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[david i]

We've had solid conversations here about Sheaffer sub-brand pens from the 1930's, many of which incorporate the word WASP (for W.A. Sheaffer Pen Company). A pattern collectors tend to call "circuit board" offers many variants and is well collected. I have a bunch. Threads can be found here, such as the following.


http://fountainpenbo...oard-eye-candy/

http://fountainpenbo...-board-clipper/


So, when I found the following item, I had to grab it. Matches up quite well with the WASP circuit board pens, dontcha think?

regards

David

[Pedro]

What great find, David. Who made the knife?

[Jiffypens]

I love the knife, I've got a knife thats similar to the parker vacumatic plastic. Did the pen companies make the knifes, or were they manufactured by different companies?

[Teej47]

Celluloid is a classic material for pocket knife handles, so this isn't surprising to see (for me anyway). In fact I'm pretty sure the knife my Dad gave me for my 17th birthday (a small Stockman, which is pretty standard gear in the ranch country where I grew up) has celluloid handles, and that was in 1982. It's certainly the right stuff for a penknife, I have to say.

It seems unlikely to me that knives were made by pen makers, though rebranding things to put them together (like ornamentation on desk sets, for example) is and was clearly common. I also wouldn't be at all surprised if there's no indication on the knife who the maker was.

Cool item!

Tim

[Greg Minuskin]

Wow, wow! What a knife! Look at that color, and pattern :-) Have you seen this "combo" before?

Funny that the "pet" name for this pattern is "circuit" board; when in fact the green resin boards came out in the early 1970's after the earlier bakelite versions.


Greg Minuskin

[david i]

Wow, wow! What a knife! Look at that color, and pattern :-) Have you seen this "combo" before?

Funny that the "pet" name for this pattern is "circuit" board; when in fact the green resin boards came out in the early 1970's after the earlier bakelite versions.


Greg Minuskin

Hi Greg,

Had missed your note back when. The knife is not matched to the pen with intent, as best I know. Seems that pen plastic found its way into other setting, and the charm is in pairing them now. As you note, "Circuit Board" is collector convention for the term, noting that pen collecting really started after the green resin boards (more or less) so I guess all is ok.

-d

[david i]

Oh, looky looky.... i found another.

A bit rough, this one has some shrinkage cracks to plastic, but still a pretty knife and the the first I've found in green with the four black line zones.

regards

david

[matt]

No arguments from me; that looks like a match!

[matt]

Here's a blue pocketknife, and matching pencil, recently found by Mr. Veley:

 

 

Unlike David's green examples above, WASP blue is only found in the type 2 pattern