All About Pocket Knives

Picked up a pair of unusual pocket knives this past weekend.
One is a Doctors knife with a cork screw on back marked - Zenith Marshal Wells.
The other is an odd shaped lobster with a tortoise shell nail cleaner on the back, marked OVB - Hibbard Spencer Barlett & Co.
Both of these knives are likely made by New York Knife Co.

Sweet Barry - I’ve never seen those patterns.

Very unusual Barry.

I'm with Tom, never have seen either one.

Great finds. I’ve often wondered why more physician’s knifes were not made with corkscrews, given that so many medicines back in the day came in bottles having stoppers.

Ken

Cool pair, Barry.

Very nice! I want to say there was a Dr. knife with a corkscrew shown here years ago, but that may just be my imagination. Regardless, that’s a rare knife in my limited experience. Very, very cool!

1fartsmella wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:48 am Both of these knives are likely made by New York Knife Co.

It's posts like this that help me reinforce my belief that New York Knife Co. was, in my mind, the finest knife manufacture in the country.
Barry, you must have an amazing collection. It's a pleasure to view these knives.

FRJ wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:11 am

1fartsmella wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:48 am Both of these knives are likely made by New York Knife Co.

It's posts like this that help me reinforce my belief that New York Knife Co. was, in my mind, the finest knife manufacture in the country.
Barry, you must have an amazing collection. It's a pleasure to view these knives.

I agree, New York Knife Co made the nicest knives.

Awesome pair of knives. I love finding any NYK knives but especially Marshall Wells ones because they started out just down the road from my home. I've never seen a MW DR's knife, not to mention one with a cork screw.____Dave

Nice catch Barry, both are quite uncommon ("unusual" has already been used several times) and very cool !

Wow Barry those are some incredible finds!!! From the Lehigh Valley show? That lobster just might have been made by Warwick Knife Co but I can't say for sure. Don't recall seeing any US manufactured knives with tortoise implements, that's a first.

Eric

Congrats! Very cool additions to an already great collection of NYK Co. knives.

Sweet knives Barry

Nice finds Barry.

I've never seen bone like that on the Dr's knife.

Great pair of knives you have there, I really dig the doctors knife.

Interesting pair of knives. Could the corkscrew be there because Laudanum came in cork sealed bottles?