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Great old piece. O'.

An old Iroquois Knife.

Very recently, my trip to the post office produced this lobster or gentlemans', pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the most recent example to be added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY, one blade, one tool (a file with a blade tip), two tang stamps, 3" closed, lobster or gentlemans', pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "ORANGE (over) CUT. CO. (over) WALDEN, N.Y." The tool back tang stamp also says, "ORANGE (over) CUT. CO. (over) WALDEN, N.Y." The main handle side has an applied MASONIC symbol, logo, or emblem, with "JrO UAM" (Junior Order of United American Mechanics). The main blade does have a SOFT half stop. The main blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a GOOD closing snap. The tool does have a SOFT half stop. The tool does have a GOOD opening snap. The tool does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT require any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
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For more examples of ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY pocket knives,
and newspaper articles regarding the ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY,
click on this link:
viewtopic.php?t=11797

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AAPK member lt632ret (R.I.P.), wrote a short article regarding ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY and included pictures of
three tang stamps and four different ORANGE CUTLERY COMPANY pocket knives. The article and the pictures
can be found in his book, "Knives of the Hudson Valley - 160 Years of American Cutlery History"
The whole book is a VERY INTERESTING and VERY INFORMATIVE read.

Here is a brand I’ve never seen before. Droeschers in an arch over SRD with an arrow through over Brand.
I found this at an antique shop in a box of junk knives. It doesn’t have country of origin on it.
Levine guide has the company located in NYC and made in Sweden ? A wholesale importer from 1891 - 1924. Nice old bone!

This knife was the only thing drawer that was stuck in an old tool box I purchased at a garage sale for $10. I can’t find anything about it online but thought it was worth finding out about. Can anybody tell me anything about it?

leeanneneumann wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 4:44 am This.....

Made in Japan(?) or Pakistan(?)
Here are some EBay ads for "SFB" knives.
There are probably more.

bladebuddy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:39 pm Here is a brand I’ve never seen before. Droeschers in an arch over SRD with an arrow through over Brand.
I found this at an antique shop in a box of junk knives. It doesn’t have country of origin on it.
Levine guide has the company located in NYC and made in Sweden ? A wholesale importer from 1891 - 1924. Nice old bone!

Cool, rare find.

leeanneneumann wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 4:44 am This knife was the only thing drawer that was stuck in an old tool box I purchased at a garage sale for $10. I can’t find anything about it online but thought it was worth finding out about. Can anybody tell me anything about it?6F6FFBE9-E04F-4D8D-AFC1-EF84624A30D4.png

Unusual tang stamp.

Innocent and Sons 3 1/4 jack knife. Possibly pre-1860. A few blemishes on the blades but nice stag.

Mike

ObsidianEdge wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 4:34 pm Innocent and Sons 3 1/4 jack knife. Possibly pre-1860. A few blemishes on the blades but nice stag.

Wow Beautiful knife in great condition for being so old

Cutwell Cutlery Co. Germany

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 3:22 am Cutwell Cutlery Co. Germany

A jewel Q. Wonderful handles and spear blade. A keeper.

Thanks Roger and Q.

ObsidianEdge wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 4:34 pm Innocent and Sons 3 1/4 jack knife. Possibly pre-1860. A few blemishes on the blades but nice stag.

Nice

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 3:22 am Cutwell Cutlery Co. Germany

I took a big chance purchasing this pocket knife. When I found it, I immediately thought that it might be a tang stamped, "W & H" (Whitehead & Hoag), advertising pocket knife. A tang stamped, "W & H" advertising pocket knife, that had a body pattern or style that I had not seen yet. The blades were so dark, I could NOT tell if there actually was a tang stamp or tang stamps. I did NOT want to ask the seller to check, because I did NOT want the seller to destroy any possible remaining, full or partial, tang stamp or tang stamps. Well.....

Yesterday morning, my trip to the post office produced this old, obscure, advertising pocket knife. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the most recent example to be added to my general, advertising, pocket knife accumulation. It is a F. H. NOBLE & CO, two blades, two tang stamps, 3 1/8" closed, all metal, one spring, advertising, pocket knife. Both tang stamps, are the curved or arched style. The main blade front tang stamp says, "F. H. NOBLE (over) & CO (over) CHICAGO ILL" The secondary blade front tang stamp also says, "F. H. NOBLE (over) & CO (over) CHICAGO ILL" The main handle side says nothing, it is blank. But, it does have on the right side, a logo or symbol with the letters, "C T A" inside a circle that is divided into thirds. The other handle side says, "CHICAGO TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION" The main blade does have a WEAK half stop. The main blade does have an OK opening snap. The main blade does have a GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade does have a GOOD half stop. The secondary blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The secondary blade does have a GOOD closing snap. It appears that, like the WHITEHEAD & HOAG COMPANY, F. H. NOBLE & CO was also an advertising company. I do NOT know if F. H. NOBLE & CO manufactured ANY of their own products or if they contracted out for all or some of their products. I am 99.999% positive that F. H. NOBLE & CO did NOT manufacture their own pocket knives. So, what knife or cutlery company manufactured this pocket knife for F. H. NOBLE & CO? I do NOT know, but it could very well have been made by a knife or cutlery company that also manufactured pocket knives for WHITEHEAD & HOAG. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife DEFINITELY NEEDED some cleaning, ESPECIALLY the blades. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
Just doing a simple, basic, Google search, did NOT provide much information regarding the history of F. H. NOBLE & COMPANY. There were/are some F. H. NOBLE & CO marked items available to look at. The VERY LAST picture posted
below features two of the F. H. NOBLE & CO marked items. They are NOT my items. They are NOT my pictures.

Excelsior knife Co .
Picked this one up recently from a flea market .
Knife measure up at a whopping 4 1/4” closed , big heavy knife .
Early old brand , I believe late 1800s ?

Thanks for looking ,
Mike

Not too recently, my visit to the post office produced this pocket knife. It is my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a BLUEFIELD HDWE CO, two blades, two tang stamps, 4 1/4" closed, two long blade pulls, two springs, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "BLUEFIELD (over) HDWE (over) CO" The secondary blade front tang stamp also says, "BLUEFIELD (over) HDWE (over) CO" The main blade does have a VERY CRISP half stop. The main blade does have a VERY NASTY opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY NASTY closing snap. The secondary blade does have a VERY CRISP half stop. The secondary blade does have a VERY NASTY opening snap. The secondary blade does have a VERY NASTY closing snap. Both blades are SUPER SHARP!! This pocket knife is in GOOD condition. This pocket knife needed cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Not too recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. But, it did turn out to be a keeper. This pocket knife did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an IROQUOIS, two blades, one tang stamp, 3 1/8" closed, tipped bolsters, two springs, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "IROQUOIS (over) MADE IN U.S.A." The main blade does NOT have a half stop. The main blade does NOT have an opening snap. The main blade does NOT have a closing snap. The secondary blade has a WEAK half stop. The secondary blade has a WEAK opening snap. The secondary blade has NO closing snap. Each of the two handle scales has a small piece missing. Overall, this pocket knife is in GOOD condition. This pocket knife needed a small amount of cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

bladebuddy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:39 pm Here is a brand I’ve never seen before. Droeschers in an arch over SRD with an arrow through over Brand.
I found this at an antique shop in a box of junk knives. It doesn’t have country of origin on it.
Levine guide has the company located in NYC and made in Sweden ? A wholesale importer from 1891 - 1924. Nice old bone!

I have one too and thought I had posted for us years back but turns out it was an email to another collector.
this is what I wrote back then, with a couple pics.

"It's in rough shape and I am not even sure where I got it but I bet I've had it for 30 plus years. I got it loosened up and was able to make out the tang stamp of 'Droescher's SRD Brand" (SRD with an arrow through it).
I have found Severin Robert Droescher (S.R. Droescher as SRD), he emigrated from Germany (Solingen I believe) to New York and was more known for quality Razors, Hones and Scissors, and I have seen 2 other kitchen knives but nothing like this scout knife so far. I believe he was an Importer and partnered with manufactures which accounts for the tang stamp. I see ref to a partnership with Escher as a better known brand too. Not much else though honestly."

Not too recently, this take apart, "hobo" eating utensils, pattern or style of pocket knife, arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. However, this particular "hobo", eating utensils pocket knife, was NOT the reason for my purchasing the group or lot. But, it did turn out to be a keeper, and it did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a UNION KNIFE Cᴏ̲, one blade, one tool (a fork), 4" closed, 6 3/8" overall length (blade open), 6 3/4" overall length (fork open), one stamp (on the fork), "hobo", take apart, pattern or style of pocket knife. The fork, back stamp says, "UNION (over) KNIFE Cᴏ̲ (over) NAUGATUCK" Both the knife and the fork sides separate and reassemble without much effort. The knife and the fork can be opened separately or opened together, without the two being separated. The knife (EXTRA SHARP!!!) does have a CRISP half stop. The knife does have a GOOD opening snap. The knife does have a GOOD closing snap. The fork does have a CRISP half stop. The fork does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The fork does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. The knife does appear to have suffered some blade loss over the years. Overall, this "hobo" eating utensils pocket knife, is in GOOD condition. This "hobo", eating utensils pocket knife, did need a VERY good cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

SwedgeHead wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:47 pm

bladebuddy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:39 pm Here is a brand I’ve never seen before. Droeschers in an arch over SRD with an arrow through over Brand.
I found this at an antique shop in a box of junk knives. It doesn’t have country of origin on it.
Levine guide has the company located in NYC and made in Sweden ? A wholesale importer from 1891 - 1924. Nice old bone!

I have one too and thought I had posted for us years back but turns out it was an email to another collector.
this is what I wrote back then, with a couple pics.

"It's in rough shape and I am not even sure where I got it but I bet I've had it for 30 plus years. I got it loosened up and was able to make out the tang stamp of 'Droescher's SRD Brand" (SRD with an arrow through it).
I have found Severin Robert Droescher (S.R. Droescher as SRD), he emigrated from Germany (Solingen I believe) to New York and was more known for quality Razors, Hones and Scissors, and I have seen 2 other kitchen knives but nothing like this scout knife so far. I believe he was an Importer and partnered with manufactures which accounts for the tang stamp. I see ref to a partnership with Escher as a better known brand too. Not much else though honestly."

Droeschers_SRD_Brand.JPG
SR_Droescher.JPG

Thanks for posting better info on Droeschers Swedgehead.

Not too recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, it did turn out to be a keeper. It did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a SIMMONS, two blades, one tang stamp, 3 3/8" closed, two springs, "barehead jack", pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "SIMMONS (over) ST. LOUIS" The main blade has a CRISP half stop. The main blade has a GOOD opening snap. The main blade has a GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade has a VERY CRISP half stop. The secondary blade has a NASTY opening snap. The secondary blade has a NASTY closing snap. Both the main blade and the secondary blade have seen some use. This pocket knife is in FAIR+ condition. This pocket knife did need some cleaning.
I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 4:00 pm Not too recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, it did turn out to be a keeper. It did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a SIMMONS, two blades, one tang stamp, 3 3/8" closed, two springs, "barehead jack", pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "SIMMONS (over) ST. LOUIS" The main blade has a CRISP half stop. The main blade has a GOOD opening snap. The main blade has a GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade has a VERY CRISP half stop. The secondary blade has a NASTY opening snap. The secondary blade has a NASTY closing snap. Both the main blade and the secondary blade have seen some use. This pocket knife is in FAIR+ condition. This pocket knife did need some cleaning.
I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Cool tang stamp.