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That is a good looking bare head jack, Ivoryman.
Does it have a pattern number?

FRJ wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:19 pm That is a good looking bare head jack, Ivoryman.
Does it have a pattern number?

Thank you. No numbers anywhere.

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:22 pm

FRJ wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:19 pm That is a good looking bare head jack, Ivoryman.
Does it have a pattern number?

Thank you. No numbers anywhere.

Beautiful bone on that one Iman.

Oh. I really like that one.

Thank you gents, doglegg, frj, RobesonRME, appreciate the nice comments. Thanks again.

Snagged this recently, and it's a decent old knife. I like the big wide spear, the red bone, the EZO. Love the jigging and large nail nick. It has been buffed hard though, and the crisp edges have been rounded off. Tight and rock solid, blades seem full and near original except for the excessive buffing.

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:24 pm Snagged this recently, and it's a decent old knife. I like the big wide spear, the red bone, the EZO. Love the jigging and large nail nick. It has been buffed hard though, and the crisp edges have been rounded off. Tight and rock solid, blades seem full and near original except for the excessive buffing.

WeEOooooo!

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:24 pm Snagged this recently, and it's a decent old knife.

What a great old knife.
I agree, I love those big spears. ......... and it's a Robeson.

Thanks a bunch doglegg, FRJ. Appreciate the comments. I'm tickled with it, like the old knives in good shape. Thanks again gents.

Nice ol EZ Open knife.

Circa 1948 to 1960.

Robeson’s beautiful and yet to be duplicated Strawberry Bone.

I understand that I’m looking at photos and not the knife, but I’m curious why you think the knife has been heavily buffed.

I have seen and owned many Robeson knives from this period and a good many of them got a heavy buffing at the factory.

I have a Strawberry Bone Daddy Barlow that my dad bought new in the 1950’s and the final polish almost obliterated half the tang stamp.

Your knife mighht be in better condition than you think.

RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:01 pm Nice ol EZ Open knife.

Circa 1948 to 1960.

Robeson’s beautiful and yet to be duplicated Strawberry Bone.

I understand that I’m looking at photos and not the knife, but I’m curious why you think the knife has been heavily buffed.

I have seen and owned many Robeson knives from this period and a good many of them got a heavy buffing at the factory.

I have a Strawberry Bone Daddy Barlow that my dad bought new in the 1950’s and the final polish almost obliterated half the tang stamp.

Your knife mighht be in better condition than you think.

Thanks for the info on the buffing. It might have been at the factory, I don't know, just observed. But it has rounded off the spine and the crisp edges on the stamp. The edge does not look factory, it looks buffed recently. A buffed rounded edge usually doesn't come from the factory. The bevel is so rounded off it looks like it has none. And the brass liners and pins look too shiney for this age, they would have tarnished more. Definitely has been shined up. IMHO anyway, from what my eyes tell me. None of my other Robesons have these characteristics anyway, that is what makes me suspect something has been done to it post factory. But this is just my assessment from what little I know about it. No expert here, just an observer. Thanks again for your insight. Appreciate the comments.

As I said, I’m looking at photographs.

I think I’ve got one of those here somewhere.

RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 1:01 am As I said, I’m looking at photographs.

I think I’ve got one of those here somewhere.

I don't know how many of them you had, but I bought one from you.

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:24 pm Snagged this recently, and it's a decent old knife. I like the big wide spear, the red bone, the EZO. Love the jigging and large nail nick. It has been buffed hard though, and the crisp edges have been rounded off. Tight and rock solid, blades seem full and near original except for the excessive buffing.

Beautiful knife!

I had three, one, wood, one brown bone and one Strawberry Bone.

I checked my rolls.

All gone.

622283

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:27 pm622283

Well, that's a little beauty there, Ike.

How long is it?

I wonder if I have one.

FRJ wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 12:32 am

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:27 pm622283

Well, that's a little beauty there, Ike.

How long is it?

I wonder if I have one.

Thank you, Joe. It is 3 1/4". Hope to see you post 1 of yours or 2, maybe 3?

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 1:43 pm Thank you, Joe. It is 3 1/4". Hope to see you post 1 of yours or 2, maybe 3?

Thanks, Ike, I have something similar but not nearly as elegant as the little swell center that you are showing.

Bone, shield, swell center, spear, it's hard to keep up and everything to love about that one.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:27 pm622283

Simple and simply sweet. Bones !!!

Very nice, Ike.

I checked and I have never owned a 283 pattern.

RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 8:54 pm Very nice, Ike.

I checked and I have never owned a 283 pattern.

No? Then..........it must be fake?

Edit: Forgive my attempt at humor, Charlie. On a serious note, about how many Robeson patterns would you say that there were? I would assume that there were only a few that you didn't own.

Not sure I am qualified to answer that question.

If you know, as I do, that some patterns were duplicated with simple differences, such as a spear instead of a clip and only a suffix added to the pattern number, such as -/4, 1:2, 550, 75, 100, 125 or 150 and changes in handle material or the addition of a bail or replacement of a secondary pen with a file or vice versa, the potential count increases exponentially.

Terrier was a second premium brand that Robeson only made for six years. I know they did not make a corresponding Terrier for every pattern of Robeson. And I have a Terrier display case that held sixty folding knives.

And there is no telling how many Roobeson knives I’ve seen that I never had.

Beautiful Robesons Ivory Man and Ike

Here are a couple of Robeson Demonstrators I have acquired recently. The one on top is a 3 & 3/8 inch pen knife or senator if you like and the other is a 3 inch split back whittler pattern.

Very nice looking knives, Lloyd.