Beauty of Old, Worn Knives

[black mamba]

Old and worn doesn't have to mean worn out. These are all at least 60 years old.

 

[Ironbut]

Here's another Barlow that I got at a flea market for only a few bucks. The tang stamp puts it from sometime between 1940, and 1963. It's still tight, with good snap.

 

[Horsewright]

This one was in for a lil spa treatment. Cleaned up some without making it brand new seeming. Also built two new sheaths for this knife. The customer couldn't decide if she wanted basket stamped or flower carved so she decided on both:

 

[Buck_Fan]

This one was in for a lil spa treatment. Cleaned up some without making it brand new seeming. Also built two new sheaths for this knife. The customer couldn't decide if she wanted basket stamped or flower carved so she decided on both

WOW! Great work. Beautiful knife.

 

[Horsewright]

WOW! Great work. Beautiful knife.

Thanks. The knife is one of my Gordo models. This one is in 26c3 high carbon steel with a Blackwood handle

 

[dsutton24]

 

[hsherzfeld]

My great grandfather’s knives. He was sheriff of Washington County, Oklahoma in the mid twentieth century. I don’t find these two knives to be particularly beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but they are representative of that generation. They clearly viewed knives as tools to be used and used and used until they just couldn’t be used any longer. They also weren’t great at sharpening knives.

 

[brianv]

My great grandfather’s knives. He was sheriff of Washington County, Oklahoma in the mid twentieth century. I don’t find these two knives to be particularly beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but they are representative of that generation. They clearly viewed knives as tools to be used and used and used until they just couldn’t be used any longer. They also weren’t great at sharpening knives. View attachment 2963821

Their asthetics come from telling the story of your grandfather. They both do that eloquently. I wish I had my dad's pocket knife.

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

 

[Old Hunter]

Camillus 13, snappy old jackknife.

 

[Old Hunter]

Keen Kutter ( E. C. Simmons Hardware).

 

[Old Hunter]

Frontier Medium Stockman.

 

[meako]

 

[waynorth]

Giuseppe's knife!! He was my grandfather, whom I never met!! Handmade in Sicily, in the late 1800s, he gave it to my father, who in turn passed it on to me when he saw my interest in knives!! It is next to a Barlow, so you can see the size!! It's 140 years old or so!!
I've never used it, but I keep it in a display case, where I can see it!!

 

[meako]

Very special that one Charlie.

 

[waynorth]

Very special that one Charlie.

"T'is, Jon; thanks!! Makes me think of my father, Salvatore, who was born in 1911 in the USA, after Giuseppe immigrated!

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

Keen Kutter ( E. C. Simmons Hardware).

Who would have made that for EC Simmons?

 

[Old Hunter]

Who would have made that for EC Simmons?

Eric, I don’t know, seems there have been discussions here on E C Simmons KK knives in the past, but I failed to record it.

 

[Old Hunter]

A favorite EDC, Case 63047 made in 1978.

 

[holo07]

Grab these 3 along with a bunch of other yesterday at a big swap meet. 23 knives in total. here are a few