S&M Etching Confusion

[Atomic Rooster 57]

Greetings,

I'm new around here and still getting the lay of the land. I'm also green when it comes to pocket knife collecting which initiates this query.

I'm looking at purchasing a S&M Whittler but I don't understand the secondary blade etchings on Schatt and Morgan folders. Could someone please bring me up to sped as to what these numbers indicate? Thank you kindly.

[Railsplitter]

Howdy Bud. Welcome to the forum!

I don't have a very good pic but if you're referring to the numbers above "2005" in my picture, that's a pretty good question. I've always assumed it was some kind of skew number but I really don't know now that you mentioned it.

I don't think it's a pattern number because I have Railsplitters that have similar numbers and the pattern number for those is 63 which isn't anywhere in those numbers.

Anyway, I just wanted to provide a picture so folks can see what you're referring to. (click to enlarge)

[Railsplitter]

I don't think it's a pattern number because I have Railsplitters that have similar numbers and the pattern number for those is 63 which isn't anywhere in those numbers.

The statement above is incorrect. I just double checked and the last two numbers on my Railsplitters is in fact 63.

[Atomic Rooster 57]

I don't think it's a pattern number because I have Railsplitters that have similar numbers and the pattern number for those is 63 which isn't anywhere in those numbers.

The statement above is incorrect. I just double checked and the last two numbers on my Railsplitters is in fact 63.

Thanks, I'm referring to these Railsplitter

[jerryd6818]

Welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard.

Similar to (but not exactly like) the numbers stamped on the tang of a Great Eastern knife, those numbers identify the knife.

The numbers on your knife -- 043 046 stand for:
Handle material - 04 bone
# of blades - 3
Main blade - 0 Wharncliffe
Knife pattern - 46 ?? What? Whittler?

As you can see below, I ran out of steam and haven't finished the chart. Left click on the image to enlarge it.

[Atomic Rooster 57]

Welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard.

The numbers on your knife -- 043 046 stand for:
Handle material - 04 bone
# of blades - 3
Main blade - 0 Wharncliffe
Knife pattern - 46 ?? What? Whittler?

Thanks Jerry. I've never collected anything but over the decades Ive amassed a drawer full of past EDC's. Some of which I like a heap.

Yes, I guess, 46 is the designation for a whittler. The knife Im looking at is what Case calls Seahorse Whittler, with a Warncliff, coping, and Pen Blades. Do you suppose different Whittler patterns have individual numbers?

I find all this minutia surrounding this hobby educational and captivating Jerry. Not to mention my attraction to blades from childhood indicates I'm in big trouble....lol