Miller Bros. 1863-1926

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Re: Miller Bros. 1863-1926

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John... that rope knife is exquisite... ::tu:: Its truly a wonder to me that knives with that kind of age can still be found is such great condition. ::woot::

OC... the fisrt thing that drew my attention is how they used screws instead of pins to hold the wood covers to the handle... a sweet lookin' knife just the same... ::tu::
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KAW wrote:John... that rope knife is exquisite... ::tu:: Its truly a wonder to me that knives with that kind of age can still be found is such great condition. ::woot::

OC... the fisrt thing that drew my attention is how they used screws instead of pins to hold the wood covers to the handle... a sweet lookin' knife just the same... ::tu::
One thing I always wondered is if Miller Bros. used screws just during a certain era, or on certain models as not all of them are like that.
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Added a Miller Bros. harness jack this week, has the Cut Co tang stamp.
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That's sweet!!
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John,you scored with that one! ::tu::
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That is about as good as it gets.

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Another beauty, John! ::tu::
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Stunner John ::tu:: ::tu:: ... They don’t get much better than that one ...
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As usual, John, you pulled down another beauty.
That thing is just the best. Congratulations. ::tu::
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Thanks for the comments everyone, it is appreciated. Think I mentioned this before but its funny how collecting vintage knives works, went years without landing a decent Miller Bros and was able to land 2 nice ones back to back. Thanks again.
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Hey John, great knife there. Still waiting to collect my first Miller Bros. But that would qualify
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You’re getting good at this John. :)
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wlf wrote:You’re getting good at this John. :)

Thanks Lyle, I got to, all you guys set a pretty high bar for gorgeous vintage knives.
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Really nice knife JohnR. You find some nice knives.
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Heck of a knife John.
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Here is my contribution to the Rope Knife review.
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Here is a neat old Lock Back with etch.
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Two extra fine knives Jim!I believe you showed me the lockback at the last CKKC show. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Great looking MB knives Jim ::tu:: ::tu:: ...
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Very nice Jim!! Really good looking knives,thanks for sharing.
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Great knives, love the lockback!
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Roger, Lee, Bill and Mike - appreciate the comments.
Roger - the Lock Back is the knife you saw in Kentucky

I realized after the post last night, I took the photos with only one light on in my light box. Here are a few more photos (with all the lights on) showing how nice the bone truly is.
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Here's a small Miller Bros Wharncliffe in MOP - 2 & 1/8" - I think there were at least two others like this posted on AAPK... I've seen a few at shows but this one finally came home - blades in good shape and very lightly sharpened along with no cracks in MOP :) ... For a small knife those are 2 snappy blades ::nod:: ... Both the wharncliffe and pen blades are stamped the same - Miller/ Bros/ Meriden but don't know if behind the bolster CT is hidden... I was surprised that the small pen blade had the same stamp and there was a die small enough to fit that tang...
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That's a little gem, Lee. ::tu::
The blades look like they are in terrific shape. ::nod::
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Thanks Joe ::tu:: ::handshake:: ...

One thing I didn’t note is that unlike most of the others I have seen (including yours :) ) have a small bail unlike mine and it doesn’t look to ever had - maybe the bail was an option for that pattern ::hmm:: ...
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