A Pocketeze and A Mastercraft...sort of...

The first Robeson knives were imported by Millard Robeson from England and Germany exclusively. This continued from 1979 until 1896 when Robeson began manufacturing knives in the United States. Since inception, the company has gone through several reorganizations & eventually ended up as a Queen Cutlery brand.
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Hitting a local antique mall over the weekend, I dug through a box of knives and picked out several including these two....
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knifeaholic wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:07 am Hitting a local antique mall over the weekend, I dug through a box of knives and picked out several including these two....
Worth the dig. ::nod:: ::nod::
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When I first picked up the Mastercraft knife, it struck me that it was not a recognizable Robeson pattern, or handle material.

Also, the MASTERCRAFT shield looked a bit off.

Looking at the tang stamps, the mystery deepens.

The tang stamp is MASTERCRAFT over the number 15247, on the clip and spay blades.

On the back tang is CROSBY/CUTLERY PRODUCTS/SOLINGEN

Anyone ever seen these markings before?
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I’ve never seen that MasterCraft shield before, but I have seen it as a PocketEze. It is upside down. Robeson didn’t generally do that. Sometimes, as with NYK, the shields were upside down because of the manner in which the knives hung on a display board.

Robeson used a lot of patterned celluloid, no reason why that couldn’t have been among them.

But, the tang stamps are totally unknown to me.
Is there anything stamped on the punch?

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RobesonsRme.com wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:38 am I’ve never seen that MasterCraft shield before, but I have seen it as a PocketEze. It is upside down. Robeson didn’t generally do that. Sometimes, as with NYK, the shields were upside down because of the manner in which the knives hung on a display board.

Robeson used a lot of patterned celluloid, no reason why that couldn’t have been among them.

But, the tang stamps are totally unknown to me.
Is there anything stamped on the punch?

Charlie

No marking on the punch.
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knifeaholic wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:41 am
RobesonsRme.com wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:38 am I’ve never seen that MasterCraft shield before, but I have seen it as a PocketEze. It is upside down. Robeson didn’t generally do that. Sometimes, as with NYK, the shields were upside down because of the manner in which the knives hung on a display board.

Robeson used a lot of patterned celluloid, no reason why that couldn’t have been among them.

But, the tang stamps are totally unknown to me.
Is there anything stamped on the punch?

Charlie

No marking on the punch.

Does it resemble any known Robeson pattern? It is 3-3/8" long closed.
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I cannot offer any insight, but awesome finds 😁👍
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Steve that Mastercraft strikes me as odd too. Pattern, handle material and upside down shield. Very cool is the bottom line.
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Lots of fun digging into old boxes and finding interesting old knives.

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