John Blyde/Greenhough Sheffield Exhibition knives

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If you want to see a collection of some of the finest knives ever made, take a look at these John Blyde/Greenhough Sheffield Exhibition knives:
http://www.levineknives.com/m.pl/maker.htm?45

These were also featured in the "Sheffield Exhibition Knives" book. As a bit of history, Greenhough knives took more than their share of awards during the years that the Sheffield knifemaking industry was at its absolute peak of quality and skill (from about 1840 to about 1890). They were *good*.

That stag just makes me want to hang my head and cry. I've seen a few other Sheffield exhibition knives with this type of stag -- I can only assume that this came from a isolated population or subspecies of sambar deer that just aren't around any more.

Note: I have no connection whatsoever with Gary Levine, who is selling this collection (for the Parker estate maybe?) -- I just thought these magnificent knives should be seen.

-- Dwight
 
BEAUTIFULL!

Everytime I look at old Sheffield knives I believe more that they had something very special, like the very old pre-war German knives from Bruckman.
 
My little ivory-handled John Blyde pales in comparison. It has the maker's name but no other marks...not even Sheffield.
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IIRC, there were at least a couple different John Blyde's in Sheffield down thru the years. I'll have to dig out my references for some details (all deeply buried after a move, sigh). That looks like a fairly small knife -- many times you'll see only a name, sometimes just the last name, used if the tangs are small enough. Also, many of the older Sheffield knives won't have "Sheffield" actually marked on them.

BTW, it's unusual to see a Sheffield made knife without a visible center backspring pin, even a very small knife.
 
Thank-you for the reply and information zerogee. It is small... just about 2.25 inches closed. I'll post a close-up of the stamp on the weekend. I will greatly appreciate any further information you can provide.
 
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