Early Stainless

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smiling-knife

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Stainless steel table knives first appeared in late 1914 however, with WW1, supplies were directed to the war effort. Following the end of the war, the first stainless steel pocket knife blades (c1920) were produced. In those early days, the new stainless blades were made in the same forge as the traditional carbon steel blades. Both types emerged from the fire black so the only way to tell them apart was to stamp the stainless blades. This one was made by Joseph Rodgers and has a very nice ivory handle as a bonus.
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I only wonder where you get those knives of yours. Have you found a secret cave under Sheffield or something?:D

You do come up with really good ones.:thumbup:
 
Thanks for the replies everyone. Yes MM I believe it is elephant ivory. Bought this little gem in a lot vaguely described as three old pen knives.
 
Super penknife s-k! Graceful, with a nicely shaped butt (like I like my women!)-sorry, off task there a bit. Knives do that to one!
Ahem; How long is that one, s-k??
 
I don't think the blade is long enough to qualify as a melon tester. IMO a single blade pen knife is the best descriptor. What do you think?
 
Thanks, s-k. Knowing the size helps greatly in visualizing the knife in "real life"! I have started to place a ruler in some of my knife pictures, to assist in that visualization.
 
jackknife said:
I only wonder where you get those knives of yours. Have you found a secret cave under Sheffield or something?:D

You do come up with really good ones.:thumbup:
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:p :p :D :D Jacknife,

I have asked SK where he gets his wonderful knives now for months and he only smiles and says thank you ( I have thought about contacting MI6 to investigate but have not gotten that far yet)...I do believe you may be onto something about a secret cave under Sheffield...We will have to investigate this further...I will volunteer to go to England and make sure SK is on the up and up..That's on the assumption that donations will be collected for my trip over there...It's all about keeping up the integrity of the knifeing community..:D Yeah that's right it's all about the good reputation of the collecting community..



Sunburst
 
sunburst said:
:p :p :D :D Jacknife,

I have asked SK where he gets his wonderful knives now for months and he only smiles and says thank you ( I have thought about contacting MI6 to investigate but have not gotten that far yet)...I do believe you may be onto something about a secret cave under Sheffield...We will have to investigate this further...I will volunteer to go to England and make sure SK is on the up and up..That's on the assumption that donations will be collected for my trip over there...It's all about keeping up the integrity of the knifeing community..:D Yeah that's right it's all about the good reputation of the collecting community..

Sunburst
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Thank-you everyone for all of the wonderful feedback. I am happy to be able contribute something that is so much appreciated by my fellow collectors.

Jackknife, Sunburst et al. ...as the cat is out of the bag so to speak, I thought I would share with you my secret underground knife cave. I've carefully constructed and edited this photo so as to not provide any clues regarding its top secret location.
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Okay, thats it!

If I fly over would you blindfold me and take me to the cave and let me dig around some? I'll make it worth your while.:D

Either that or Sunburst and me are going to MI5 or 6 or whom ever. Maybe I'll have to use my old Uncle Pat's I.R.A. people!:D :D

PS, I knew it. S-K is just a two hour or so drive south by south east of Sheffield. I just looked it up on my 1963 edition Readers Digest Great World atlas. He's on to something!
 
Rummaging around in the cave, I found these two slightly later stainless knives c late 20s or early 30s. It took a little while for makers to work out the etching for the new, harder stainless steel. There were all sorts of other names for the new material depending on the company. For e.g., one of Harrison Bros & Howson's trademarks was Alpha so their new blades were called Alpha Rustless. Herbert Robinson's new fruit knives had Everklean blades. That really spelled the end for the original stain-resitant fruit knives with the Sterling silver blades (e.g. this one hallmarked in 1896).
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s-k, you don't double up as Batman do you? that looks like the Batcave to me.:D

seriously, mighty fine knives yet again, fantastic collection that you have shown us so far. All the best. :)

Rusty1
 
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