Old Miniature Knives

[Miller Bro's]

That`s neat Mark

Never seen one, I would like to find one too

[RobesonsRme.com]

How many variations of that Scout Junior were there?

That listing is for a single bladed knife and I think I've seen them with four, including a miniature cap-lifter or can-opener.

Strictly novelty, I assume.

That card also states "Stag" handles. I guess that was most likely "Bone Stag".

Charlie

[Miller Bro's]

Charlie,

Scroll down about half way to Mark`s post.

He cornered the market on these a long time ago!


http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... &start=390

[Miller Bro's]

Here is one that sold on flea bay last year, I clipped the photos.

[dcgm4]

Interesting knife, Dimitri. Based on the loop it was probably made to go on a charm bracelet or something.

[thegreedygulo]

Here's a little H. Boker watch fob knife. It's 1.5" closed. One interesting thing is that its blade, file & corkscrew are all gold plated. It also has S.H.J.A. etched on the front side of the blade & June 1899 on the back side.

[thegreedygulo]

Though not a knife, this little H. Boker buttonhook is a small one. I don't have the exact length of it in my notes, but it's about the same size as the watch fob knife I posted prior. It doesn't have a blade, but does have a nail nick in the buttonhook.

[peanut740]

A couple of neat pieces Roger.

[kootenay joe]

I have a nice group of miniature multiblade knives, mostly old Henckels. I will not have time to take the pictures for about 2 weeks but i am looking forward to adding to this thread, esp. a pearl Henckels Multi with rubies & diamonds set into the pearl.
kj

[thegreedygulo]

Thanks Roger.

K.J.: I'm looking forward to seeing that little pearl Henckels.

[Miller Bro's]

Very nice!

[thegreedygulo]

Thanks MRB!

[kootenay joe]

I just remembered that i already have pictures of the be-jewelled miniature Henckels in my computer, not very good pictures unfortunately.

[thegreedygulo]

Very nice!

[knife-nut]

I picked this little one up recently. Good snap and half stop. Tortoise shellhandles.

[Miller Bro's]

Cool bolsters on that one Mark

[knife-nut]

Thank you Dimitri.

[LongBlade]

That's one mini beauty Mark ... tortoise and cool bolsters as Dimitri said ... sweet

[knife-nut]

Thank you.

[Jtx]

This one is about 1" closed.

[knife-nut]

Nice!

[Otis the 3rd]

I saw one of these hit ebay yesterday so I thought it would be fun to show mine. It's cool to compare the two, they were definitely made by two different cutlers. Hats off to the guys that assembled these. My eyes get crossed just opening the small blades, I can't imagine putting one together.

[edge213]

Otis, that is really cool!

[RobesonsRme.com]

I got this off Ebay this past week.

I posted it in the Robeson Forum, but given its diminutive size, it fits here, as well.

The knife is only 2 1/2" long, excluding the bail, so it's a dainty little thing.

It's in great condition. All blades walk and talk with significant and audible snaps. There are a few little scattered spots, but nothing really significant. There is no evidence of use and the knife has never been sharpened beyond that done at the factory.

There are long pulls on all blades.

All blades have sunk joints like those on their PocketEze knives.

The nickel-silver liners are nicely coined.

There are no cracks or chips in the pearl handles, although there is a bit of loss around a couple of the pins.

Three of the four blades are marked. The scissors are not. The file blade is the only one with a complete stamp. The "O" in "CO" has been ground away on the master spear and the file.

The stamp on the pen is ROBESON / CUTLERY CO.

The "O" in "CO" is upper case instead of lower and there is no line under it, which is usually an indication of German Manufacture.

I have never seen that stamp before and it is not shown in Tom Kalcevic's book, Knives Can Talk!.

All other similar known stamps are found on German or English made knives and date anywhere from 1885 to 1895, according to Kalcevic.

I have no firm conviction that this knife is that age, but I suspect it is close.

I think Robeson copyrighted their ShurEdge logo in 1903, so I think this knife predates that.

There is no country of origin on the knife anywhere.

The most perplexing thing is the knife has a valid Robeson pattern number, 743 / 202 in two lines on the back of the master spear. The "7" denotes pearl handles, the "4" four blades, the "3" nickel-silver liners and the "202" is the handle die shape number.

I have never seen a pre-1900 German import Robeson knife with a pattern number, so I think this one was made here.

I cannot find it right now, but I'm pretty sure I have read that Robeson did not institute their numbering system until after they moved to Perry, New York in 1899 or 1900.

Whatever the knife is, I think it is circa 1900 and possibly a very early product from the plant in Perry.

Photos should expand with a left click or two.

Charlie

[eveled]

I have a couple, aquired by accident with other knives.