Homage to Traditional Pen Knives

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Thank you all for the comments, appreciated.
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Added 3 more in the last few weeks, a Joseph Rodgers in stag, a W. Bingham cracked ice and a Hibbard Spencer&Bartlett with an unusual High School Store etch.
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Nice finds, John, especially the Joseph Rodgers! ::tu::
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Amen to what Dan said. ::nod::
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Very nice John, the Joseph Rodgers is really nice ::tu:: ::tu::
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Bontgen & Sabin Germany
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The only one I have, it was my father's.
The tang stamp says EAGLE over PHILA.
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Lots of nice pen knives Jerry, John and Skip ::tu:: ::tu:: ...
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I picked up this 2 3/4" MOP pen knife recently for $1. The tang stamp is "Germania Cutl Works Germany". Goins lists this as 1896-1938. The MOP is intact with a couple of cracks and the blades look to be chrome plated with rust taking some of the chrome. Still an interesting old MOP pen.
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A few pens to wake up this thread...

J Copley & Sons Sheffield - Nice ivory pen at 3"... Copley was a pen and pocket knife maker but was especially well known for Bowies in mid 1800s...

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I like how the same stamp was "squeezed" on to the pen blade :) ..

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and an Empire jigged bone pen at 3 & 1/16" -

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This is a great thread! I really like pen knives! ::tu:: Had to make a post here so I can find this again. Can't wait to go through it page by page! :D

Nice Empire you got there LongBlade! ::tu:: :D
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Uh huh, I thought I might find you in here.

And showing some more of your beautiful knives.
A very nice pair of knives.
Good show, Lee. ::tu::
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Thanks TPK and Joe ::handshake:: ...
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Nice Bontgen & Sabin, Jerry! ::tu:: Lovely Eagle shadow pattern, Skip! ::tu::
Two great pen knives, Lee! ::tu:: I am especially partial to the J. Copley & Sons!
Great pickup on the Germania, Dan! ::tu:: Sure would not get a nice knife like that for $1 here where I live.
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Nice knives John, Jerry , Skip, Dan and Lee.
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I too love the little pen knives. Great show of them here! I've posted a lot of these in more detail elsewhere. These are some groups I arranged.

Schrade eye-candy with one NYKC interloper.
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A couple Sears Craftsman not in the above mix. First one is an attractive mystery-maker STA-SHARP 9493 @ 2-3/4" closed. The second is a Schrade.
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Nice groups bladecollectorr ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Thanks for sharing them!
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Great knives bladecollectorr! Especially that last one. ::tu:: ::super_happy::
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I picked up this old Utica sleeve board pen for a few bucks recently. The plastic handle material is not the best, but for now I will sharpen it up and EDC it. It may need new scales in the future.
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Bernard Levine has said that the older Utica knives with the arched stamping, like this one, are very well made knives. I like this big sleeveboard pattern.
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kootenay joe wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:22 am Bernard Levine has said that the older Utica knives with the arched stamping, like this one, are very well made knives. I like this big sleeveboard pattern.
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Aside from the cracks in the plastic handle material, this does seem to be a well made knife. Do you know a ballpark date when the arched stamp Uticas were made?
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I think the arched "Utica" ended about 1955. I need to check this. If wrong i will correct it.
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OLDE CUTLER wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:00 am I picked up this old Utica sleeve board pen for a few bucks recently. The plastic handle material is not the best, but for now I will sharpen it up and EDC it. It may need new scales in the future.

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Nice little knife! ::tu:: Looks great! :D
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I’ve never seen a Utica knife that wasn’t well made, regardless of the stamp.

Even their most recent products are nice.

Had I known they were located on Noyes Street in Utica, New York, I might have collected them instead of Robesons.

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Here's an unusual and rare pen knife - IXL Wostenholm Double Gunstock Pen knife :) - According to Levine's guide it may be the only double gunstock pen ever made (and he shows an example that matches this one exactly except mine has full bolsters) - The only other 2 gunstock pens he notes are the Case Tested XX 87 (?) model and the Remington Orange Blossom (I have a Remington Orange Blossom) -neither of which is a double gunstock... This knife is 3 & 3/4" long... I may have posted this long ago but never posted it here with these new pics ::nod:: ... Yes that is "African Tooth" as a handle material :lol: ... this is another pattern of which I have never seen another... Marked Sheffield England so believe it to be late 1890s - early 1900s...

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