.The Fletcher Hardware knife was right beside it so that came out for a cleaning as well.Sorry for the bad pics;my camera batteries were going south.
A couple of curious things about these knives:
The KK has a small piece of back spring missing on the rear outside but it doesn;t seem to affect the operation of the knife.Looks like the heat treating might have been flawed and it broke when the knife was being assembled.
The Fletcher knife has a diamond stamped into the rear of the tang on the master blade and I'm wondering if this may have indicated a contract knife for whomever made the knife for them.Anyone ever seen this on a blade before?

Here is a Wedgeway Cutlery that has the "Diamond" on back of blade also. Thx Mark

[espn77]

Thanks guys, while it's hard to beat a nice deep jigged bone there is just something about the classic beauty of ebony.

I agree John. I have a thing for the ebony handles also. Here is a pretty cool Cat in my opinion.

[doglegg]

espn that is a great knife and a great pun.

[Waukonda]

So, I was giving a few knives some routine attention and this Catt kept begging for inclusion in the Ebony Handles thread. How can you say NO to a talking knife?

[JAMESC41001]

Great knife. Full blades. Should give that some pocket time. I use a Cat electricians knife and can’t believe how long it holds an edge.

[Waukonda]

Thanks James, I am not opposed to that idea, I carry an old ebony jack every so often

[FRJ]

That is a very nice old "talking" survivor.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I was digging around in a $3 box at a gunshow last weekend and found this old 3 3/4" ebony jack. The master blade is stamped "Hammer Brand" with the Hammer logo and the pile side of the master is marked 2109. The pen blade is stamped "New York Knife Co Walden". Kind of a neat old ebony jack with a bomb shield. Unfortunately at some point in its life it had a run in with a live power wire, and it left a divot in the spear blade. I sharpened it and it took a real good edge.

[danno50]

Lovely old knife, too bad about the divot!

[doglegg]

OC, $3 knives don't get much sweeter than that one. Congrats. And the scar just says it is a worker. Great old knife.

[TripleF]

So, I was giving a few knives some routine attention and this Catt kept begging for inclusion in the Ebony Handles thread. How can you say NO to a talking knife?

Whoooooooooooahhhhh dude! Love that spear point blade.

I got this super rare (not sure if it's ebony) Pacific Hdw Co

[Waukonda]

OC, that is a great old knife, a lot of character there! I would take a $3 knife like that any day of the week.

Whoooooooooooahhhhh dude! Love that spear point blade.

I got this super rare (not sure if it's ebony) Pacific Hdw Co

Scott, that knife has "haunted me" (it IS Halloween) since you first posted a pic after you found it. I have gone back several times and looked at your pics of it and wondered about it's history and how it ended up in Florida etc etc, really awesome and unique old find!

[Jacknifeben]

Here is a survivor in ebony, tang stamped CATTARAUGUS CUTLERY Co. LITTLE VALLEY on the front tang, and 32206G on the back.
Then on the spey blade is stamped FOR CUTTING FLESH ONLY. Big round shield means it has a punch blade. Poor storage is about the only thing wrong with very old knife.