I * XL Anniversary Barlow

[PNWJimbo]

Hey guys, just wanted to show off this amazing gift I received in the mail from my wonderful friend Brian Smith in the UK. I have really grown a fondness for English and other European slipjoints after reading so many great threads here. Especially love JB's Stan Shaw and all other Sheffield Cutlery threads. So without further ado, I present this knife commemorating the 200 year anniversary of the Trademark I * XL , and what a lovely package + write up it comes with. It all truly speaks for itself. My heart has been filled with joy all day. Truly nothing like the friendships I've made knife collecting. Cheers

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[TheFactor]

What a beautiful knife !!
Couldn't of happened to a nicer guy either [emoji106]
Much congrats my friend !!


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[PNWJimbo]

What a beautiful knife !!
Couldn't of happened to a nicer guy either [emoji106]
Much congrats my friend !!


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Well thanks for saying that bro You are another guy I consider myself very luck to have befriended!

 

[PNWJimbo]

Someone told me there is a lambsfoot version of this knife. Would love to see it if anyone has one...

Here is a small part of Brian's Sheffield Cutlery Collection:

 

[Ernie1980]

I love the Sheffield knives:thumbup:That is an interesting pamphlet- it is amazing to see all those once fierce competitors together as one firm!!

 

[AShearer]

What a nice gift!

 

[PNWJimbo]

I love the Sheffield knives:thumbup:That is an interesting pamphlet- it is amazing to see all those once fierce competitors together as one firm!!

He said it was a shame that all of the old Sheffield companies had been bought up by the one company. I learn a lot from both him and this forum!! Love your posts also, Ernie, all over BF :thumbup:

 

[TheFactor]

Well thanks for saying that bro You are another guy I consider myself very luck to have befriended!

Thanks Man ! and Likewise [emoji846]


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[TedderX]

I'm confused by what that paper says. That "I* XL" was trademarked in America? But it's an English company?

 

[Jack Black]

Congratulations, that's a very nice knife and a fine gift :thumbup:

Someone told me there is a lambsfoot version of this knife. Would love to see it if anyone has one...

There is, and Eggington's also do the same knife with the Joseph Rodgers stamp. I posted a Lambsfoot IXL Barlow in my last table thread, but unfortunately that particular example is ugly as sin! You can probably get a look at a better example on the Eggington Group site.

I love the Sheffield knives:thumbup:That is an interesting pamphlet- it is amazing to see all those once fierce competitors together as one firm!!

He said it was a shame that all of the old Sheffield companies had been bought up by the one company.

Joseph Rodgers took over Wostenholm in the 1970's, and they became Rodgers-Wostenholm, though knives were still made under both names. They were then bought, along with Richards, by Imperial-Schrade. That didn't end well, and the names were then acquired by a short-lived enterprise called Meteor Industries. Eggington's, a producer of sharpening steels, then bought up the names, along with the names of some other old Sheffield firms. They pretend that they're the same companies, but of course they're not, and the line about them being "manufactured in their Sheffield factories" is rubbish. They have one Sheffield premises, basically a warehousing unit and office, a photograph of which is included in my recent photo thread of Sheffield factories, along with a photo of the old Eggington premises. The knives are still made in Sheffield, but by jobbing cutlers who do work for them. Not that the Rodgers and Wostenholm of old didn't also use the same system of jobbing cutlers, even in the glory days of those once-great companies, most of their work was done by Little Mesters working outside the big factories :thumbup: