Generosity and the Collateral Products of Searching for Old Knives!

[Jack Black]

And yet now i see it!!! lol
Jack I love that Etching -very cool!

LOL! Thanks pal :thumbup:

 

[waynorth]

Duncan, thanks for waking up this thread with that cool, old, low-budget bread slicer!

Sarah, Hoo! What a nice, collection of Owls!

Jack, it's nice to see someone slicing his own bread so elegantly!

Jolipapa, it is gratifying indeed to see an Ancient Barlow in France!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Your welcome Charlie.

Jolipoppa - that's an interesting old Serving Tray. I haven't seen a "half" Tray before like that. 😳

 

[NickelOak]

Only the Ford wrench was found at an antique shop while out looking for fountain pens, knives, etc. I bought it because of its unusual shape. It just feels good in the hand. My dad gave me the Uncle Henry knife when I was a kid. All the other items belonged to family members. My mom found the golf tee bag with marbles in my grandfather's barn right before he sold up. The Zippo was in my grandmother's attic, and the top was my Dad's. He once told me that his dad threw it so hard it would take chips out of the sidewalk and bounce straight up into the air. The fountain pen belonged to my great grandmother and is engraved with her name. I had it restored and still ink it up and use it. Fountain pens are another great interest of mine. These little items live in or on my desk and remind me of family.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack, it's nice to see someone slicing his own bread so elegantly!

Thanks Charlie, I don't think I've ever bought a sliced loaf. Just having my morning toast.

Great family collection NickelOak, some really interesting items :thumbup:

 

[stef142]

This is an antique precursor of multitool knives, heritage of my family.
The balisong type scissors' stamp says “Patent Bontgen Sabin” from Solingen.
This is between 1880 and 1922. its mechanisms are really ingenious!!!

 

[Jack Black]

Very interesting to see that Stef :thumbup: I had one the same, though much more worn and beat-up, but sent it to Ken Erickson, via Charlie, a while back. Can't seem to find a pic unfortunately, but maybe Ken has one?

 

[stef142]

Fantastic Jack!!! What a source are you?!?!

 

[CNoyes]

The wooden tray shown earlier is part of a "Silent Butler" set. There should be a small broom or straight edged scraper with it. Its purpose in life was to be used to remove crumbs and other little bits of food from the dining table.

I really like this thread, Charlie. I'm wracking my brain to recall if I have anything to add.

Charlie Noyes

 

[MrVandercar]

Are you sure those are marbles and not musket shot?

 

[NickelOak]

Great family collection NickelOak, some really interesting items :thumbup:

Thanks. I like having little reminders that spark memories when I open the desk drawer to get my checkbook or whatever.

Are you sure those are marbles and not musket shot?

You can't tell because of the lighting, but they're dark blue glass.

 

[waynorth]

Victoria, BC is the capital of our Province, and is a smaller, touristy city - more a village, with a lot of parks, waterfront and architectural charm. It is on the tip of Vancouver Island, and I go there via ferry from time to time, because my granddaughter goes to U of Vic and my son lives there (not her father - she's my daughter's girl).
They have an antique district in downtown, and I occasionally find a nice knife there. What I didn't expect to find was this beautiful set of drawers about four weeks ago!!

Someone stripped one of the drawer-fronts and gave up. I had to glue one drawer together, and that's all! Thin, multiple drawers are the collectors dream!

 

[Gevonovich]

Charming old cabinet, Charlie! Just perfect:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[waynorth]

Thanks Gev - glad you think so, and I agree!
The fronts and top are oak, the rest is maple and what looks like beech.
Solid wood joinery, with a fair bit of patina - but I like patina!!

 

[RobbW]

Very nice find, Charlie! I see you're putting it to great use. Looks too narrow to be an architect's or cartographer's file. It says office supply on the label, so that leaves out entemology. What do you figure it was for, office stationery?

 

[waynorth]

I think it was for stationery, forms, or maybe stamps, Robb.
Each drawer has two finger-sized holes drilled in the bottom, at the front edge - handy for popping up a stack of paper so you can grab some, or one.

 

[RobbW]

Thanks Charlie. Looks perfect for pocket knives.

 

[Jack Black]

Fantastic find Charlie :thumbup:

 

[liamstrain]

Ended up snagging a "Hythergraph" - humidity recorder because it looked awesome, and the clock drive was fun.

 

[Jolipapa]

Duncan,

Jolipapa, it is gratifying indeed to see an Ancient Barlow in France!!

Charlie, you're welcome! Be sure she has a lot of admirers, I for sure am very proud of it, with the Ohta and the Beer scout this is my edc. The bone pattern has a lot of success around.

Jolipoppa - that's an interesting old Serving Tray. I haven't seen a "half" Tray before like that. 😳

This is called "ramasse-miettes" it can be inclined and serves to clean the tablecloth of all the bread crumbles before changing plate during official or family dinners. (now there's rather a rotating brush).

The wooden tray shown earlier is part of a "Silent Butler" set. There should be a small broom or straight edged scraper with it. Its purpose in life was to be used to remove crumbs and other little bits of food from the dining table.

Charlie Noyes

That's exactly that. There's an other tray "tête à tête" in the same line.