Could this be a Patented 1916 Marbles?

Webster Marble formed Gladstone Mfg. Co. in 1892. That company created the first folding Axe in 1893 which lead to the incorporation of Marble's Safety Axe Co. in 1898. The company became Marble Arms & Mfg. Co. in 1911 & enjoyed years of success until succumbing to a shut down of production in 1974. The brand was brought back to life in 1994 & enjoyed a grand rejuvenation that later gave way to another shutdown in 2009. Many great knives & tools were crafted over the company's storied history.
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Leo7504
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Could this be a Patented 1916 Marbles?

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My wife got me this one for Christmas. Inexamining this knife I noticed it had been aggressively cleaned and buffed. I noticed that opposite the Marbles mark there was some barely legible writing, I thought I could detect an AT. When I compared that to my Patented 1916 model the AT appeared to be in the same location as the Pat 1916. Could this be a Pat 1916 model?? It has the roller coaster stamp and a 3/8 in nut. The 1916 model I have has the smaller Marbles stamp and 1/2 in nut and the small hilt. Could some aggressive grinding removed or obscured the mark? Someone with a good understanding of older Marbles can weigh in. I have Arni’s book and it says early models of the Pat 1916 have the sight mark, and I’m assuming the roller coaster mark after that, if I’m right that would make this a 1923-25 model, albeit aggressively cleaned. It’s hard to reproduce in a picture but if you twirl it in the light you can definitely see the AT.
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Gunsil
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Re: Could this be a Patented 1916 Marbles?

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It might well be a Pat 1916 but there is nothing special about knives so marked. They used that mark into the 1930s and there are plenty of them out there. That poor knife has been used and abused!
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Re: Could this be a Patented 1916 Marbles?

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Christmas gift from the wife! Beats the heck outa socks n underwear. Maybe had an adventurous life but if desired could be carried and used as Webster Marble intended.
You can always get more money, good old knives are hard to find.

Nature abhors a vacuum, me I hate a dull knife.
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Re: Could this be a Patented 1916 Marbles?

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Rockingkj wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:46 am Christmas gift from the wife! Beats the heck outa socks n underwear. Maybe had an adventurous life but if desired could be carried and used as Webster Marble intended.
Heck ya! I got enough socks and underwear myself . Would you be so kind as to tell me the total blade length and the length of the guard ? Thanks .
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