All-Metal Knives

smiling-knife said:
Great thread everyone. Tstaut, your knives are very unusual. I suspect the fruit knife is American made and the blade material coin silver rather than sterling. The hinges and lock appear silver plated. The base metal is showing through.

Here's a souvenir for the 1904 world's fair. The scales are cast aluminium which was very quite valuable material at the time.

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Very true. In fact, the tip of the Washington Monument was made of aluminum for that reason. Here's an article on it:http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/jom/9511/binczewski-9511.html
 
I realised the other day that my favourite and most used knives that I own and carry on a daily basis at work are all metal construction .
I haven't carried a Traditional knife apart from my Alox SAK's for a long time now .
So this is going into my work shirts pocket from now on , and will compliment my Moderns nicely .

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Ken
 
Another great thread that I'm just now looking through. Wonderful, beautiful examples in here! These knives have always fascinated me as well. Great guys! I have a few and will post them soon.
Perry
 
Here's my herd of metal knives.
Some are in good shape, some not in as good of condition but all are fun to paw and pick at!
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Ken - Can you tell us a bit more about that one please?

Great collection Singin50, who made your Tyne Knife?

Thanks guys :thumbup: I REALLY need to take some pics :o

Jack
 
Jack Black said:
Ken - Can you tell us a bit more about that one please?



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Jack I was hoping you might be able to tell me :)
It was made in Sheffield and that's about all I know .
The only markings I can make out are a very faint Sheffield with the help of a magnifying glass and that's all , its strange because it's not like the blade is worn or pitted in the area where the markings usually are . They must have been done very lightly to begin with .
Its 3 1/4 inches long closed , the handle looks like it is cast in one piece and the back spring is internal and not visible from the outside as it is on all the other Traditional's I've seen .
I don't know what metal the handle is but it's quite heavy for its size , it has excellent snap to the blade , but a fraction of sideways movement .
Someone mentioned it looks Military and it has that kind of feel to it , but I have no idea .
Its a really cool old knife and its going to be my EDC for awhile .

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Ken
 
singin50 said:
Hey Jack, the TYNE was made by I-XL George Westenholn Sheffield, England
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Thanks for the info Perry, nice knife, I have a Wostenholm Tyne Knife myself. Posted a thread about them a while back here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1168960-The-Tyne-Knife? :thumbup:

harronek said:
Jack I was hoping you might be able to tell me :)
It was made in Sheffield and that's about all I know .
The only markings I can make out are a very faint Sheffield with the help of a magnifying glass and that's all , its strange because it's not like the blade is worn or pitted in the area where the markings usually are . They must have been done very lightly to begin with .
Its 3 1/4 inches long closed , the handle looks like it is cast in one piece and the back spring is internal and not visible from the outside as it is on all the other Traditional's I've seen .
I don't know what metal the handle is but it's quite heavy for its size , it has excellent snap to the blade , but a fraction of sideways movement .
Someone mentioned it looks Military and it has that kind of feel to it , but I have no idea .
Its a really cool old knife and its going to be my EDC for awhile .

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Thanks for the info and extra pic Ken. The handle looks to be of a similar style to the British WW2 Navy clasp knife, though the knives are quite different, and the spring is as standard on the Navy knife. I have a couple of knives which have similar styling to the British WW2 ARMY clasp knives, but which weren't military issue. Many older (and modern) Sheffield knives don't have a maker's tang-stamp, largely due to the way the production system operates there, and I wonder if this one was struck after the blade had been hardened, or perhaps using a stamp from a smaller knife? I've not seen one like it before, but will certainly remember it. Enjoy carrying it my friend :) :thumbup:
 
Hey Jack, I had read a bunch online, over the last several years, including Bernard's post. Seems there are a lot of stories for this one.
Perry
 
This may be "stretching the rules" a bit, but I'm going ahead since I've been enjoying this knife lately. Although it didn't start out an all-metal knife, it is now :D This is an old Imperial serpentine jack that davek14 sent me about a month ago. Dave apparently saw it at his local knife shop and it was in very bad shape: plastic handles almost gone, busted blade, rusting badly. He got it for free with whatever else he was buying, and then spent some time resurrecting it. When he sent it to me, it was good to go; a veritable "silver bullet"! Thanks, Dave!!

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Here are some of the reasons I'm so enamored of this little guy.
1) The tang stamp indicates that the knife dates from 1946-1956; I was born right in the middle of that time!
2) I took the knife to Spain with me in my checked luggage, and carried it on many travels once I arrived in Spain. It worked like a charm as my EDC knife in Spain.
3) Dave has the pen blade sharpened very nicely for whittling.
4) It's very similar to the Imperial I cleaned up a year ago that rekindled my interest in pocket knives after 45 years! (But that knife still has its plastic handles.)

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- GT
 
Yes GT, these are refered to as "Shell Handled knives". I have several myself and they do have fine steel in them despite their simple appearance. Many of these originally came with those thin celluloid wraps. I can't tell you how many I've fixed or brought back to life over the last 10 years.
Perry
 
singin50 said:
Yes GT, these are refered to as "Shell Handled knives". I have several myself and they do have fine steel in them despite their simple appearance. Many of these originally came with those thin celluloid wraps. I can't tell you how many I've fixed or brought back to life over the last 10 years.
Perry
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To me, that sounds like a decade well spent, Perry! :D I'd like to find more Imperials and Colonials to play with. They definitely remind me of the kinds of knives most folks had when and where I lived as a kid. Not many Cases or even Schrades, but lots of the shell knives.


Jack Black said:
Nice knife Perry (and Dave) :thumbup: It reminded me of this Richards Serpentine Penknife, can't remember who I passed this one on to.
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I can certainly see the resemblance, Jack! I kinda like the sleek shininess of these "naked" old knives. :p

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
I can certainly see the resemblance, Jack! I kinda like the sleek shininess of these "naked" old knives. :p

- GT
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Sorry for the mistake in my post GT, it was my first post of the day! :o
 
Not a problem, Jack! :thumbup:
The scary thing for me is that my first post of the day is often my best, and it's all downhill from there. :(:p:(

- GT
 
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