Robeson MasterCraft Whittler
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Robeson MasterCraft Whittler
I've been limiting my knife purchases to just Terrier knives lately and have, in fact, sold a good many of my Robeson knives, but this 3 5/8" Robeson MasterCraft whittler popped up on Ebay a short while ago. I put one of those, "this is absolutely the most I'll pay" bids on it and somehow managed to win it.
It's not mint by any stretch of the imagination. It has been used slightly and has a few sharpening marks on it and several scattered pits and spiders.
It still has a lot of original luster and the "NEV-R-BIND OIL-LESS BEARINGS" etch in a flowing banner on the master clip blade.
It's pattern number is 633659. Every MasterCraft knife I've seen has a pattern number ending in the 600 range.
Master blade stamp is ROBESON / ShurEdge / ROCHESTER, which has been dated 1922 - 1939.
There is a small secondary clip blade and a pen. The pen is stamped "PATENT / APP FOR", in two lines.
The nickel-silver liners are coined.
The handles are nicely jigged brown bone with a MASTERCRAFT shield. There are no worm grooves. There are no chips or cracks.
The MasterCraft line of knives were introduced 1929.
They had a bronze "U" shaped piece affixed to the rear of the tang that bore on the inner surface of the backspring.
I have never encountered this pattern before and at 3 5/8", it is one of the largest.
Enjoy.
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Charlie Noyes
It's not mint by any stretch of the imagination. It has been used slightly and has a few sharpening marks on it and several scattered pits and spiders.
It still has a lot of original luster and the "NEV-R-BIND OIL-LESS BEARINGS" etch in a flowing banner on the master clip blade.
It's pattern number is 633659. Every MasterCraft knife I've seen has a pattern number ending in the 600 range.
Master blade stamp is ROBESON / ShurEdge / ROCHESTER, which has been dated 1922 - 1939.
There is a small secondary clip blade and a pen. The pen is stamped "PATENT / APP FOR", in two lines.
The nickel-silver liners are coined.
The handles are nicely jigged brown bone with a MASTERCRAFT shield. There are no worm grooves. There are no chips or cracks.
The MasterCraft line of knives were introduced 1929.
They had a bronze "U" shaped piece affixed to the rear of the tang that bore on the inner surface of the backspring.
I have never encountered this pattern before and at 3 5/8", it is one of the largest.
Enjoy.
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Charlie Noyes
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That is a real beauty, Charlie. A nice big whittler. Congratulations!
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That is a beautiful old knife. Simply amazing!
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Beautiful Whittler Charlie
Here is a first cousin to yours a Robeson Mastercraft Whittler pattern no. 633656 same length as yours but more of a sleeve board design. Has a pen blade and sheep foot. Etch is hard to see but still there but not as visible as yours. Lloyd
Here is a first cousin to yours a Robeson Mastercraft Whittler pattern no. 633656 same length as yours but more of a sleeve board design. Has a pen blade and sheep foot. Etch is hard to see but still there but not as visible as yours. Lloyd
Lloyd
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That is a very fine knife, Charlie! Yours too, Duffer. The bronze bearing on the tang of the blade sounds unique. I have never seen a knife with that feature - was that used on other knives, or maybe all Mastercrafts?
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Here is a photo of a MasterCraft demonstration knife with transparent handles. This knife actually self-destructed a year or two ago, but the photos survive.
MasterCraft came out in about 1929. Depression era, so I don't know how long they made them. I have seen photos of a whole display case of nothing but MastrCraft knives.
After Emerson Case took over the factory operations in about 1940, the bronze bearing was moved from the end of the blade to the inside surface of the backspring. They changed the name of the line to Perma-Lube.
Charlie
MasterCraft came out in about 1929. Depression era, so I don't know how long they made them. I have seen photos of a whole display case of nothing but MastrCraft knives.
After Emerson Case took over the factory operations in about 1940, the bronze bearing was moved from the end of the blade to the inside surface of the backspring. They changed the name of the line to Perma-Lube.
Charlie
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Ike, that is a classic looking knife to me...
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Classic indeed. Love those bones.
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Beautiful knife with great bone.
The sabre-cut master seems a bit more crisp than the OP.
The sabre-cut master seems a bit more crisp than the OP.
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"...Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons ___but they are helpless against our prayers. "
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I am pretty fond of this knife, and I appreciate all the nice comments, thank you all!
Ike