Knife Gallery V

Knife Gallery V

Multiblade Knives

Three Blade Knives

Knives are listed by number of blades and in numerical order by handle material (first digit) and the last three digits of the six digit pattern number. The multiblade knives are not photographed to scale, but to optimize viewing within a 3" x 3" frame. Smaller knives appear larger than actual size, larger knives appear smaller than actual size.

532008 3 3/8" Stag Wharncliff Whittler 732064 2 3/4" Pearl Whittler

333077 3" Stag Lobster 733077 3" Pearl Lobster "G. Hulsey"

632096 3 5/8" Brown Bone Jumbo Whittler 632096 3 5/8" Brown Bone Jumbo Whittler

632102 3 5/8" Bone Sleeveboard Whittler 632105 3" Bone Equal-End Whittler

632111 3 1/4" Composition Serpentine Stockman 733135 3" Pearl Sleeveboard Lobster

533167 3" Genuine Stag Equal-End Whittler 632167 3" Bone Whittler, "WM. ROWELL"

632167 3" Brown Bone Equal-End Whittler 633189 3 1/4" Brown Bone Whittler

733213 3" Pearl Serpentine Lobster 632214 3 5/8" Bone U.S. Army WWII Utility

632225 3 5/8" Bone Swell-Center Whittler 732231 3 1/8" Pearl Equal-End Lobster

735231 3 1/8" etched "E. H. Shaw" 735231 3 1/8" etched "Wm. Robison"

832232 4" Celluloid "Carpenter's Knife" 732275 3 1/8" Pearl Sleeveboard Whittler

633278 3 3/8" Strawberry Bone Stockman 633278-TC 3 3/8" Flame Edge Stockman

633295-TC 3 3/8" Flame Edge Stockman 732306 3 1/8" Pearl Equal-End Whittler

632319 3" Brown Bone Equal-End Whittler 632319 3" Rough Black Whittler

632319 3" Strawberry Bone Whittler 632319 3" Rough Black ShurEdge Whittler

231322 4 1/2" Cocobola Take-Apart Slot Knife 733353 3" Pearl Swell Center Whittler

732365 3" Pearl Sway-Back Whittler 632374 3 3/8" Bone Gunstock Whittler

A quite notable American knife expert and prolific writer has stated that, other than the "Orange Blossom" gunstock lobster with a whittler blade configuration on top, true gunstock whittlers do not exist. The Robeson 632374 above right is a true whittler. There are two split backsprings. The Master spear rides on both springs and the pen and file blades each ride on one spring. I do not know which other manufacturers made a gunstock whittler, but Robeson certainly did. Indeed, there is another below; the 733466 pearl watch fob knife with bail. Although it is only 2 1/2" in length, it is configured in the whitller fashion.

633400 3" Brown Bone PocketEze Whittler 632405 3 1/8" Brown Bone Sleeveboard

633419 4" Brown Bone "PocketEze" Stockman 138433 3 5/8" Composition "Carpenter's Choice"

632433 3 5/8" Bone "Carpenter's Choice" 733445 3" Pearl Sheffield Lobster

733463 3" Pearl Serpentine Whittler 733466 2 1/2" Pearl Gunstock Whittler

632492-125 2 7/8" Bone "PocketEze" Whittler 633499 3 5/8" Bone "PocketEze" Whittler

732502-250 3 1/4" Pearl Whittler 733505 3 1/2" Pearl "PocketEze" Whittler

633594 4" Bone "PocketEze" "Premiun Stock" 633594 4" Brown Bone Premium Stockman

632596 4" Bone Turkish Clip Stockman 633596 4" Bone "PocketEze" Stockman

633656 3 11/16" Bone "MasterCraft" Whittler 633661 3" Bone "PermaLube" Whittler

The two knives above are illustrative of the transition from MasterCraft to Perma-Lube knives. As previously stated in Knife Gallery IV, after 1948 and under the direction of Emerson Case, the bronze bearing was moved from the end of the blade tang to the inner surface of the backspring. Perma-Lube knives had a bronze shield on the handle. The knife above right is etched, "PERMA-LUBE OILESS BEARING"

633717 3 7/16" Bone "PocketEze" Stockman 633728 3 1/4" Bone "PocketEze' Stockman

633728-TC 3 1/4" Delrin "Flame Edge" 733745 3" Pearl Sleeveboard Shriner's

632750 4" Bone Serpentine Stockman 633830 3 3/8" Bone "PocketEze" Stockman

632846 3 1/4" Brown Bone Stockman with Punch 633865 3 1/4" Strawberry Bone Stockman

633865 3 1/4" Black "ShurEdge" Stockman 633875 3 5/8" Bone "PocketEze" "WoodCraft"

Note the chisel or gouge type secondary blade on the "WoodCraft" knife above right. The etch on the master clip blade is done in the form of logs put together to spell the word "WoodCraft". Robeson made this knife with two blades, as well. The two blade 622875 had the etched clip master blade in one end and the chisel/gouge blade opposite. Both knives were made in the "PocketEze" style with the backs of the blades flush with the knife's frame to reduce pocket wear.

833881 3 5/8" Celluloid Stock with Punch 633884 3 5/8" Black Turkish Clip Stockman

Three Blade Knives Without Pattern Numbers

Gold Tone Gentleman's Knife with Key Blank Gentleman's Knife with Key Blank Removed

Silver Toned Gentleman's Knife with Key Blank Instruction tag for exchanging key blanks

Neither of the two knives above have a pattern number, however, an identical knife sold on Ebay in May, 2007, for $192.00. That knife had a long pull on the spear blade, indicating an older knife, and it had the pattern number 539773 stamped onto the back of the master blade. Evidently, the key blank was counted as a blade, as the second digit of that pattern number indicates three blades.

These knives contained a Yale key blank, that are thought to have matched Yale Post Office box locks. One could return the knife to a designated locksmith, Mr. W. J. Hanna, in Attleboro, MA with their P.O.box key, and he would fit their key to the knife without charge.

3" Bone Equal-End PocketEze Whittler 2 5/8" Rose Pearl Lady's Knife

3 3/8" Brown Bone Equal-End Box Knife 4 1/4" Ebony Whittler, circa 1894-1896

The Moore Oil Company 3 1/2" Auto Knife Moore Oil Company "That Good Oil"

3 5/8" Brown Bone Serpentine Stockman 3" Pearl Swell-Center Whittler

1891-1895 3" Pearl Pharmacist's Knife with spatula 3 1/2" Pearl Swell-Center Whittler

Four Blade Knives

743006 3 5/16" Pearl Equal-End Senator 742082 3 1/16" Pearl Gunstock Mason's Lobster

Box and Guaranty for 742082 Above "Our Guaranty" For Pearl Handled 742082

The 742082 Pearl handled gunstock lobster whittler above right was an exceptional find in its original box with the factory guaranty. The knife is nicely etched with the Masonic symbol. This knife is just pristine mint, The haziness at the end of the master blade is a reflective phenomenon, This was, quite possibly, the most expensive knife Robeson ever produced.