I-XL George Wostenholm Sheffield England - pocket knife from my grandfather details

[smoothrunner]

ahhh…brilliantly, many thanks

I’m confused…

If the second knife similar to mine is said to be pre war, how come it’s in the above catalogue from a later date ..? Or was the production just co tiniest through the decades

 

[lambertiana]

I wouldn’t use sandpaper on the rust. The rust is pretty minor and some oil and elbow grease using a q-tip, piece of wood, or even paper will remove the rust without making new scratches. A soft toothbrush might work, too.

 

[Arathol]

I’m confused…

If the second knife similar to mine is said to be pre war, how come it’s in the above catalogue from a later date ..? Or was the production just co tiniest through the decades

OPs knife

knife posted by Jack Black

Both as shown in this catalog from the 1960s

Not the same as yours, not pre-war......
Your knife

as shown in this 1930s catalog. labeled as a Sportsmans knife

 

[smoothrunner]

Shown here, with the earlier tin-opener, in a Wostenholm catalogue from the 30's

Please can someone help me a little further,
My penknife seem to be a possible model somewhere between the B204 and the B201.

Shown here, with the earlier tin-opener, in a Wostenholm catalogue from the 30's

Please can someone help me a little further,
My penknife appears to possibly be a Model somewhere between the B201 and the B204.
The reason I say this is because my can opener is the same as the model as the B201 above in the catalogue, but yet has the bottle opener of the model with screwdriver tip above, in the catalogue B204.
Does anyone now the model of mine please . Pictures below with the light brown material background,
Thanks you all

 

[Extilerbob]

ahhh…brilliantly, many thanks

Hi. Just dug out my dad's old pocket knife further to moving house recently. Great to find it again... My mum gave it to my dad when he was in the RAF during WW2.
It's engraved with his initials and his service number. Thought I would find out a bit about it, so it was really nice to find it being mentioned on this forum, and see the pics of the same model in the catalogue : it's a B204 Sportsman's model.
I have a pic of my dad standing in a field in France after D Day, and can imagine it in his pocket on that day in that place....

 

[smoothrunner]

Hi. Just dug out my dad's old pocket knife further to moving house recently. Great to find it again... My mum gave it to my dad when he was in the RAF during WW2.
It's engraved with his initials and his service number. Thought I would find out a bit about it, so it was really nice to find it being mentioned on this forum, and see the pics of the same model in the catalogue : it's a B204 Sportsman's model.
I have a pic of my dad standing in a field in France after D Day, and can imagine it in his pocket on that day in that place....

Do you have some picture of it

 

[Johnnythefox]

Some of the very old can openers where vicious not viscous as I first wrote.

 

[smoothrunner]

A very helpful and informative video, thank you