Gifts from Oregon!!

waynorth

waynorth

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After going back to the USA, and rescuing these pieces, I can post them and ask a crucial question or two!! They were given to me at the Oregon show!!
The first is an Empire Gent's pen with "Blackened Stag" handles that Empire was famous for!!! Thanks, Dave!!!Black Stag Gent 1.jpgBlack Stag Gent 2.jpg
The second one is a French Ivory utility knife, which may be French; but it only has the embossed name in the handle - no other marking!! It has eight tools - three-thick, and looks older and little-used - Thank John!!
Can anyone tell me more about it??
Jolipapa Jolipapa or Âchillepattada Âchillepattada ??
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waynorth said:
After going back to the USA, and rescuing these pieces, I can post them and ask a crucial question or two!! They were given to me at the Oregon show!!
The first is an Empire Gent's pen with "Blackened Stag" handles that Empire was famous for!!! Thanks, Dave!!!View attachment 2556709View attachment 2556710
The second one is a French Ivory utility knife, which may be French; but it only has the embossed name in the handle - no other marking!! It has eight tools - three-thick, and looks older and little-used - Thank John!!
Can anyone tell me more about it??
Jolipapa Jolipapa or Âchillepattada Âchillepattada ??
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Generous gifts for a well-deserving feller :) I was thinking that name 'Chandos' was familiar, but then I remembered that it is the name of a pub I used to go in near Trafalgar Square! :D Nice Sportsman's Knife :cool: I'm not sure if our French friends use that term, nor if they say 'French Ivory'! :D ;) Here's one I picked up a few years ago, with horn covers :thumbsup:





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Jack Black said:
Generous gifts for a well-deserving feller :) I was thinking that name 'Chandos' was familiar, but then I remembered that it is the name of a pub I used to go in near Trafalgar Square! :D Nice Sportsman's Knife :cool: I'm not sure if our French friends use that term, nor if they say 'French Ivory'! :D ;) Here's one I picked up a few years ago, with horn covers :thumbsup:





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Also a name of an extinct Dukedom, and a couple other peerages, from your neck of the woods.

Those French multi tools really are attractive!
 
danno50 said:
Very nice, Charlie, karma at work once again!
Great sportsman knife, Jack, love the horn.
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Jack Black said:
Generous gifts for a well-deserving feller :) I was thinking that name 'Chandos' was familiar, but then I remembered that it is the name of a pub I used to go in near Trafalgar Square! :D Nice Sportsman's Knife :cool: I'm not sure if our French friends use that term, nor if they say 'French Ivory'! :D ;) Here's one I picked up a few years ago, with horn covers :thumbsup:
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Thanks Dan, and Jack!!
That's a great knife, Jack!! No markings, and similar details to mine!!
 
waynorth said:
After going back to the USA, and rescuing these pieces, I can post them and ask a crucial question or two!! They were given to me at the Oregon show!!

The second one is a French Ivory utility knife, which may be French; but it only has the embossed name in the handle - no other marking!! It has eight tools - three-thick, and looks older and little-used - Thank John!!
Can anyone tell me more about it??
Jolipapa Jolipapa or Âchillepattada Âchillepattada ??
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Lovely navette (shuttle) ! Great chances she was made in Thiers long time ago. Rhone-Poulenc released the Rhodoïd aka French Ivory at the turn of the XXth century.
 
danno50 said:
Very nice, Charlie, karma at work once again!
Great sportsman knife, Jack, love the horn.
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PenisMightier said:
Also a name of an extinct Dukedom, and a couple other peerages, from your neck of the woods.

Those French multi tools really are attractive!
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waynorth said:
Thanks Dan, and Jack!!
That's a great knife, Jack!! No markings, and similar details to mine!!
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Campbellclanman said:
Nice Sportsman Knives both Charlie and Jack, Love the little details on the Bail on your one Charlie!
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Thanks fellers 😊👍
 
Jack Black said:
Generous gifts for a well-deserving feller :) I was thinking that name 'Chandos' was familiar, but then I remembered that it is the name of a pub I used to go in near Trafalgar Square! :D Nice Sportsman's Knife :cool: I'm not sure if our French friends use that term, nor if they say 'French Ivory'! :D ;) Here's one I picked up a few years ago, with horn covers :thumbsup:





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You say Chandos,I say Nandos lets call the whole thing off. 😁
 
A couple of fine knives and gifts. I believe the French knife dates to early post WWII.
Enclosed is a catalog illustration from a 1951 French Verney catalog which shows nearly the same model as yours.
No examples quite the same in French catalogs before or after that date.

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H herder Thanks for the illustration, very rewarding. Interesting the French refer to it as a Swiss Knife, maybe their term for Sportsman's Knife ? Full info too, the weight, material and No.of implements, note too the price in 'old' ancient francs 800 which after 1960 became 8 francs with the 'new' franc revaluation being 100 to 1. Apparently, both systems continued in public use for about 3 years or so the coins & notes being identical but having different denominations. Confusing for the visitor....:eek: But as General de Gaulle allegedly said, "How can you govern a country with 246 varieties of cheese":cool:
 
herder said:
A couple of fine knives and gifts. I believe the French knife dates to early post WWII.
Enclosed is a catalog illustration from a 1951 French Verney catalog which shows nearly the same model as yours.
No examples quite the same in French catalogs before or after that date.

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Just curious if any of you knowledgeable folks know, but what is the implement that looks like a screw used for? The one next to the cork screw and awl on the bottom of the knife is what I am talking about.
 
herder said:
A couple of fine knives and gifts. I believe the French knife dates to early post WWII.
Enclosed is a catalog illustration from a 1951 French Verney catalog which shows nearly the same model as yours.
No examples quite the same in French catalogs before or after that date.

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Ducher also was a specialist of multis. (more frequently refered as "camping" or "tourist")
These are more recent (??? 2 digits phone n°, today 10...; no département n°, just the name Puy-de-Dôme now 63, and "new" can opener shape, maybe early 50s.
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found in https://www.lecouteau.info/couteliers-fabricants-de-thiers/ducher/

Navettes have oval ends:
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These are neither Swiss nor Pradel, but genuine Thiers products made for the Compagnie Métropolitaine Coloniale.
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@ PenisMightier PenisMightier : same purpose as these :
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