Marbles used the Moose and Goose sheath from the mid 1950's to around 1970.Р”РЋ997: B-Br-R-R-Br-B-Br (pattern reverses on pommel end of handle). Plastic pommels were unpopular and was discontinued in 1953. Three line stamp with a right facing serif (little fancy line) on the letter 'A' was used from the late 40's to the late 50's. They used the left facing serif A on knives from 1911-WWII. Marbles quit stamping with the 'pat'd' mark 1932. They started using the tear drop pommel around the same time as the 3/8th nut, and the patent ran out in 1932. Marbles used the round pommel until 1923.Р”РЋ919-20 Marbles started using the aluminum pommel, and in 1923 changed from the 1/2' to the 3/8ths tang nut. The stag handle and the leather handled Woodcrafts, had stag pommels until 1920. Even some stag with aluminum pommels in 1915 that have been documented. There have been examples of woodcrafts with the pat pend mark that had leather handles and aluminum pommels. They were only made and marked that way in the year 1915. pend and has a stag pommel then you have a rare woodcraft. The knives with the MSA mark date between 1901- 1911.Р”РЋ906-1914 lignum vitea pommel, large pommel nut, coco bolo handle. I didn't find too much WWII Marbles Info but I was able to compile some info that may help narrow down time-frames of Marble Knifes from posts by others. If you have any proof on the subject, such as a written document, not an oral history, we would be mighty glad to hear from you! We also know that Camillus, Case and Kinfolks made the same pattern knife and sold them to the government for the AAF so why not Marbles? Either way it is an interesting subject that we wish to know more about.

Perhaps they could not obtain the aluminum pommels during the war and converted to the plastic but only for the private sales they still held. We do know that Marbles started using the plastic pommels during 1942 / 1943 but they also continued to sell them right up through the 1950РІР‚в„ўs so that in itself does not make it a military issue piece. We all assume that the Bakelite pommel models were wartime issue but can we prove itРІР‚В¦ not yet. So far we have not found any evidence that they were purchased by the government. We have some information on them but lack any connection with Marbles actually having a military contract. The main gist of the article will be the use of the knives by the Army Air Force as a part of the Emergency Sustenance Kits issued to each aircrewman during the war. We are trying to gather any information on the 5' Marbles Ideal pattern knife for a future article.

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