The Woodcraft knife was used by Buster Brown Shoes from around 1930-1953.
The earliest knives were marked Buster Brown HEALTH Shoes.
This knife is circa 1930-1940
Comes with the original leather sheath marked Buster Brown Shoes, with a Marble's snap
Awesome, vintage Marbles, Made in Gladstone, USA, is a very high quality, fixed blade knife.
Leather handles are in good condition
Aluminum pommel and a small pommel nut
Blade is in great condition, mild wear from use.
Shows some spots of discoloration.
Some sharpening wear can be seen
Small 3/8" pommel nut
3 line Marble's roller coaster stamp on the rear ricasso.
Browns Shoe Co St Louis USA on the front ricasso.
Knife measures 7-15/16" long with a 4-1/16" blade (measured from the tip to the guard)
File thumb rest
A little history on Marbles:
Marbles was founded by Webster Marble in the early 1900's. Webster was a true innovator of his time, helping to shape the outdoorsman industry with his inventions. He oversaw quality control, and had very rigid standards, which made all of his products superior than any others on the market at the time.
A couple of his most famous inventions are the Safety Axe, (which allowed an outdoorsman to carry a hatchet/axe on his belt without injuring his body), and the waterproof match safe (which prevented matches from getting wet, and potentially saving the life of a cold and wet outdoorsman). He also patented the now famous handle pattern made with stacked leather discs.
Another invention was the IDEAL knife, created to suit the needs of Webster himself. This knife was strong, lightweight, and durable. Many have copied the design of this knife, but the quality of their copies had a lot to be desired.