Terrier Cutlery Company

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Re: Terrier Cutlery Company

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Congrats, Lloyd. ::tu::

I hope this little piece of information is not too late in coming, but a Robeson made slot knife will not separate unless the master spear blade is open.

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The kick is the lock.
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Thanks guys for your nice comments on my Terrier slot knife!

Charlie, I was on to that slot lock feature very early on but it still would not break apart thus the soaking overnight in the solvent and Kroil. Thanks though for the “heads up” ::tu::

Joe great photos of the kick lock ::tu:: Thanks for posting those photos—very illustrative of the kick locking mechanism!
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::tu::
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I have no idea if such slot knives by other manufacturer's function in the same way>

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Charlie, I have one other slot knife a NYKC example. It does NOT require the master spear blade to be open to break it apart like the Terrier. Would be interesting to know if any other slot knives have this kick lock feature ::nod::
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I recently purchased this Terrier Easy Open Jack.

It is 3 11/16” long, which is not the standard length for this pattern. Standard length was 3 5/8”. Cannot explain that, other than it didn’t get polished down as usual.

Pattern number is 27 / 626. If it were Robeson marked, the pattern number would be 626027 or 62627.

There is a very nice dog’s head logo stamped into the back tang of the master blade.

Very nice brown jigged and grooved bone handles without cracks or chips. Nickel-Silver escutcheon shield.

Master spear and secondary pen, both full, with half-stops and tremendous audible snaps opening, closing and even at the half-stop positions.

Both blades are marked, TERRIER / CUTLERY / ROCHESTER, N.Y. in three lines.

Hardly any, if any, wear or use, but with some patination.

There are remnants of an elaborate etch on the spear blade. I cannot make it out fully, but one word appears to have been, “Silver”. However, there are letters, words or fancy scroll work both before and after that. The entire etch is underlined.

I have never seen a similar etch on a Robeson or Terrier knife.

I’m quite pleased with this one.
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Very nice Charlie ::tu:: The dog head is nicely struck and very prominent and those bone handles are just gorgeous! The blades indeed look very full also. Congratulations on a great Terrier knife acquisition ::nod::
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That's a very cool knife. A lot to like. Congrats.
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Charlie, another fabulous Terrier example to add to your fabulous Terrier collection. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Great knife glad you got it ::tu:: ::tu::
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What a beauty. ::tu::
Good catch, Charlie.
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Thanks, everyone.

Anybody have an idea what the etch might have been?

I now think the entire etch might be inside a parallelogram or long rectangle.

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Find knife Charlie! ::tu:: ::tu::
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RobesonsRme.com wrote:Thanks, everyone.

Anybody have an idea what the etch might have been?

I now think the entire etch might be inside a parallelogram or long rectangle.

Charlie
Beauty Charlie ::tu::

On the etch - I am seeing “Steel” after Silver but can’t make out first word.. does “silver steel” have any significance in terms of an etch for Terrier or Robeson?
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"Silver Steel" does have a history in cutlery manufacturing.

My mind connects it with Sheffield cutlery, but there's no reason it could not have been used here.

Wikipedia has this to say about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_steel

Whether Robeson was actually using this tool steel, I do not know.

Do you think the total etch could have been. "SHEFFIELD SILVER STEEL"?

Thanks for that !! ::tu::

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Now that we are at this point, I think I might have seen reference to a similar tool steel on a metal handled Robeson knife.

"FIRTH-STERLING STAINLESS STEEL"

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A Google image search for "Sheffield Silver Steel" produces a lot of straight razors so marked or etched.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Shef ... 00&bih=774

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Great - I think the evidence points to Sheffield Charlie ::tu:: but I can’t make out the first word of the etch at all ... I don’t think it says Firth and not enough room for Sheffield ::hmm:: ..
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I can almost think I see the ".......ld".

Wishful thinking, but I think there is plenty of room on the blade for "SHEFFIELD" to have been there.

I'm liking this knife more and more.

I was messing with it today. It makes more noise snapping into the half-stop positions than most knives do at open and close. ::uc::

This knife has got some springs.

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Beautiful knife, Charlie! ::tu::
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I put all the Terrier knives and razors into a glass top display case I bought at the Lexington Knife Show.
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Charlie that sure does make for an impressive display. ::tu::
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An amazing display Charlie. Quality contents, well laid out, wonderful collection. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful! ::nod:: ::tu:: ::handshake::
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RobesonsRme.com wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2019 12:52 pm I put all the Terrier knives and razors into a glass top display case I bought at the Lexington Knife Show.
I love the display Charlie.
Especially the Barlow with TCC on the bolster.
I've been looking for one of those for a long time.
I've never even seen one in person, just pictures.
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