Vintage Acid Etched & Stamped Blades

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Pile Driver wrote:Hand Hammered for Clark Bros Kansas City probably a Northfield knife
Or maybe Empire.
Beautiful knife, Pile Driver.
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Here's a Landers Frary & Clark.
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Nice old LF&C with the classic "Universal" etch Joe ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Always nice to score an LF&C without black composition handles...
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Hey, thanks Lee. It's nice to get the pearl without the gum fuddy duddy covers! ::tu::
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Here's a senator's knife.
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Mike, I'm not sure the word "elegant" should be used to describe a knife, but that was the first word that came to mind on that one. ::tu::

Beautiful.

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Thant's the right word Charlie!!!
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Thanks Charlie and Mike. It took a steady hand to grind the swedges!
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ObsidianEdge wrote:Here's a senator's knife.
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Great looking Senator's knife Mike ::tu:: ::tu:: ... there is something special about old Sheffield quality and style that is sooo appealing ::nod:: :D
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ObsidianEdge wrote:Thanks Charlie and Mike. It took a steady hand to grind the swedges!
Mike, It not only took a steady hand, those swedges were ground by wheels driven by the river. An amazing work of art, 150 years old. We are lucky to have photos of a knife in this remarkable condition. Thanks, Barry
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An old Hibbard Spencer Bartlett gents knife
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Thanks Barry and Lee. The wife has a new camera so hopefully I can take better pics at some point instead of using my phone.

Nice HSB Pile Driver!
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Top of the line collectibles Mike, Joe,Roger, Mike, and PD.

Great to see Dimitri again too.

I wish my alley had more in it.
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Really nice Hibbard P.D.It`s amazing how many little knives like that show up in unused condition. ::tu::
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Thank you peanut740

Have there been others recently? I was pretty amazed to find this one.
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I collect and also buy and sell knives.I have had many unused small pearl knives of different brands and patterns.Dad or grandpa got a knife for birthday or Christmas and put it in his sock draw and never use it.It was too pretty or too small.
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Almost all these pearl Robesons are unused.

Bruce Volyles once opined that these type knives were marketed in gentlemen's clothing store and not so much in hardware or sporting goods stores and that many were discovered still in inventory when vintage knife collecting took off in the 60's and 70's and were snapped up ny the early entrepreneurs.

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I posted these knives in the "A Challenge for You" and Homage to "Traditional Pen Knife" threads in Knife lore (look there for more detailed pics if interested) but these etches belong in this thread as well ::nod:: ...

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Interesting etch on an older Kutmaster stockman. The knife does not appear to have flaws, but I may be overlooking the obvious.
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How's the blade snap?
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Dimitri,
All three blades snap well and have no side to side play when open, but as I was checking the knife to make sure my memory wasn't messing with me, I discovered the problem. The spey and sheepfoot blades ride on the same backspring and when you open the spey blade the backspring drops slightly below flush.
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Thanks Jim, even at that it still sounds like a good knife ::tu::
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That’s a great knife Lee.

I’d say that etched 2nd is number one Jim. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Picked up a pretty good Cattaraugus "Hunters Pride" linerlock jack.Pattern 11849.
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Thanks Lyle ::tu:: and nice knife Roger as I mentioned in other thread ::tu:: .....
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