Robeson Girl Scout Knife - Cobbled or Real?

[bestgear]

I'm leaning towards real however I'm always squishy about knives depicted in a book........any thoughts (Charlie)?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/C-1922-1939-Ro ... SwyWddbU86

pics from the eBay auction for future access. Tom

[ScoutKnives]

Its real , that was my knife Tom , I sold it at the Lakeland show a few years ago . Pictures don’t show it to well but it has a decent blade etch . The only thing I felt subject about was the steel pin on the master , may of had a repair early in life .
I did sell it for much less than the asking price lol .

Mike

[bestgear]

Thanks Mike - I should have known that she spent some time in your collection - your input is valuable as always. Tom

[Gunsil]

I would have stayed far from that one. The steel pin and the really really poor job of inletting the shield are red flags. Bone doesn't look like Robeson bone to me either.

[bestgear]

Thanks Gene - those were some of my concerns too - Charlie will be along to share his expertise.

[bestgear]

No longer available on eBay or https://www.oldschoolknifeworks.com/vin ... knife.html

Maybe my posting here spawned a sale who knows?

[RobesonsRme.com]

I used to have one of these. It was found by an acquaintance in a drawer of a bedside table, amongst the hairnets and bobby pins, at a local estate sale.

The table and contents were all for one price. He asked for a price on just the knife and they just gave it to him. He sold it to me.

The knife had Rogers bone handles, was unused with a great etch.

I showed the knife to Bernard Levine in Eugene in 2001. He declared it counterfeit, as there wasn't a choil cut into the master blade. He also did not like the etch.

Everything about the knife looked "Robeson" to me, including the etch.

The trefoil GS shield was a bit proud of the handle. Pretty sure the shield was not pinned through the liner, but glued in place.

It had a great GIRL SCOUT etch with the trefoil GS logo between the words.

It too, had a steel pin in the master blade. The pin that went through the bail and the pen blade was nickel-silver.

No longer my knife, so I will not post a photo.

I have had several mint Robeson knives with steel pins. Cannot account for why or exactly when they did that, but for sure in the mid-1950's on some Strawberry Bone handled knives. The GS knife, however, predated that time period. I think they are 1940's knives.

I'm not a Scout collector. There are folks here that probably understand the possible origins of these knives better than I. There are a few examples known and of the knives I've seen, none had a choil on the master blade.

As to the bone on the OP knife, that is one of the circa WWII Robeson bones, IMHO.

I would explain the end-all, prove-all tell for a counterfeit Robeson knife, but not in this forum. I will say, though, the OP knife passes that test.

Charlie Noyes

[ScoutKnives]

Thank you Charlie for posting a response , it means a great deal to me .
I have owned 2 of these knives in the last 26 years and seen a picture of the one you used to own , all have the same features .

Mike