Gents and Pens!!!

waynorth said:
Men's vest pockets and women's reticules could carry a small knife for various useful purposes!! Popular around the turn of the last century, they were often exquisitely made for their purposes, often resembling a form of pocket jewelry!!! Nicely made and enjoyed often, the uses were endless!!
Unable to resist a nice one, they have slowly but constantly joined my collection. Every drawer seems to have one or two in it, so gathered together they definitely make a collection on their own, some being more nicely made than their robust siblings!!View attachment 3123506

Carrying Rattail bolsters, this Camillus Congress has wonderful jigged bone, proportioned to the size of the knife!! Shown below with a standard old TL-29 for comparison!!View attachment 3123509

A useful assortment of blades with half-stops finishes off the diminutive knife!!!
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Alright, alright, I'll post mine! 😅 Got into vintage cutlery recently and already gathered a handful of beautiful MOP pen knives (think I have developed me a pattern?), but never got around to take pics of most. Cleaning and restoration of them takes much of my spare time now. 😂 (Not to mention a tiny 18-bladed sportsman I am working on a few weekends already...)

Here's an old MOP congress by J. Voos D. Sohn of Solingen, Germany. One blade is a nail file with cuticle cutter. Apparently, summarizing all the info I got, made between 1896 and 1930 (?).
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Pictures taken after cleaning and epoxying but before sharpening. Now it cuts like a razor.

P.S.: By the way, is such a subject appeared accidentally now, or can we assume... :)
 
This old Rem Sleeveboard with tips is a nice piece of work.

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Plus a couple of 'modernists' that qualify, don't worry not that sort of 'modern' very few are small double-ended anyway ;):D

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It's difficult making a smaller knife, especially double end single-spring whilst retaining snap and avoiding blade rub. Bill Howard even manages it on this 3 blade Whittler, yet very compact. It may not be old school Cell but this Hummingbird is an attractive alternative. GEC's 33 Conductor is another clever compact pattern, you get a lot of master blade in a small frame. The Tortoiseshell Acrylic I have from the first series (2011) has THE loudest 'talk' of any knife I own and no rub. :cool:

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Slim and compact, these two whittler style pens, show a big cutlery effort in small knives!!Catt n Emp whitt pens 1.jpgCatt n Emp whitt pens 2.jpg
At top is an Empire Crown Pen; Bottom is a Cattaraugus Balloon Pen!!

Note the tapered, divided springs on both!!
 
waynorth said:
Slim and compact, these two whittler style pens, show a big cutlery effort in small knives!!View attachment 3124533View attachment 3124534
At top is an Empire Crown Pen; Bottom is a Cattaraugus Balloon Pen!!

Note the tapered, divided springs on both!!
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Beautiful examples, sir! While Empire's nail file "blade" clearly disqualifies it from the "true whittler" category (to my discontent! those attribution things are pretty unfair sometimes) I wonder why the Catt also falls out? It seems to check all the boxes...
 
Alex.Y. said:
Beautiful examples, sir! While Empire's nail file "blade" clearly disqualifies it from the "true whittler" category (to my discontent! those attribution things are pretty unfair sometimes) I wonder why the Catt also falls out? It seems to check all the boxes...
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I think it is fair to call the Catt a Whittler Pen!! It is small, but also pure whittler in execution!!
 
A few gents knives and a selection of pens.
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Garrick Bros, Glasgow

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H. Fisher, Sheffield

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Needham Brothers, Sheffield

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George Wostenholm, Sheffield

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Left to right: W.H. Morley, Premier, Chalset Canada, Premier, Henckels
 
waynorth said:
A Rose, by any other name . . . . . . . . 😁

Great catalog cut, Jack!!! T.Turner made some wonderful "Encore" Cutlery!! Encore indeed!!! Bravo!!! :cool:
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LOL! :D Thanks Charlie, I think I originally downloaded those Thomas Turner pages from the catalogue sticky, which was good because I was then able to re-post them after the Great Photobucket Decimation :eek: :thumbsup:
 
All Metal, the embossed liners serve as handles on this Henckels pen/gent's knife from Germany!! A pen blade and a nail file serve as the tools!!!
The image you are looking at is The Shriner's Logo I believe!!!Henckels Shriner 1.jpg
 
Empire from Winsted, CT, this 3" pen is disguised as a double-end Jack that got shrunk in the wash!!! 😂
Wonderfully made with half-stops, likely ebony handles, and an old-school engravable shield, this knife probable cost less than a half dollar,
when it was made!!Empire DE 1.jpg
 
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