Marbles Knife Gladstone Mi Canoe

As a young man in northern michigan webster l.

Marbles knife gladstone mi canoe.

Marble gained an appreciation for the outdoors as a timber cruiser and surveyor. Rare vintage marbles gladstone fixed blade knife. New listing vintage marble sportsman. Make offer marbles canoe 1919 1923.

Marbles canoe 1919 1923. Hopefully i will find one before they are gone. He arrived in gladstone michigan around the same time as the town was founded in 1887. 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 forms gladstone mfg. Vintage usa marbles gladstone michigan hunting knife. Van cleve of escanaba michigan shared patent rights on some of the early patents applied for by webster l. 100 old blades that were stored at the gladstone factory reground them and made around 6 or so different handle materials i was lucky to get stag leather and bone handles in the canoe s he made.

Finding collectible marbles hunting knives on ebay. Vintage vintage marbles gladstone mich. This knife is one in stag leather stag and is made the closest to identical. Marble returns to his land appraisal business.

Marble arms manufacturing company of gladstone michigan began in 1892 with the invention and manufacture of the marble universal rifle sight by webster l. Sad i grew up in the up and took pride that they made such great knives. Got a hold of app. Make offer lot 4 vintage marbles gladstone michigan hunting knives ideal woodcraft sheath.

Although their use of pinned stag slabs are second to none they are most known for popularizing stacked leather washers in the handles. Five years later he developed his first invention a folding pocket axe. Ww2 marbles gladstone mich usa knife. Vintage marble sportsman hunting knife gladstone mich w sheath.

Ending oct 7 at 7 30am pdt 5d 15h. Timeline 1892 webster l. Marble designs prototypes and tests his new safety axe. 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.

New listing rare vintage marbles. I have called a few retailers and am on the hunt for some of the old stock. Marbles vintage knife msa original gladstone mi old canoe hunting knife ideal. New listing early vintage marbles.

Woodcraft hunting knife pat 1916 origina. I did a little more checking and my knife was made in 1998 and it was 52 100steel. Marbles knives were made in gladstone michigan starting in the late 1890 s. The roots of this industry can be traced to when webster marble began his career as a timber cruiser and surveyor.