Off Topic Joseph rogers & sons = pakistan

[Hickory n steel]

I was watching cutlery corner ( good deals once in a while ) when I heard Joseph Rogers & sons, so I look and see a bunch of buffalo horn handles cheapo Pakistani fixed blades.
I couldn't say for certain but it looks as though James A Frost may have acquired the rights to the brand name as he has EC Simmonds, valley forge, honk falls, and millers brothers ( most of these Chinese knives seem OK though maybe a step below rough rider )

I may be late to the party, but not being very familiar with the company didn't know weather they were still around or even well known enough for an American company to want to acquire the name.

 

[Ernie1980]

Jospeh Rodgers made, IMO, the best vintage knives to ever come out of Sheffield. They made their last knife as the original company in 1971 before they were forced for financial reasons to merge with George Wostenholm. The name has been bought at least once that I know of since that time. The newer knives are mere shadows of the originals and should be avoided.
Here a few of my favorites from their glory years:

 

[Hickory n steel]

Jospeh Rodgers made, IMO, the best vintage knives to ever come out of Sheffield. They made their last knife as the original company in 1971 before they were forced for financial reasons to merge with George Wostenholm. The name has been bought at least once that I know of since that time. The newer knives are mere shadows of the originals and should be avoided.
Here a few of my favorites from their glory years:

Nice knives, thanks for posting them.
I've heard good things about the original Joseph Rogers knives, I just never got the impression that they were really well known here in the US. Then again I'm not sure many old bygone cutlery companies are very well-known to those who would ever buy these cheapo Pakistani knives. Maybe they GET people who vaguely remember the names being mentioned by their dad or grandfather.

 

[Jack Black]

The Joseph Rodgers (note the 'D') mark is today owned by the Eggington Group of Sheffield. While the knives now made with that stamp have no direct link to the Rodgers knives of the past, they are still made in Sheffield. Because of Rodgers' past outstanding reputation, and their distribution throughout the world, they were, and are, very widely counterfeited, though the examples I've seen were very obviously fakes.

 

[Peregrin]

A quick Google search lead me to some trademark info on JOSEPH ROGERS & SONS (no D as Jack points out). According to the site I found the trademark is owned by Frost.

Also interesting that the only knife they list on their website is listed as Joseph Rodgers & Sons (with the d).

I won't pursue this any further, but I do think the discussion is better off in GB&U. I'm moving it there.

 

[RevDevil]

Thanks Gary. As long as Case exists I would rather own that than these.