Utility knives,Maher & Grosh that is.

William H. Maher and Emil Grosh started the Maher & Grosh Wholesale Cutlery Co. in 1877 with a goal to sell high quality US manufactured cutlery globally. The original business dissolved in 1988, but the brand has since been resurrected.
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I guess it's time for someone to post a few knives.I will break it up some so they will be easier to find. I'll start with utility type,pruners,Gardners etc.
This first one is a big heat duty pruner,with deep stamped etch.It is a early one with one of there oldest stamps.It's 4 1/2" long with rat tail bolsters Ana a butt cap.
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This is what a advertised as a "Propagating knife".4 1/8" long with a single sheep's foot blade.They had the same pattern with a spey blade that they called a florist knife.
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Roger, as you post these M & G knives, if you know the likely manufacturer, would you please post this information along with the pictures.
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Neat pruner, Roger. Here's a scan from the 1890 catalog.
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Single blade barehead hawkbill.3 5/8" long with rat tail bolsters.
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Budding and grafting knife with a ivory spud.It has a very light etch.
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This is a late Clyde Ohio etched Maher & Grosh from three 60s or 70's.Small pruner,with French Ivory handles.
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Maher ' s Common Sense Knife.3 5/8" barehead,with a pruner,spear and budding blades.The catalog cut is from list #30,about 1907.
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Advertising floral knife . Probably from the 50's.
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2 blade pruner with shackle and rat tail bolster.3 5/8"long.
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The Texas Pecan Patch Budder.3 3/8" long,2 blades that are the same.
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Another large hawkbill/pruner.4 1/2".It is not as heavy as the 1 I posted earlier.
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That pecan knife is very unusual. I like that. ::tu::
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peanut740 wrote:The Texas Pecan Patch Budder.3 3/8" long,2 blades that are the same.
And here I thought the Victorinox SwissChamp XLT and XAVT were too wide. At least with those, I get the equivalent of my toolbox and thensome. I'm curious--what's the purpose of the fat frame? Especially the "one inch apart" part, is there a reason for that specific width?

The "Common Sense Knife" has inspired me to tear apart a three-blade linesman's knife, and replace the screwdriver with a spey. I'm surprised why someone hasn't thought of that today.
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It was for grafting splices of limbs to another tree.
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Thanks for showing more of your beautiful historic knives Roger ::nod::
How many years have you been collecting Maher and Grosh?
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Re Pecan Budder:
"It was for grafting splices of limbs to another tree"
Yes but that does not explain why the 2 blades and the 1-2" spacing between them.
We need a pecan orchardist to explain and why only pecan ? what about Walnut, Hazelnut, etc. are they grafted differently from pecan ?
Do you know the manufacturer of this knife ? I presume they use an existing frame and use 2, side by side ?
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Roland,Them calling a pecan knife was just marketing on their part.I assume you could use it for grafting many different types of trees/ scrubs.I Don't know who made them for M & G.I have seen several over the years and all I have looked at were marked Maher and Grosh. I will have to pay more attention to find one marked differernt.I have had an etched one for several years and haven't looked at many since.
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No it wasn't a marketing gimmick that is what they used for pecan trees, they still make them today the same way!

Roland, if you want to learn why then Google "Patch Budding Pecans", you will find all you can read on the subject.

I use to collect these at one time and bought every one I could find for a reasonable price, old American made one's are much harder to find than German made one's.

This is a more unusual serpentine pattern model.
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Thanks stranger, good idea. i never think of google, it's too new. but i will do it right after this. I have done the occasional bud graft but i don't see how a second blade would help unless for doing 2 at a time.
Beautiful wood on your knife. Logo might be an anchor ? Who was the maker ?
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Your welcome Roland :) :)

Here's a very good video that explains the process and shows the knife in action ::tu::

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nQxv4MQDhug
kootenay joe wrote:Beautiful wood on your knife. Logo might be an anchor ? Who was the maker ?
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Thanks D. for those who don't know, Tina = German manufacturer of high quality work knives, founded in 1850's, still in business today.
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Large 4 1/2" early hawkbill.Deep stamped etch and early tang stamp.
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Large 4 1/2" early hawkbill.Deep stamped etch and early tang stamp.
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Thanks Dimitri,that video shows the purpose of the wide double bladed pecan patch budder.

Also Roland and others, that brass end they used on the patch budder and on some of Roger's budding knives is what we call a spud.

A Maher and Grosh farmers jack used for gardening,budding, and grafting. Looks like it's made by Ulster.
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