Marble Knives Gladstone Michigan

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Marble knives gladstone michigan. However the sheath shows some wear marks and cracking on it but is still in great. Timeline 1892 webster l. Patent d48624 design for a blade for a hunting knife. Although their use of pinned stag slabs are second to none they are most known for popularizing stacked leather washers in the handles.
This is a rare antique 1900s marbles m s a. Gladstone michigan ideal knife with the stacked leather handles. 1894 marble returns to surveying and timber cruising. Stag bone handles with marbles shield.
1890 marble founds gladstone exchange bank and is president. Stainless bowie style clip blade. List of patents. Marble gained an appreciation for the outdoors as a timber cruiser and surveyor.
Marbles knives were made in gladstone michigan starting in the late 1890 s. Webster marble moves family to gladstone michigan. 1893 makes first pocket axes. Marble returns to his land appraisal business.
Co 1893 the first pocket folding axes designed and built. Make offer lot 4 vintage marbles gladstone michigan hunting knives ideal woodcraft sheath marble s knife big game northwoods skinner 6 1 4 blade usa made 2000 nib nos 189 00 3d 13h. Patent d34336 design for a compass card. Recession causes panic of 1893.
Marble forms gladstone mfg. The leather handle shows some wear but has no separation which is rare on these old marble s knives as they were heavily used. Patent 450 468 adjustable gun sight. His uncanny ability to look at a specific forest acreage and predict the board foot yield made him very popular with the many logging companies in the area.
Marble came to michigan s upper peninsula in the early 1890 s and quickly gained the reputation of being one of the region s finest timer cruisers. The blade on this knife is longer than the handle. Make offer marbles woodcraft knife 4 5 gladstone michigan antique hunting camping 50 marble s knife big game northwoods skinner 6 1 4 blade usa made 2000 nib nos 189 00 3d 21h. Grooved nickel silver bolsters.
The extended tang covers exposed blade end when knife is folded. As a young man in northern michigan webster l.