Missing shield?

[Rottonj]

Good afternoon. Don't really know much about Robeson except what I have read in some of these threads. I purchased this knife as part of an eBay lot a few years ago, I couldn't read the tang stamp so I just did nothing with it. I found this forum and based off an image I thought it might be Robeson. I did a light polish on the blade and sure enough it is. Based on the tang stamp this appears to be over 100 years old! This amazes me, the knife is in good condition and after looking it over it is really growing on me. It is 2 3/4 inches long, and the scales appear to be some sort of bone. Has a tang stamp on both blades. So I guess my questions are does anyone know the model number and is this knife supposed to have a shield? All help and comments are appreciated. Thank you.

[Reverand]

I do not know the model number, but that particular knife never had a shield.
Shields were sometimes an option on a knife.

[FRJ]

That's a very nice little knife you have there. I don't think it had a shield.
I searched for one in my pile but I don't have one.
I can't tell you the model number of the knife.
Let it grow on you, it will be a good little pal to carry.

[Rottonj]

Thank you for the information and replies, its appreciated.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Welcome to AAPK!

Your little Robeson dates 1900-1916, according to Tom Kalcevic’s book, Knives Can Talk!

Those dates might not be hard and fast correct, but Tom did a great deal of research to come up with them and I use them.

A knife from that time period would have had a shield pinned through the bone and onto the brass liner.
There are no holes in the bone, so I agree with the above, it never had a shield.

Cannot help you with a pattern number, as I’ve never owned a similar knife.

There are catalog reprints that might illustrate the knife, but I cannot lay my hands on them right now.

I can tell you the first digit of Robeson’s six digit numbering system would have been a “6” for bone handles, the second a “2” for two blades and the third a “2” for nickel-silver bolsters and brass liners.

The final three digits would have been the handle-die shape number or frame number.

Might have been 105, that’s an educated ballpark guess, so don’t take it to the bank.

Nice old knife.

Actually, Robeson knives with that tang stamp on the master blade are quite rare.