A Previously Unknown Tang Stamp

[RobesonsRme.com]

To me, anyway.

ROBESON / CUTLERY CO. in two lines.

And Tom Kalcevic did not include it in his definitive Robeson book,"Knives Can Talk!".

No idea how old this knife might be, but I suspect circa turn of the 19th century.

It has long pulls on both blades, which is very rare on a common knife like this. They did use them on some premium pearl-handled multi-bladed gentleman's knives.

There is a similar stamp known, but with a line beneath the "O" in "Co.".

This stamp has no line and the "O" in "CO." is the same size as all the other letters.

I see no country of origin stamped on the blades. It might well be English.

Pretty handles and fairly full blades.

Charlie Noyes

[stockman]

Charlie, that is a nice knife.

Harold

[ea42]

Charlie, do you think that's one of the very early ones that were imported during the 1800's before manufacture started here?

Eric

[RobesonsRme.com]

If so, it would have to predate 1891.

Might also be a product of the Sherwood/Bingham cutlers in Camillus, New York. They were, almost to a man, English immigrants from Sheffield.

Since the stamp is previously undocumented, to my knowledge, this is all speculation.

Here is the only Sherwood/Bingham knife I have ever owned. It is stamped, ROBESON / CUTLERY Co. / WARRANTED.

Charlie

[FRJ]

Beautiful early knives, Charlie.

What is the handle material?

[RobesonsRme.com]

Ebony on both.

Charlie

[RobesonsRme.com]

Amazing.

Another has surfaced:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pre-WW ... SwZ3tdzf63

Charlie Noyes