A Night On The Tiles!

[5K Qs]

I always enjoy being invited to your kitchen table, Jack. Even though there's seldom food, I find what's on the table satisfying fare nonetheless! :thumbup::thumbup:

I was somewhat concerned over the obvious hallucinations that influenced your original post, but it seems you're gradually regaining at least a tenuous grasp on reality. For example, the post quoted below seems VERY realistic in that many of us THINK about getting fit, even though our ACTIONS often have us throwing in our lot with Mr. Kipling and others of his ilk! (I admit to partaking of Chili Dog Wednesday at my workplace today immediately after 45 minutes at the fitness center. )

Thanks a lot for all the comments and kind words guys, they are very much appreciated :thumbup: Unfortunately, my internet connection is so bad today that I am struggling to post, but I am busy listening to Eye of the Tiger, and thinking about getting fit ready for the next challenge :thumbup:



I'm afraid I know Mr Kipling a little too well Carl! :thumbup:

- GT

 

[Jack Black]

Arithmetic on the Frontier is a favorite of mine, Kipling-wise.
That big Bowie is beautiful- How did it stay so shiny?

It is remarkable to me that Senator Clay has so little to say about Bowies. Fewer than 10 mentions in 800 pages of memoirs, writings, and addresses,and then almost always just "my Bowie knife".

Thanks my friend, I suspect it is a combination of factors - a good mirror polish, and a complete lack of use - it is totally unsharpened!

That is very disappointing about the memoirs

Splendid show Jack. Thanks for showing all those most interesting items. I look forward to seeing some of them.

Thanks ADEE :thumbup: Yes, I'm not bringing that Bowie over on the train!

Brilliant telling of your valiant efforts at the table Jack. Some beauties there for sure, I think some familiar ones in there, perhaps a bit more blathered up the last time I saw them...or was it it me that was blathered :?

Thanks Thom, not just you, I can't remember if you have seen any of them or not! :thumbup:

Always good to see a kitchen table repertoire, Jack. I'm glad you got off the floor successfully! The Miner's Hammer and the Rodger's Jack were both intriguing.

Thank you for taking the time to show us your treasures.

Thanks a lot Dean :thumbup:

Jack I love when you post pictures of your table. :thumbup: You sir have a passion for old knives that I admire. I can't help but think about all the history of both cutlers and owners lying there.

Thank you Randy :thumbup:

The tiles must have done wonders for the old back, Jack!
Not!

Thanks for relating the latest battle with the table - it always keeps me on the edge of my seat!!

Some real treasures there, the fight is worth it!!:thumbup:

Thanks Charlie, I may have used 'dramatic licence' a little :thumbup:

 

[Jack Black]

I always enjoy being invited to your kitchen table, Jack. Even though there's seldom food, I find what's on the table satisfying fare nonetheless! :thumbup::thumbup:

I was somewhat concerned over the obvious hallucinations that influenced your original post, but it seems you're gradually regaining at least a tenuous grasp on reality. For example, the post quoted below seems VERY realistic in that many of us THINK about getting fit, even though our ACTIONS often have us throwing in our lot with Mr. Kipling and others of his ilk! (I admit to partaking of Chili Dog Wednesday at my workplace today immediately after 45 minutes at the fitness center. )

Thanks my friend, that's usually because the food has already been eaten! :thumbup: Thinking has got to burn calories, right?! Heck I've been typing the WHOLE time I was eating that box of pies! :thumbup:

 

[Jack Black]

Another nice batch Jack, I like those Victorian salt dishes. We have a few in our family antique collection.

Thank you Jerry, I don't recall having seen one until quite recently :thumbup:

 

[meako]

Could it say
S HOLLAND
?thats what I can see if I fill in the blanks.
Also that zebra striped penknife is that horn? If so it must have come from the Elle McPherson of thebuffalo world.

 

[StoneBeard]

Great post Jack. I enjoyed sitting down and relaxing for a few minutes while looking at all of the interesting knives you've acquired. The "George Foreman of knife piles!" in conjunction with the kitchen table picture brought a big Smile to my face. :thumbup:

 

[meako]

I just had a horrible image pop into my head-
George Foreman singing "when I'm cleaning windows" Whilst drooling Mr Kipling cake crumbs on Jacks knife table.
(shudder)

 

[supratentorial]

Good show. I especially like that well marked Joseph Rodgers jack and the collection of pen knives.

...Can the pickle fork be used to grab food from a siblings plate? ...would have been handy growing up.

 

[Jolipapa]

Jack you must have had a terrible fight, but the knives are splendid! :thumbup:

 

[pmew]

Excellent post Jack. A great read to be had over a cuppa.


- Paul

 

[r8shell]

A great read as usual, Jack. :thumbup: Don't let that table get you down!

I'm always interested in the old knives you find. I wonder if ivory pen knives were more common in England than in the US, back in the day. I find them clad in bone and wood and cell and rarely horn, but never ivory. Something to do with popularity or availability of materials? Of course, I'm hunting in a younger part of a younger country.

Those Mr. Kipling pies look exceedingly good. But I don't know if I like Kipling, I've never kipled.

 

[bonzodog]

Quite a collection,well done on the mammoth clean up.

 

[btb01]

Jack, that Joseph Rodgers with all the different blade stamps is great! I feel like they might have wanted to put a few more on there but ran out of places to put them.

 

[Jerry D.]

I bought this Joseph Rodgers Jack....

Those stamps are interesting. Is the spine squared or sharped a bit to be used as a striker?

A market-trader had a range of these leather-handled knives, with a variety of blade-shapes and sizes. I think they were a range of samples. I’ve not been able to bring anything up on ‘Katar’, but I suspect it was either a name being used by a knife wholesaler or that of a sporting goods store. The knives are a Sheffield ‘Town Pattern’, this one being a little more unusual. I only bought one because the price wasn’t great, there were no sheaths, and I can get better versions of the same patterns in Sheffield today. The steel is OK. If I can find a sheath, I might even carry it.
....

I really like the blade shape and size of this one. It looks like it would be a real handy one to have on the belt. :thumbup:

And what's not to love about that John Nowill Bowie! It looks like a fun haul. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jack Black]

Could it say
S HOLLAND
?thats what I can see if I fill in the blanks.
Also that zebra striped penknife is that horn? If so it must have come from the Elle McPherson of thebuffalo world.

There's a J.B Holland listed :thumbup:

Synthetic :thumbup:

Great post Jack. I enjoyed sitting down and relaxing for a few minutes while looking at all of the interesting knives you've acquired. The "George Foreman of knife piles!" in conjunction with the kitchen table picture brought a big Smile to my face. :thumbup:

Thank you very much my friend :thumbup:

I just had a horrible image pop into my head-
George Foreman singing "when I'm cleaning windows" Whilst drooling Mr Kipling cake crumbs on Jacks knife table.
(shudder)

Good show. I especially like that well marked Joseph Rodgers jack and the collection of pen knives.

...Can the pickle fork be used to grab food from a siblings plate? ...would have been handy growing up.

Thank you Yes, I reckon! I'll take it with me the next time I visit my sister! :thumbup:

Jack you must have had a terrible fight, but the knives are splendid! :thumbup:

I think one of us had a weight advantage JP Thank you :thumbup:

Excellent post Jack. A great read to be had over a cuppa.

Thanks Paul :thumbup:

A great read as usual, Jack. :thumbup: Don't let that table get you down!

I'm always interested in the old knives you find. I wonder if ivory pen knives were more common in England than in the US, back in the day. I find them clad in bone and wood and cell and rarely horn, but never ivory. Something to do with popularity or availability of materials? Of course, I'm hunting in a younger part of a younger country.

Those Mr. Kipling pies look exceedingly good. But I don't know if I like Kipling, I've never kipled.

Thank you r8shell :thumbup:

The penknife is a pretty ubiquitous English pattern, while I think many of the other patterns produced in Sheffield (the Stockman for example) were primarily for export. I think Jacks of all sorts, sturdier knives, were more likely to be carried in a pioneering country, where more people farmed and hunted, and ivory seems to have been more commonly used on penknives than on larger Jacks. I come across more penknives than all the other patterns put together, and only a few (admittedly a significant few) have ivory. I guess that English ivory penknives were relatively less expensive in England than in the US (not least because of import tariffs), and I think if I was spending half my wages on a pocket knife in Texas a hundred years ago, I'd have wanted my cash to go on a good, sturdy knife of a decent size, rather than on expensive cover materials. Just a few thoughts :thumbup:

Quite a collection,well done on the mammoth clean up.

Jack, that Joseph Rodgers with all the different blade stamps is great! I feel like they might have wanted to put a few more on there but ran out of places to put them.

Those stamps are interesting. Is the spine squared or sharped a bit to be used as a striker?

I really like the blade shape and size of this one. It looks like it would be a real handy one to have on the belt. :thumbup:

And what's not to love about that John Nowill Bowie! It looks like a fun haul. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks a lot guys The striker is the stamp itself Jerry. The blade on the Katar is 4", and I like the shape of it too, I certainly might carry it if I can find a sheath :thumbup: The Bowie tips the scales at 24oz! :thumbup:

 

[Blake the Blade]

You've only yourself to blame for all this Jack, you know that!....Love the French sporty

 

[meako]

aah thought it was too good looking to be true.
JB HOLLAND -the J is worn off and my S is the remnant of the B I reckon -it sure looks like HOLLAND.
cheers.

 

[Jack Black]

aah thought it was too good looking to be true.
JB HOLLAND -the J is worn off and my S is the remnant of the B I reckon -it sure looks like HOLLAND.
cheers.

Thanks for the ocular help! :thumbup:

I forgot to mention the cloth I used for a background to a few of the pics. West Yorkshire, where I live now (Sheffield is in South Yorkshire), as do ADEE and ScruffUK, was a centre for weaving and the cloth industry. One of the traders in Huddersfield market was selling lengths of old Yorkshire cloth, and I bought one, must have been produced in one of the huge mills which pepper the West Yorkshire countryside, and the centres of its smaller towns :thumbup:

 

[5K Qs]

Thanks for the info about the cloth, Jack! Fascinating! :thumbup:

- GT