Dynamite, Guns, and Gold

This is a heavy 13" standard candlestick. Three-piece steel with wide ridge center. It measures 13.25" inches long. State: City: Dat...

Lot of two different blacksmith candlesticks. 1) Two-piece steel with wide ridge center. 11.25" inches long. No marks or stamps. 2) Two-piece s...

Unique candlestick with a twisted design on the spike. It appears to be all in one piece and made of steel. 8" inches long, with a wide ridge c...

This stick is 11" inches long made from steel and secured together by a cast brass collar. According to Wilson and Bobrink the three steel sect...

This stick is identical to Wilson-Bobrink number 10, except there is no patent date on the stick. As such, it may be a precursor to the 1890 model. Th

Fancy right hook miners candlestick. Heavy duty with a relatively thick composition of metal throughout. The hook is medium sized and rounded and th

Two right hook blacksmith miners candlesticks that has similar construction. The handles are slightly different teardrop shape with one being more ro

A fancy right hook blacksmith miners candlestick. The spike has small cuts ("gingerbread bevels") and the thimble has a saw tooth pattern...

Three small right hook blacksmith miners candlesticks. All have slightly different handles (2 tall and thin, 1 more rounded) and hooks (2 square, 1 r

An unusual high quality miners candlestick with no hook. It was made with no hook as there is no point of attachment for a hook. The thumb lever bro

Two right hook miners candlesticks with fancy decorations. Both sticks have gingerbread bevels and one has a few cutouts around the top rim of the th

Four right hook blacksmith miners candlesticks. All are slightly different. Two have hook extensions. One is missing a thumb lever. All are variat

Two similar right hook blacksmith miners candlesticks. Both have similar teardrop handles and hooks. One was nickel plated originally and parts of i

A good quality right hook miners candlestick. This stick has some gingerbread beveling on the spike towards the hook side and a saw tooth pattern aro

A unique right hook miners candlestick that appears to be made from a single piece of metal. No marks. The thickness is constant throughout and the

A large left hook miners candlestick. It has an extended hook and a large, teardrop shaped handle (3.25 inch diameter). Tall thimble and a wide cent

A samller left hook miners candlestick with a saw tooth pattern around the top edge of the thimble. No markings. It has a rounded teardrop handle an

A right hook miners candlestick with a fancy cut out thumb lever. The handle neck has a gingerbread weld and the hook has a beveled post towards the

Two small left hook miners candlesticks. One has a unique beveling in the handle and an unusual small hook with a bend in it. The other has a very s

Two smaller left hook miners candlesticks. No marks on either. Both have hooks that extend past the bend a bit. Both have slightly different rounde

Two similar left hook miners candlesticks with similar bevel patterns on the the spike. Handles are both teardrop with a slight difference in roundin

A high quality right hook miners candlestick. The hook tapers from large at the bottom to small at the top and is reminiscent of 1870's telegra...

A right hook miners candlestick with oddly sized parts. No mark. The spike is long and thick and the hook is fairly large and rounded. The thumb le

Two near mint right hook miners candlesticks. Both are similar construction. One has a beveled hook, a larger thumb lever, and a rivet at the handle

A fancy left hook miners candlestick. The spike has some gingerbread carvings towards the handle and the hook was extended and a small carving was ad

A choice right hook miners candlestick. No markings. The thumb lever has a decorative swirl at the end and the hook has a solid triangular base atta

Two left hook miners candlesticks with no maker marks. Both sticks were likely made by the same maker. They have extended hook with bends, one large

A right hook miners candlestick that is unlisted in Wilson & Bobrink, although probably would have been included if known at the time. The hand...

This is a blacksmith miners' candlestick with a split thimble design. One-piece steel design with a the hook brazed on. This model appears to be...

This is a great group of 3 unusual sticks that can add a little variety to any collection! 1) Broken small high grader, made of one piece steel. It me

Although this stick is unmarked and unlisted, it is similar to #103 in Wilson and Bobrink. This stick measures 8" inches long and one-piece ste...

Although this stick is unmarked and unlisted, it is similar to #84 in Wilson and Bobrink. This stick measures 7.75" inches long and one-piece s...

This stick measures 9" inches long and is not marked. Constructed out of two piece steel with hat hook. Rather uncommon stick. Wilson-Bobrink #...

This stick is unusual with a detailed thumb lever that could have been used to help light matched. This stick is also a high grader. It measures 9.5...

Lot of two abbreviated model miners' candlesticks. According to Wilson and Bobrink, this style of candlestick would have been produced by a blac...

Unmarked and unlisted miners' candlestick with a very Sholder patent like design on the thimble. This stick was constructed from one piece steel...

Unusual unmarked and unlisted miners' candlestick with the hook on the left side. Although unlisted in Wilson and Bobrink, it most closely resem...

Unusual unmarked and unlisted miners' candlestick with an oddly shaped hook. The thumb lever appears to have been shaped into a heart liked desi...

Beautiful example of a fancy miners' candlestick! This stick features beautiful ornamentation including a serrated thimble, horseshoe designed h...

Extra large miners' candlestick with an unusual hook. This stick measures at 13" long and is constructed from one-piece steel with a wide r...

According to Wilson and Bobrink, the complicated mold needed for casting this stick's handle suggests that it was intended for mass production, ...

This model of candlestick features a handle that is compressed to insert or move the candle. It measures 13" inches long and was constructed fr...

Right hook miner's candlestick with a unique post. The hook is set into a wider, bell-shaped base. The spike is skinny and has a tear drop han...

Two right hook, braised, skinny spike candlesticks. The first is 13 inches long with a scalloped thumb lever and a round handle (2.5 inches in diamet

5 right hook, miners' candlesticks with small handles that are mostly round and teardrop shaped with diameters around 1.5 - 2 inches. There are...

3 right hook, blacksmith miners' candlesticks. Two have square spikes and small hooks while the large one is rounded with a tall hook. Each ha...

Two similar right hook miners' candlesticks. Both have tall, thick, long spikes and rounded handles (diameter = 2 and 2.5 inch), possibly from ...

A right hook miners' candlestick with unique beveling on the spike and handle. The spike is very square-set until the edges are rounded off nea...

Three large, right hook, unbraised miners' candlesticks. All three are opened handles (not connected together at handle neck) and teardrop sh...

Five right hook blacksmith miners' candlesticks. One has an old repair to the hook and another has a broken hook. All have square-shaped spike...