A.W. Wadsworth Easy Open....brought back to life.

Morrow

Morrow

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I picked up a very beat up A.W. Wadsworth on the bay quite a while ago. It sat in a box for months after I got it. The knife was in bad shape. The main blade would not close...the pen blade hardly opened. Both blades had some blade loss and pitting. I sent the knife off to a fine gentleman that has done work for me before. He sent me back a usable knife with lots of life left in it. The blades have been cleaned and polished which negatively impacts the opinion of some. For this specific knife, I'm happy with how it turned out considering the condition before the work was done. Unusable to usable. The page pictured is from a 1917 Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co catalog and shows the Wadsworth I have.

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Ready for several more decades now Jason.Looks great :thumbup:,Thanks for posting it,
-Vince
 
Thats a dandy Morrow...
Always good to see an old knife rescued so it can see many more years of service.
 
Looks great.

Gotta love those old prices, even in 1917 four bucks wasn't a lot of money for a DOZEN knives.
 
I just finished one for a customer though he wanted the pen and nail nick
on the pile side with a sheepfoot instead of a spear. Cool to find an old one.
Ken.
 
Very nice J. I have a few different "items" I'm working on cleaning as well.
This just makes me get off my butt and get going with it. :thumbup:

mike
 
What a great, old knife, and whoever cleaned it did a great job as well. I'd rather see one cleaned up and used than see it rust down to useless. :thumbup::cool:
 
KnifeHead said:
What a great, old knife, and whoever cleaned it did a great job as well. I'd rather see one cleaned up and used than see it rust down to useless. :thumbup::cool:
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The man who did the work always does a great job. I'd mention his name but he gets grumpy when I do that. :p

I really wish I would have taken pictures of this one before the work was done.....most would have just thrown it away or scrapped it for parts.
 
man that was an expensive knife. $4.00 dollars was a lot o money.
i have a nice old easy open jack that came from the poorhouse.
weapons were confiscated at the door so this knife was put in the cigar box and sat in a drawer for years.
when the person who ran the poorhouse passed on the knife was sold at auction.
the fella who bought the knife traded it to me.
buzz
 
You see, this is the cool shit in the world! You just experienced it! Sweet knife.........Your living the dream man, your living the dream........
 
markv said:
man that was an expensive knife. $4.00 dollars was a lot o money.
i have a nice old easy open jack that came from the poorhouse.
weapons were confiscated at the door so this knife was put in the cigar box and sat in a drawer for years.
when the person who ran the poorhouse passed on the knife was sold at auction.
the fella who bought the knife traded it to me.
buzz
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It was $4.00 a dozen. :)
 
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