💥Blast from the Past💥 (unofficial nostalgic older knife thread)

Sharp & Fiery said:
You own this?
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No. It's on display at Monticello in Virginia. I did see it there several years ago. I highly recommend anyone who is interested in history to visit Monticello. It's a beautiful and fascinating place.

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello - Official Website

Monticello—home of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President (POTUS3). Author, Declaration of Independence, VA Statute for Religious Freedom. Founder, University of Virginia. World Heritage Site, Charlottesville, VA. Daily tours.
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Stelth said:
No. It's on display at Monticello in Virginia. I did see it there several years ago. I highly recommend anyone who is interested in history to visit Monticello. It's a beautiful and fascinating place.

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello - Official Website

Monticello—home of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President (POTUS3). Author, Declaration of Independence, VA Statute for Religious Freedom. Founder, University of Virginia. World Heritage Site, Charlottesville, VA. Daily tours.
collections.monticello.org collections.monticello.org
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he knows. hes making joke due to his first post has this in it......

"Please only photos of knives you still own. And must be your photos."
 
Stelth said:
I missed that. So here's one of mine. An A G Russell mini one hand knife.
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No harm, no foul. :) It is a really cool knife! (Speaking of the Jefferson knife)

I would just rather the thread to not turn into a “historical” knife thread. :) Its intention is for folks to post older nostalgic knives that they still own. :)

Happy you’re posting here! 😎 Nice little AG Russell
 
One of the makers I became good friends with is W.D. Pease. My wife contacted him to get me a knife for my 50th birthday, it was 1994. Bill sent a few knives and I picked out this one, then she had another friend, Simon Lytton, engrave it. The handle is fluted Mammoth, needless to say I still have it! Not sure how many of Bill's knives I owned over the years, I think I still have 10.

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Win Heger said:
One of the makers I became good friends with is W.D. Pease. My wife contacted him to get me a knife for my 50th birthday, it was 1994. Bill sent a few knives and I picked out this one, then she had another friend, Simon Lytton, engrave it. The handle is fluted Mammoth, needless to say I still have it! Not sure how many of Bill's knives I owned over the years, I think I still have 10.

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What a beauty. I always liked his knives.
 
Stelth said:
Thomas Jefferson's pocket knife. On display at his former home, Monticello.
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This is cool, been to Monticello, don’t recall seeing it. I like the tools knowing that Jefferson liked to experiment and tinker. They also have a really well done display on the enslaved population and trying to honestly discuss the contradictions of all men are created equal and how that didn’t apply to the slave population.
 
Does anyone know if Jefferson’s knife was made in Sheffield, or French as he was the ambassador to France, or if American made?
 
cbach8tw said:
This is cool, been to Monticello, don’t recall seeing it. I like the tools knowing that Jefferson liked to experiment and tinker. They also have a really well done display on the enslaved population and trying to honestly discuss the contradictions of all men are created equal and how that didn’t apply to the slave population.
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I learned that knife was on loan from the Smithsonian. Apparently they rotate what they show. It probably wasn't there on your visit.
 
Here are a couple of classics. A pre WWI US 1909 bolo knife and a copy of the same, made by Bill Siegle 20 years ago. At the time I liked the original knife but I didn't want to beat up an antique knife, so I commissioned a modern replica and sent Bill the original knife as a template. The main difference is that Bill's version sports a full V ground, while the originals had a rounded chisel edge.

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There has also been cool discussions about the things ( including his multi blade congress knife ) in Lincoln’s pockets when he was shot, as well as Washington’s pearl handled pen knife.
 
When you start exploring the broader field of knife, especially older knives, you realize that many and perhaps even most knives are beyond our ability to identify.

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This image and caption are from Sword and Hilt Weapons (Weidenfield & Nicholson, New York) 1989.

Here are some fun examples from my own collection:

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Here's a few older ones in my collection that I still love and give me nostalgia.

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Picking up "Fighting Knives" magazine in the early '90s introduced me to some great makers. Jimmy Fikes became my favorite, I've managed to own quite a few, I think I have 12 at this time. It all started with his small Cabin Boy model, This may be from around 1992, definitely not later than 1994. My Avatar has a couple from the '90s.

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Tantos were one of my favorites, these are all from the '90s. The beat up one was written up in "Fighting Knives", tested in a Ranger outing in the Northwest.

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