LEVINE'S GUIDE TO KNIVES and THEIR VALUES, 4th EDITION by Bernard Levine TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Foreword Explanation of Prices I. COLLECTING KNIVES Introduction: Collecting Knife Lore Buying Selling and Trading Knives What Should You Collect? Parts of a Knife Knives as an Investment Introduction to Damascus Steel Collecting Knives to Use Building and Displaying Your Collection Grading the Condition of a Knife Knife Show Etiquette Some Clues That Help Date and Identify Knives Handle Materials Learning to Recognize Fakes Blade Finishes Proper Cleaning II. FOLDING KNIVES Introduction to Folding Knives / Cut Away View 1) Factory Folding Knife Charts, Tables, and Histories Pocketknife Blade Charts Pocketknife Brand List Pocketknife History Cutlery Gazetteer Late 18th Century Sheffield Cutlers' Marks Masters of the Sheffield Cutlers Guild, 1624-1905 Cutlers Company of London Pictorial Touchmarks Masters of the London Cutlers Guild, 1584-1922 Salisbury Cutlers 19th Century Sheffield Cutlery Firms The History of G. Wostenholm & Son Swiss Multi-Blades History of the Solingen Cutlery Industry Bohemian Pocket Cutlery Eskilstuna Cutlery 19th Century American Pocketknife Firms Remington U.M.C. Case, Western, Ka-Bar, Cattaraugus, and Related American Brands Case Pocketknife Patterns Winchester and Simmons Imperial, Ulster, Schrade, and Camillus Gerber Folding Knives Buck Folding Knives Makers of Picture Handle Pocketknives Embossed, Color Etched, and Enameled Handles Advertising, Figural, Character, and Miniature Knives Pocketknife Blade Openers Commemorative, Knife Club, and Limited Edition Knives Harley Davidson Knives Buck Custom and Limited Edition Knives Cripple Creek U.S.A. Benchmade Knives Fight'n Rooster Limited Production Knives Knife Club Limited Edition Knives Schrade Limited Edition Knives 2) Standard American Folding Knife Patterns Introduction to Standard American Folding Knife Patterns How to Use the Price Charts Pictorial Key to Standard American Folding Knives Jack Knives: Introduction Standard Jack Knife Shapes Price Chart (with ruler) Names, Illustrations, and Descriptions Double-End Jack Knives Named Jack Knife Patterns Special Purpose Jack Knives Harness Knives Electrician's and Janitor's Knives Pruning Knives Maize Knives Cotton Samplers Budding and Grafting Knives Florist's Knives Melon Testers Sailor's Rope Knives (including Military) Rase Knives or Timber Scribers Physician's Knives Spatula or Palette Knives Corn Knives Box Knives and Smoker's Jack Knives Special Spey and Veterinary Knives (including Fleams) Boy's Knives Barlow Knives English Jacks Ticklers and Fish Knives Trappers, Muskrats, and Large Trappers Folding Hunters and American Clasp Knives Folding Dirks and Folding Bowie Knives Switchblade Jack Knives Silver Fruit Knives Pen Knives: Introduction Standard Pen Knife Shapes Price Chart (with ruler); Skeleton Knives Names, Illustrations, and Descriptions Whittlers Lobster Pen Knives Quill Knives Mechanical Pen Knives, including 2- and 4-Blade Switchblades Office and Letter Opener Knives Multi-Blade Knives: Introduction Horseman's and Sportsman's Knives Champagne Patterns Bottle Opener and Smoker's Knives Folding Knife-Fork-Spoon Combinations Utility and Scout Knives (including Military) Cattle Knives Premium Stock and Junior Stock Knives Plier and Wrench Knives Gadget Multi-Blades Tool Kit Knives (interchangeable blades) Showpiece and Exposition Knives Folding Medical Instruments 3) Foreign, Exotic, Primitive, and Historical Folding Knives [Note: for hand-made folding knives, see 20th Century Knifemakers in Part III] III. FIXED BLADE KNIVES Introduction to Fixed Blade Knives Bowie Knives American Knifemakers and Cutlery Merchants of the Bowie Knife Period American Indian Trade Knives American Hunting Knives Butcher-Style Hunting Knives Bowie-Style Hunting Knives The First American Sport Hunting Knives Marble's Knives and Axes Fishermen's Knives Wade & Butcher Ka-Bar Remington and Pal Case, Cattaraugus, and Kinfolks Western States and Western Gerber Fixed Blade Knives Pioneers of Modern Hand-Made Knives Scagel Knives Knife-Crafters: Giles Wetherill, Howard James Donald Moore Randall Made Knives Morseth Knives F. J. Richtig Floyd Nichols A. C. Cornelison R. H. Ruana John Ek John Nelson Cooper David Z. Murphy Buck Fixed Blade Knives SPECIAL SECTION: 20th Century Knifemakers (Fixed Blade and Folding) United States Military Fixed Blade Knives Foreign Military Fixed Blade Knives (Including Third Reich Knives) Modern Commercial Daggers and Survival Knives Foreign, Exotic, Primitive, and Historical Fixed Blade Knives Kitchen and Butcher Knives Table Knives and Forks / Carving Sets Industrial Knives IV. Appendices Some Specialist Dealers in Collectible Knives United States Foreign Combined Glossary and Index Proper Name Index Geographic Name Index Glossary and Index of Cutlery Terms Cutlery Exhibitors at the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition Watersheds of Modern Cutlery History Estimating the Value of a Factory-Made Pocketknife Prices in This Book