J. Bruce Voyles, Auctioneers Auction 36
Includes de-acquisition knives from the National Knife Museum
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About the first 302 lots in this auction.
To that end they have selected J. Bruce Voyles, Auctioneers to auction these knives so that as many of the knife collecting community as possible may have the opportunity to own some of these knives. J. Bruce Voyles, Auctioneers is not charging a commission to the NKCM for the auction, although we will charge the buyer our standard 10% buyers premium for knives paid for by check or cash. We are also sending this catalog to our entire customer list (and the catalog also goes to the entire membership of the National Knife Collectors Association as well).
All sales transactions on winning bids for lots 1-302 will be process through the NKM account and shipped direct to you by the NKM. All other lots will be processed by J. Bruce Voyles, Auctioneers and shipped by us. If you win bids in lots 1-302 and in lots 303 and higher you will be subject to two different shipping charges on the respective knives—as they will be shipped in separate packages from different locations.
Descriptions on lots 1-302 are by Tom Clark of Blue Ridge Knives and Pete Cohan, curator of the National Knife Museum. Photography was by Bruce Voyles. Knives were assembled in lots by Pete Cohan. Also providing valuable assistance in preparing these knives for auction and to whom much thanks is given is Frank (Big’en) Hensley, David Mullins, and Pat Donovan. Also our thanks to Smoky Mountain Knife Works for providing work space for the photography, sorting, and descriptions of these knives.
All monies for the net bid price (excluding the buyers premium) will go to the National Knife Museum, so the winning bid does not just get a nice knife to you—but also provides promotion for the entire knife industry by sustaining the National Knife Museum.The National Knife Museum is now independently housed within Smoky Mountain Knife Works retail location in Sevierville, TN. When in the Smoky Mountain area all knife collectors are encouraged to visit their museum—and consider that since these knives are being de-acquisitioned, every knife on exhibit there now is better than these.
Important note about the minimum bids. While we were doing this catalog we were observed by a major cutlery buyer—and he has stated he will pay the minimum bid on every lot in this auction—and has bid that amount. There are no reserves in this auction—so every knife here will sell to the highest bidder
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Lot 1 Pair of Pearl German Knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade sleeveboard whittler, Gust.Haker 2 blade bartender with tiny chip in handle, mint, minimum bid $100
Lot 2 Group of three English Horn Handle Jacks; 2 single blade Ford & Medley, Vulcan 2 blade, mint with specks, minimum bid $100
Lot 3 Pair of German Pearl Knives; Wester Bros. 4 blade senator salesman sample mint, J.W. Hickey 3 blade Jumbo Whittler 1970s era broken backspring, minimum bid $50
Lot 4 Pair of German Pearl Knives, Jacoby & Wester 4 blade Senator, Hartkoph 3 blade gentlemans lobster, mint, minimum bid $50
Lot 5 Group of 4 German knives; Gust. Haker Horn 2 blade pen mint, Wester Bros. Salesman sample 2 blade Bone pen mint, Wester & Butz 2 blade cracked ice pen mint, Eyre 3 blade horn whittler good condition, minimum bid $70
Lot 6 Group of 3 Horn English knives; Vulcan large 2 blade Jack, Vulcan 2 blade Coke Bottle Jack, Ford & Medley 2 blade Jack, Mint with specks, minimum bid $100
Lot 7 Group of 3 Horn English knives; Vulcan 2 blade Jack, Ford & Medley 2 blade Jack, Vulcan 2 blade Jack, Mint with specks, one knife has minor handle damage, minimum bid $70
Lot 8 Group of 2 Pearl knives, Western Cutlery Germany 3 blade swell center whittler, James Allen 3 blade equal end whittler, Mint with a couple of specks, minimum bid $100
Lot 9 Group of 4 Boker knives; German 4 blade scout, USA 2 blade muskrat, USA 4 blade scout, USA 3 blade whittler, all Delrin handles, mint, minimum bid $40
Lot 10 Group of 3 Pearl knives; Wester Bros. salesman sample 2 blade pen Mint, Cattaraugus 3 blade dogleg parts knife, Cattaraugus 2 blade dogleg parts knife minimum bid $70
Lot 11 Group of 3 Pearl knives; Wester & Butz 3 blade with corkscrew Mint, Wilh. Wagner 2 blade sleeveboard mint, W.H. Morley Champagne broke blade fair, minimum bid $70
Lot 12 Group of 3 German knives; Cast Steel IA Stag champagne knife mint, Hubertus Slide apart Hobo mint, C.L Solingen 2 blade Horn Jack with corkscrew mint, minimum bid $50
Lot 13 Group of 3 German knives;
Wilh. Wagner 2 blade
Lot 14 Group of 3 knives; IXL Sheffield 2 blade Pearl pen mint with spots, Lockwood Bros. Sheffield 2 blade pearl pen mint, Gust. Haker 2 blade pearl pen with corkscrew mint, minimum bid $60
Lot 15 Group of 4 English knives; Ford & Medley 2 blade genuine Ivory mint, Ford & Medley 2 blade pen genuine Ivory mint, Lockwood Bros. 2 blade imitation Ivory mint, Ford & Medley 2 blade genuine Ivory mint back handle broken with chip missing minimum bid $60
Lot 16 Pair of Ivory English knives; Ford & Medley 3 blade sleeveboard whittler mint with specks, IXL 3 blade swell center whittler mint, front handle has rivet crack, minimum bid $100
Lot 17 Group of 6 Kabar USA knives; 3 blade stockman, 2 blade Barlow, two 2 blade Jacks, 2 blade trapper, 2 blade pen – Delrin Handles , Mint, Front handles badly faded, minimum bid $30
Lot 18 Group of 3 genuine Ivory Knives; Cast Steel IA 4 blade champagne mint with cracked back handle, Wester & Butz champagne knife mint with cracked handle, Wester & Butz 2 blade pen mint minimum bid $ 100
Lot 19 Group of 3 pearl English knives; IXL 3 blade whittler salesman sample mint, IXL 2 blade pen good condition, Humphreys 2 blade pen mint minimum bid $ 70
Lot 20 Group of 5 German Pearl knives; Dirlam 3 blade lobster mint, Humphreys 4 blade gents mint, Cathen 2 blade pearl encased backspring salesman sample mint, unknown 3 blade gents with scissors mint, Kayser 3 blade pearl encased backspring mint, minimum bid $100
Lot 21 Group of 3 Pearl English knives; IXL 2 blade equal end mint, William Rodgers 2 blade pen mint, Rodgers stainless 2 blade sleeveboard mint, minimum bid $ 70
Lot 22 Group of 5 knives; Lockwood Bros. genuine Ivory 2 blade sleeveboard mint with rivet crack, unmarked 2 blade tortoise celluloid good condition, Richards England 2 blade metal pen mint, IXL Sterling pen knife missing master blade, George Blagaban 2 blade 1925 Wembley exhibition knife good condition, minimum bid $40
Lot 23 Group of 3 Pearl knives; IXL 2 blade sleeveboard salesman sample mint, Humphreys 2 blade equal end mint, unmarked 3 blade small stockman mint, minimum bid $80
Lot 24 Group of 3 Pearl English knives; IXL 3 blade lobster salesman sample mint, Humphreys 3 blade lobster mint, Lockwood Bros. 2 blade pen mint, minimum bid $ 70
Lot 25 Group of 3 Pearl knives; Ibberson 3 blade lobster mint, IXL 3 blade whittler salesman sample mint, unmarked 4 blade Congress mint, minimum bid $100
Lot 26 Group of 4 Pearl English knives; IXL 3 blade lobster salesman sample mint, Ibberson 4 blade senator mint with rivet crack, IXL 2 blade equal end salesman sample mint with specks, Ford & Medley 2 blade equal end mint, minimum bid $100
Lot 27 Group of 4 German knives; Jacoby & Western 2 blade swell center Jack painted metal handles mint, Wester Bros. 2 blade equal end salesman sample wood handles mint, Wester Bros. 2 blade salesman sample wood & plastic handles mint, Wester bros. Large 2 Blade equal end salesman sample wood handles mint, minimum bid $ 80
Lot 28 Group of 4 German knives; Wester Bros 2 blade dogleg Jack wood handles mint, Wester Bros. 3 blade swell center whittler salesman sample black celluloid handles mint, Wester & Butz 2 blade Jack wood handles mint, Edge Brand 2 blade wood Jack fair condition, minimum bid $ 120
Lot 29 Group of 5 Pearl German knives; Western Cutlery 3 blade dogleg whittler mint, Wilh. Wagner 2 blade pen mint, Wilh Wagner 2 blade equal end mint, Gust. Haker 2 blade equal end mint, Robert Klaas 2 blade gents pearl encased backspring mint, minimum bid $ 80
Lot 30 Group of 4 German Pearl knives; Gathen salesman sample 3 blade lobster mint, Superior Cutlery 2 blade carved Pearl pen mint, Carl Rader 2 blade pen mint, Gust. Haker 2 blade gents mint, minimum bid $ 70
Lot 31 Group of 8 German metal handled knives; 5 Wester Bros., 2 Wester & Butz, 1 Boker, 2 are salesman samples mint condition, minimum bid $40
Lot 32 Group of 6 German metal handled knives; 4 Wester Bros., 1 Wester & Butz, 1 Boker, 2 are salesman samples mint, minimum bid $ 40
Lot 33 Group of 3 Pearl German knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade sleeveboard whittler salesman sample mint, Wester Bros. 3 blade equal end whittler mint, Jacoby & Wester 3 blade whittler with scissors mint, minimum bid $ 120
Lot 34 Group of 3 English knives; Ford & Medley 2 blade genuine Ivory equal end cracked handle mint, Lockwood Bros. 2 blade Celluloid equal end mint with specks, Vulcan imitation Ivory 3 blade with scissors mint, minimum bid $30
Lot 35 Group of 4 German knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade Sleeveboard whittler cracked ice salesman sample mint, Wester Bros. 3 blade sleeveboard whittler horn and celluloid handle salesman sample mint back handle has rivet cracks, C & L 2 blade horn pen, C. Lutters 2 blade horn lobster mint, minimum bid $ 90
Lot 36 Group of 3 German knives; Wester Bros. 2 blade sleeveboard snakeskin bone salesman sample mint with specks, Jacoby & Wester 3 blade with scissors snakeskin Stag mint, A.W. Wadsworth 2 blade bone pen excellent condition, minimum bid $ 70
Lot 37 Group of 4 Pearl knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade sleeveboard whittler salesman sample mint, IXL 2 blade pen near mint, unmarked Pearl & Abalone 2 blade Pearl encased backspring good condition, Wilh. Wagner 2 blade pen mint , minimum bid $ 80
Lot 38 Pair of Pearl English knives; IXL 3 blade equal end whittler salesman sample mint with large rust spot, Ford & Medley 3 blade dogleg whittler mint with cracked front handle, minimum bid $ 70
Lot 39 Group of 3 Wester Bros knives; 3 blade sleeveboard whittler salesman sample snakeskin bone mint, 3 blade swell center whittler jigged bone mint, 2 blade equal end pen with bail salesman sample snakeskin bone mint, minimum bid $120
Lot 40 Group of 5 German knives; Wester Bros. 2 blade Congress salesman sample horn handle with cracks mint, Wester Bros. 1 blade corn knife salesman sample horn handle with crack mint, Wester Bros. 2 blade sleeveboard salesman sample celluloid mint, Wester Bros. 2 blade sleeveboard salesman sample horn mint, Gust. Haker 1 blade horn boys knife mint, minimum bid $ 60
Lot 41 Group of 4 German Pearl knives; Wester Bros. 3 Blade sleeveboard whittler salesman sample 2 section pearl mint, Griffon 6 blade utility lobster cracked handle salesman sample mint with specks, Henkells 6 blade utility cracked handle mint, unmarked 3 blade medium stockman mint, minimum bid $120
Lot 42 Group of 5 German knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade sleeveboard whittler horn handle mint, Christians 2 blade celluloid pen excellent condition, Carl Rader 2 blade Gents genuine Ivory mint, C.& L 2 blade equal end horn mint, Wester Bros. metal handle lobster mint, minimum bid $ 70
Lot 43 Group of 4 German knives; two Wester bros. 2 blade equal end salesman sample snakeskin bone mint, Wester Bros. 4 blade senator snakeskin bone mint, Soligen cutlery 2 blade Jack jigged bone mint, minimum bid $ 80
Lot 44 Group of 5 Pearl knives; unmarked 3 blade whittler salesman sample mint, C. Lutters 2 blade equal end mint, Wester Bros. 2 blade pen salesman sample mint, Colonial 2 blade Congress mint with specks, unmarked 3 blade medium stockman mint with cracked handle, minimum bid $ 70
Lot 45 Group of 8 Wester Bros metal handled knives; four are salesman samples mint, minimum bid $40
Lot 46 Group of 3 Pearl German knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade equal end whittler mint, Wilh. Wagner 2 blade pen mint, unmarked 3 blade serpentine whittler mint, minimum bid $70
Lot 47 Group of 5 metal handled German knives; Wester Bros champagne knife mint, Wester Bros champagne knife salesman sample mint, Jacoby & Wester 2 blade with corkscrew mint, IXL 2 blade ring opener champagne knife mint, Gust Haker 2 blade with corkscrew mint, minimum bid $100
Lot 48 Group of 5 Boker USA knives; two 3 blade stockman, 3 blade serpentine, 2 blade Jack, 2 blade pen knife imitation Stag handle, four are mint pen knife good condition, minimum bid $ 20
Lot 49 Group of 10 knives; dealer special minimum bid $10
Lot 50 Group of 5 knives; Colonial large Coke Bottle celluloid good condition, Imperial Bone 2 blade Jack good condition, Mumbly Peg Camco 2 blade Jack black composition near mint, H. Boker 2 blade Jack bone Good condition, Miller Bros. Rope knife bone cracked good condition, minimum bid $40
Lot 51 Group of 6 knives; includes two coir knives, minimum bid $30
Lot 52 Group of 6 assorted Riggers knives; overall fair condition includes some early examples, minimum bid $ 30
Lot 53 Group of 5 German Pearl knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade with scissors salesman sample mint, A. Fein 2 blade Jack mint, Wester & Butz fancy 3 blade lobster mint, unmarked 3 blade serpentine whittler mint, Jacoby & Wester 3 blade equal end Gents mint, minimum bid $120
Lot 54 Dealer lot 8 Boker knives, assorted patterns poor to fair condition, minimum bid $10
Lot 55 Group of 5 Vintage Bone handled knives; Cattaraugus 2 blade, NB knife 2 blade, Miller 2 blade easy open, Miller Bros. small rope knife, Pal Cutlery 2 blade equal end Jack, fair condition overall, minimum bid $ 25
Lot 56 Group of 8 assorted pocket knives, includes Schrade Walden cracked ice Citrus knife, fair to good condition, minimum bid $ 20
Lot 57 Group of 6 bone handled Boker knives; assorted patterns, fair condition overall, minimum bid $10
Lot 58 Group of 8 pocket knives; includes six Boker, one Robeson, one English, Poor to Fair Condition, minimum bid $10
Lot 59 Group of 10 assorted pocket knives; good to mint condition, minimum bid $ 5
Lot 60 Group of 5 Riggers knives; Kabar 2 blade excellent, Union celluloid poor, Joseph Rodgers metal handled excellent, early English fair, Schrade Walden metal good, minimum bid $ 20
Lot 61 Group of 4 German Boker knives; Bone and Stag handles includes H. Boker Wharncliffe, poor to fair condition, minimum bid $10
Lot 62 Group of 8 pocket knives; Good to Mint condition, minimum bid $10
Lot 63 Group of 6 pocket knives; includes Boker bone stag 6 blade utility in good condition, minimum bid $ 10
Lot 64 Group of 5 Corsica Folders; white bone handles sizes range from extra small to large, excellent condition, minimum bid $10
Lot 65 Group of 4 Wester Bros Snakeskin Bone handled knives; 3 blade equal end whittler mint cracked back handle, 2 blade tip bolster pen salesman sample mint, 2 blade serpentine salesman sample mint, 2 blade pen near mint salesman sample, minimum bid $ 60
Lot 66 Group of 4 Horn handled English knives; Vulcan 2 blade Coke bottle, three Ford & Medley single blade jacks, mint with specks, minimum bid $50
Lot 67 Group of 4 Horn handled English knives; Vulcan 2 blade Jack mint, Thompson 3 blade Stockman mint with specks, Vulcan 2 blade sleeveboard salesman sample mint with specks, Vulcan 2 blade pen knife near mint, minimum bid $50
Lot 68 Group of 5 Horn handled German knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade swell center whittler mint, Solingen cutlery 3 blade serpentine salesman sample mint, C. Lutters fancy 2 blade pen mint with rivet crack, Wester & Butz 1 blade boys knife mint, C. Lutters 2 blade equal end mint, minimum bid $40
Lot 69 Group of 4 Boker knives; German 4 blade small Congress jigged bone mint, USA 2 blade equal end Jack mint, USA 2 blade Tear drop Delrin mint, USA 3 blade stockman Staglon mint, minimum bid $30
Lot 70 Group of 4 Bone German knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade whittler salesman sample snakeskin mint, Wester Bros. 3 blade Gents salesman sample snakeskin mint, Wester Bros. 2 blade pen salesman sample snakeskin mint, F. A. Bower 2 blade tuxedo excellent condition, minimum bid $50
Lot 71 Group of 5 knives; Boker USA 2 blade Congress delrin mint, Dixson 1 blade Jack wood excellent, Kunde wood budding knife excellent, Boker USA electricians knife delrin near mint, Boker Germany metal 2 blade good, minimum bid $ 10
Lot 72 Group of 4 German Pearl knives; Gust. Haker 4 blade Gents mint, Hoffritz 3 blade Gents with scissors mint, unmarked salesman sample 3 blade Gent with Gold embossed bolsters mint, Gust. Haker 2 blade serpentine pen mint, minimum bid $50
Lot 73 Group of 8 metal handled German knives; includes five Boker and three Wester Bros., includes Wester Bros. champagne knife, mint condition, minimum bid $ 40
Lot 74 Pair of New York Knife Company knives; includes 3 blade bone lobster fair condition with large chip off back handle, Aluminum handle 2 blade Woolens Felts Advertising knife in good condition, minimum bid $10
Lot 75 Kabar Union Cut Large Hobo knife; 3 Section split design, Back handle imitation Pearl, front handle missing, Near mint other than missing handle, minimum bid $ 25
Lot 76 Group of 5 German knives; F.A. Bower 2 blade one arm razor bone mint, F.A. Bower 2 blade Moose bone mint, Wester & Butz Leather inlayed Gents mint, Dixson Metal Boys knife good condition, 2 blade wood Jack fair condition, minimum bid $20
Lot 77 Group of 4 German knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade Celluloid Gents salesman sample mint, Premier 2 blade interframe near mint, Fightn Rooster single blade Gunstock Red celluloid near mint, Paul Henckels Metal Gents near mint, minimum bid $20
Lot 78 Group of 8 metal handled knives; includes Wester Bros salesman sample and Webster Stone Company New York 2 blade Ring Opener, minimum bid $ 30
Lot 79 Group of 6 Kabar knives; 2 blade Muskrat, 2 blade Trapper, 2 blade Jack, 2 blade Folding Hunter, small 3 blade Stockman, Wood Rope knife, 5 knives have delrin handles which are badly faded on front side, new knives, minimum bid $ 10
Lot 80 Group of 8 knives; includes six folding knives, and two ink erasers, vintage knives in fair to Good condition, minimum bid $ 10
Lot 81 Pair of English knives; Christopher Johnson fancy single blade Jack excellent condition, Ajax Cutlery Lock Back Stag Handles Fair condition, minimum bid $25
Lot 82 Group of 5 modern knives; Boker electrician Delrin mint, Boker USA Scout Staglon Mint, Imperial Diamond Edge Scout simulated wood near mint, two metal handled English knives, minimum bid $10
Lot 83 Group of 5 Vintage knives; Schrade Cut. 2 blade, Schrade Walden 2 blade, Valley Forge 2 blade equal end, Robeson 2 blade serpentine, Robeson 3 blade Cattleman, Wood and Black Composition Handles, Fair to Good Condition, minimum bid $ 20
Lot 84 Group of 3 Vintage knives; Keen Kutter 2 blade Jack wood, Keen Kutter metal 2 blade Jack, Keen Kutter Office knife, Poor to Fair Condition, NOT PICTURED IS THE CHAMPLIN. 5" 1 blade, large bolster barehead jack, matchstriker pull, well used, about 50% blade wear. Minimum bid $ 10
Lot 85 Group of 4 English knives; Taylors Eye Witness 3 blade Stockman slick black mint, Taylors Eye Witness 4 blade Stockman Slick Black mint, Ford & Medley 2 blade sleeveboard snakeskin Stag mint, Humphreys 3 blade Stockman Slick Black mint with tip broken on punch, minimum bid $50
Lot 86 Group of 5 Boker USA knives; 4 blade Congress, 2 blade Muskrat, 2 blade Barlow, 2 blade Jack, 2 blade dogleg pen, Delrin handles near mint to mint, minimum bid $ 20
Lot 87 Group of 8 Scout knives; three Imperial Delrin, 2 Ulster Delrin, Bone Remington, Camillus Delrin Cub Scout, unknown delrin, Poor to Good Condition, minimum bid $10
Lot 88 Group of 4 Wester Bros. German Pearl knives; 4 blade senator mint, 2 blade equal end mint, 3 blade lobster mint, 2 blade split section Pearl mint, minimum bid $ 80
Lot 89 Group of 4 German Pearl knives; Wester & Butz 2 blade sleeveboard salesman sample mint, Wester Bros. small 4 blade senator mint, Germany 2 blade pen mint, Schmactenberg Bros. small 4 blade excellent, minimum bid $40
Lot 90 Group of 5 Pearl knives; Salesman Sample Fancy split Pearl 2 blade near mint, unmarked 3 blade sleeveboard whittler mint with cracked handle, Colonial 2 blade Congress mint, unmarked 3 blade whittler mint, unmarked 1 blade quill knife mint, minimum bid $70
Lot 91 Pair of Russell Barlows; 2 blade clip master, 2 blade spear master, Bone handles with cracks, Fair Condition, minimum bid $20
Lot 92 Group of 6 Modern Kabar knives; 2 blade Trapper, 2 blade Jack, 3 blade medium Stockman, 3 blade small Stockman, 2 blade Peanut, 2 blade pen knife, Delrin handles , Near Mint condition, minimum bid $20
Lot 93 Group of 4 German Pearl knives; Wester Bros. 3 blade Sleeveboard Whittler mint, Sterling 3 blade Whittler mint, Sterling 3 blade whittler near mint with cracked handle, Gust. Haker 2 blade equal end mint, minimum bid $ 50
Lot 94 Group of 3 Winchester knives; 3 blade Stockman celluloid, 2 blade Jack celluloid, Florist knife rebladed, Poor to Fair Condition, minimum bid $ 10
Lot 95 Group of 3 Winchester knives; 1 blade wood handled Jack, 3 blade Black composition Cattleman, 2 blade Bone Jack with bottle opener, Poor to Fair condition, minimum bid $ 10
Lot 96 Group of 3 Winchester knives; 3 blade equal end Cattleman Bone, 2 blade bone Jack, 2 Blade Bone Tear Drop Jack, Fair to Good Condition, minimum bid $25
Lot 97 Pair of Winchester Wood Handled knives; 1610 & 1617 patterns, single blade, Poor to Fair Condition, minimum bid $10
Lot 98 Group of 3 Winchester knives; 3 blade Stockman celluloid, 2 blade large Cigar imitation Ivory, 2 blade tip bolster pen celluloid, Poor to Good condition, minimum bid $ 20.
Lot 99 Group of 3 Winchester knives; 2 blade dogleg Jack black composition, 2 blade bone Jack, 3 blade tip bolster whittler imitation Ivory cracked handle, Poor to Good condition minimum bid $ 15