Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
-
58chevy348
- Posts: 204
- Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:13 am
Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
Got this knife in recently. I am very skeptical about its authenticity. Feels a bit on the light side and just looks like a more recent (possibly German) knife. It measures 4 and 1/16 inches closed. Opinions? Thanks in advance!
-
gsmith7158
- Gold Tier
- Posts: 8617
- Joined: Fri Dec 25, 2015 7:25 pm
- Location: Canton, Ga. 100% of the time
- Contact:
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
No expert here but I would say your skepticism is warranted.
------------------
Greg
IF YOU AIN'T BUYING OR LOOKING AT A KNIFE THEN YOU AIN'T LIVING.
Always looking to buy good quality Empire knives.
PROUD MEMBER AAPK, NRA.
Greg
IF YOU AIN'T BUYING OR LOOKING AT A KNIFE THEN YOU AIN'T LIVING.
Always looking to buy good quality Empire knives.
PROUD MEMBER AAPK, NRA.
-
knife7knut
- Posts: 10697
- Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:02 pm
- Location: Tecumseh,Michigan
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
The only time I have seen the words,"Celebrated Cutlery" were on early English and some German knives.To my knowledge Miller Brothers never used that stamping.I also have never seen a curved Miller Brothers stamp.Doesn't mean they don't exist;I've just never seen one.
Adventure BEFORE Dementia!
-
btrwtr
- Gold Tier
- Posts: 5487
- Joined: Thu May 24, 2012 11:53 am
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
It doesn't look good to me. 2 cents worth.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Wayne
Please visit My AAPK store https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/catalog/btrwtr
Wayne
Please visit My AAPK store https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/catalog/btrwtr
-
LongBlade
- Posts: 3417
- Joined: Mon May 18, 2015 3:00 pm
- Location: Woods of CT
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
There was a stamp according to Goins of Miller Bros Celebrated Cutlery... HOWEVER my 2 cents in agreement with others - the stamp looks suspicious (I don't think I ever saw an apostrophe in Bros either and Goins has not an apostrophe in any Miller Bros listed stamp variations including this one) which obviously makes the whole knife suspect... my 2 cents and a gut feeling...
____________________________________________________________________________
Lee
Lee
-
58chevy348
- Posts: 204
- Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:13 am
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
This one came in a small collection recently purchased. I wouldn't have purchased it by itself. Just doesn't look like an "honest" knife to me.
-
bighomer
- Gold Tier
- Posts: 10812
- Joined: Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:07 pm
- Location: N.mid.Tn.
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
There's some reproductions from the pacific rim, although yours look much better than the ones l've seen, they are the worse of the repo"s that I've seen. The one I have doesn't even have a tang stamp just a MB on the handle. The marbles, hammers, and valley forge repos are much better imho. 
- Attachments
-
-
tjmurphy
- Posts: 11129
- Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:41 pm
- Location: South of Cincinnati
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
"There are none so blind as those that refuse to see"
God Bless America - Though I don't know why he would want to.
God Bless America - Though I don't know why he would want to.
-
gsmith7158
- Gold Tier
- Posts: 8617
- Joined: Fri Dec 25, 2015 7:25 pm
- Location: Canton, Ga. 100% of the time
- Contact:
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
That's a nice knife Tj but all the Miller Bros I have seen are just so used up and I thought they used screws instead of pins in their construction but I am far from an expert on this brand a I guess that's why I don't have any. 
------------------
Greg
IF YOU AIN'T BUYING OR LOOKING AT A KNIFE THEN YOU AIN'T LIVING.
Always looking to buy good quality Empire knives.
PROUD MEMBER AAPK, NRA.
Greg
IF YOU AIN'T BUYING OR LOOKING AT A KNIFE THEN YOU AIN'T LIVING.
Always looking to buy good quality Empire knives.
PROUD MEMBER AAPK, NRA.
-
olderdogs1
- Posts: 2538
- Joined: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:48 pm
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
I don't like this one either. I think it is an old knife that has had the blades cold stamped Miller Bros.tjmurphy wrote:What about this one? Any thoughts?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1872-19 ... Sw71xZm35K
s-l1600.jpgs-l1600 (1).jpg
Tom
-
peanut740
- Gold Tier
- Posts: 8131
- Joined: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:32 pm
- Location: Ohio, along the river
- Contact:
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
Probably more with pins than screws.gsmith7158 wrote:That's a nice knife Tj but all the Miller Bros I have seen are just so used up and I thought they used screws instead of pins in their construction but I am far from an expert on this brand a I guess that's why I don't have any.
Roger
-
peanut740
- Gold Tier
- Posts: 8131
- Joined: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:32 pm
- Location: Ohio, along the river
- Contact:
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
X2olderdogs1 wrote:I don't like this one either. I think it is an old knife that has had the blades cold stamped Miller Bros.tjmurphy wrote:What about this one? Any thoughts?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1872-19 ... Sw71xZm35K
s-l1600.jpgs-l1600 (1).jpg
Tom
Roger
-
tjmurphy
- Posts: 11129
- Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:41 pm
- Location: South of Cincinnati
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
It does look very nice (too nice?). I think that the screws were used on the very early utility-type knives, pruners, rope knives, etc. I've not seen much of Dimitri lately. Maybe he will chime in.
"There are none so blind as those that refuse to see"
God Bless America - Though I don't know why he would want to.
God Bless America - Though I don't know why he would want to.
-
kootenay joe
- Posts: 13373
- Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:36 pm
- Location: West Kootenays, B.C.
Re: Miller Bros - Legit or counterfeit?
Buffed blades & cold stamped = not a good knife; but did sell for $88.
kj
kj