IXL Flood (lots of images)

Thanks for bringing this back Kerry. Tony has some great knives there. The pruner is awesome as is the whittler and the coffin jack.

I have two of the senators. One is in my edc rotation. The knife was from the 1950 early 60s part of a series with black synthetic handles. I have these others in the series.

added: the stamp on the lockback looks a different font from the others. Perhaps it is a little older. I think it had a bail at one time.

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This is my Wostenholm gardening knife with nice cocobolo scales. I use this one quite a lot. Still holds a great edge.

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Guys, pay attention to those IXL bowies - *that* is how a *real* bowie from the mid to late 1800's looks -- it is not two feet long, nor does it weigh three pounds, nor does it look like it was put together by a band of blind, drunken monkeys with rocks -- like most eBay sellers would like to have you believe. Real bowie knives were the genuine tactical knives of their day -- they were made for quick drawing for close in fighting - especially when the very unreliable pistols of the day crapped out in a pinch (or to beat the other guy to the draw).

And that rooster comb is one sweet knife.
 
OK I wasn't going to post a pic of this knife ...again:rolleyes:
But after Zerogee talked um up so well...
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The inscription reads "Original design by Colonel James Bowie"
The original sheath is stamped "Made in England" just like it's sposta!:D

Dave
 
Man, now I gotta go play with that PIC bowie again. Not that that is a burden :D. Now I just have to come up with a proper sheath for it and put an edge back on it. It's gonna companion up with my 5 1/2 inch New Vaquero in .45 Colt.

KNICE stuff there guys!
 
Wow! That was a good bump! :) Great lookin knives fellers.
 
Beautiful.

smiling-knife: those are some gorgeous knives! I love the handle work and the well-loved blades. :)
 
Some beauties here! Thanks for posting them s-k, Kerry/Tony, et.al. Wish I had some real old ones. Here's a stockman-bladed whittler (from the 1950s?). Note the backspring construction.
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Naturally, I have to put a Harness Jack in here! Probably the same era as the stock-whittler above;
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Thanks holygoat; waynorth and knowtracks.... great knives. WN, the whittler is in the early 1960s catalogue that I have. Model no 78. Described as " Two blades, (clip and spey) and leather borer, imitation stag handle, nickel silver bolsters and shield. Length (closed) 3 5/8 inches." It also came with cocobolo handle, imitation grey horn handle and the 78 with spear blade and the same three handle options.

The first in my series was the model 160 "Farmers Knife"

There is no mention of a Harness jack so maybe a little earlier.
 
thawk said:
Here's an IXL Schrade Wostenholm Canoe with very fat stag handles.

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The US Imperial knife company acquired the Richards, Rodgers, Wostenholm conglomerate in 1977 and made knives in Sheffield for a short time. The Schrade-Wostenholm knives first appeared in 1980/81. The company went bust in 1984.

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Thanks for sharing. It has to feel good to bring something like that pruner back to life.
 
Pics missing from earlier post... Two e.g.s with the early Firth stainless steel pocket knife blades c1920s.


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