Fayetteville Knife Company - Manufacturers of Small Barlows

Excellent thread. I love all the little bits of history and stories that are uncovered.

And that knife is a serious beauty. I love the history and the years that it shows. You did it a wonderful service by cleaning and not "restoring" it.

This thread really makes me want to start finding and collecting some of these old knives. Thank you for adding to my addiction! :P

(Any recommendations as to what older knives I might want to start with?)
 
Markesharp said:
I think the next Knife encyclopedia should be called "Primble's Traditional Knife Encyclopedia". :D

Thanks for sharing Rob, great info!
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Oh yes - I can envision it 50 years from now, according to Primble, this knife ............................... :eek:;):D:D:D

DeathbySnooSnoo said:
Excellent thread. I love all the little bits of history and stories that are uncovered.

And that knife is a serious beauty. I love the history and the years that it shows. You did it a wonderful service by cleaning and not "restoring" it.

This thread really makes me want to start finding and collecting some of these old knives. Thank you for adding to my addiction! :P

(Any recommendations as to what older knives I might want to start with?)
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Thank you for the kind words. I was a little hesitant to do anything to it at all, but, even the wood that was freshened up has very much of an antique feel to it. ;):)

An old Barlow from Russell, New York Knife, Schrade Cutlery Co., KEEN KUTTER, etc. would make a very fine start, IMO. ;):)

Tdhurl1103 said:
Very cool and interesting read. That Barlow is smokin' hot!! (Pun intended) haha
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Thank you ! :thumbup::)
 
Beautiful little Barlow Primble, and a very interesting thread. I will see if I have anything in my old trade directories regarding Stubs Steel, but Herder has better resources than me I think :thumbup:
 
Fantastic work Primble! I always thought that spear points were a modern invention until I read some of your posts. This post is better than today's history books.
 
Records of Peter Stubs Ltd are held in the Rotherham (a town next to Sheffield) Archives. A brief history of the company is noted as:

Peter Stubs (1756-1806) established himself as a file maker in Warrington c.1777. The business expanded to embrace a wide range of tools and in 1832 the Company acquired the Holmes Works of Joshua Walker and Co. as a base from which to supply high quality steel to Warrington. This site soon became too small. Accordingly the site of Holmes Hall was purchased and a new steelworks was erected in 1842. This was initially known as the Warrington Steel Works, near Rotherham, but soon became known as Holmes Steel Works. This was the first works in the area to have a direct railway connection (to the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway). Steelmaking ceased in 1958 when the premises were sold to the neighbouring company of J. J. Habershon and Son Ltd
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Related material is contained in Peter Stubs and the Lancashire Hand Tool Industry by E. Surrey Dane (1973).

There's a detailed entry in Graces Guide at: http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Peter_Stubs

By coincidence, the company was acquired in the 1960's by the firm my dad worked for.

There are some preview pages from an interesting biography of Stubs, here: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...JAhXBChoKHYjaDjcQ6AEIUjAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false

They include an account of the extensive counterfeiting of Stubs files by Sheffield manufacturers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

My internet connection is really awful today, but there's a photo of 18th century Stubbs steam hammers in the Sheffield archive here: http://www.picturesheffield.com/fro..._No_increment;EQUALS;s10850&pos=2&action=zoom
 
Jack Black said:
Records of Peter Stubs Ltd are held in the Rotherham (a town next to Sheffield) Archives. A brief history of the company is noted as:



Related material is contained in Peter Stubs and the Lancashire Hand Tool Industry by E. Surrey Dane (1973).

There's a detailed entry in Graces Guide at: http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Peter_Stubs

By coincidence, the company was acquired in the 1960's by the firm my dad worked for.

There are some preview pages from an interesting biography of Stubs, here: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...JAhXBChoKHYjaDjcQ6AEIUjAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false

They include an account of the extensive counterfeiting of Stubs files by Sheffield manufacturers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

My internet connection is really awful today, but there's a photo of 18th century Stubbs steam hammers in the Sheffield archive here: http://www.picturesheffield.com/fro..._No_increment;EQUALS;s10850&pos=2&action=zoom
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Great extra research and additional interesting details, thanks Jack!!!
 
Congrats on the unique Barlow, Primble, and thanks for starting this instructive thread with all of the information about the Fayetteville Knife Company!! :thumbup::thumbup: Thanks also to everyone who contributed more pieces of the story!

- GT
 
Thank you for your comments and interest everyone ! :thumbup::)

Thank you especially Mr. Jack for the Stubs Steel research - very interesting. :thumbup::) Looks like the copycattin' ran rampant ! :o:o
 
Primble said:
Thank you especially Mr. Jack for the Stubs Steel research - very interesting. :thumbup::) Looks like the copycattin' ran rampant ! :o:o
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You're very welcome sir :) Those old Sheffield cutlers (and in this case file-cutters) may have been sinned against, but they certainly weren't averse to doing the sinning themselves! :rolleyes:
 
Primble said:
A little more goodness from Fayetteville.
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Here are a couple of Fayetteville Barlow Relics, collected for their rare Bolster and Tang Stamps!! Worn-out old knives can be a source!!
A belated Thanks for all the great research and info, Rob!!
Some friends from Lemoyne College and I did Polar Bear swims New Years Day in 1964 and 1965, in Green Lake!! 😲Fayetteville relics 1.jpgFayetteville relics 2.jpgFayetteville relics 3.jpg
 
Primble Primble
Very interesting, Rob. I see a Central City Knife Co. In Phoenix, NY, and a Canastota Knife Co. In Canastota, NY. Both are about 30 miles from Syracuse. My grandkids live in the Fayetteville-Manlius School District.

waynorth waynorth
As I've said before, Charlie, the water in Green Lakes is cold on a 90 degree day in July! My teeth are chattering just thinking about it!

Great knives guys!
 
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