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Thank you my friend, I also like the kettle logo. I posted a Haywood Razor in @r8shell 's thread the other day. The Haywood has a flaring blade-well, which always intrigued me, and which I had to ask Stan Shaw for an explanation of
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Incredible piece, congratulations Neal
Handsome small Sheepsfoot BobIt's a nice size, reminded me a bit of this Rodgers
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Very interesting to see these Sheffield Physician's Knives
I reckon so Neal, that's wonderful
I can never resist buying old steel, and got these 2 from Leeds Market some time back. I've just cleaned them up a bit, with a green pad and a bit of 3 in 1. The large one (15") was made in Leeds rather than Sheffield, look how the tang tapers down to nothing. Someone had made a hardboard sheath for it. The smaller knife (12"), maybe a small Ham Knife, was forged a few yards from where my grandparents lived before, during, and aftert WW2, where my parents first home was, and about 200 yards from where I lived when I was a young man. I might spend a bit more time on it, and try to find room for it on my crowded kitchen knife rack. A few strokes on a steel, and that old steel is sharp as the dickens
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More like tin baths Charlie!Just my mother and grandmother during the war, but my other grandparents had 6 kids, so as they got older, the men and boys would go out once a week, when it was girl's bath night, and the other way round on another night. They'd place the tin bath in front of the fire, and fill it with pans of hot water. There were people still having to do that here in the 1960's, later in rural areas. I don't know if everyone hung them on the outside wall, but a lot certainly did, as I remember seeing them as a kid
Three strokes, either side on Granny's old steel, and the Gregory Brothers knife was already sharp enough to bite me!I caught the tip on the sixth swipe, and the blade is so thin it flexes, and caught the point. I was just straightening it out again when it got me!
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Jack, Great old table cutlery and neat building pictures to go along. Wonderful stampings on the Gregory Bros. blade.
Evidently that metal was testing your metal with its sharpness.
I can't pass up any old table cutlery either. Here is a fine old example from the early 1800s with scratted bone handles and a shear steel blade by T. Ellin.
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Here are a couple of mismatched ones! The Butler table knife has inset bone scales. It also has a 'cutler's thumbprint' on the pile side, if I have a pic The scratted bone, or 'Forbuck' fork is older, and there is one the same in Sheffield museum (as well as in the Ken Hawley/Joan Unwin book). They dated it earlier though. Fifteen years ago, I still saw loads of this stuff on market stalls!
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That is a very cool Joseph Rodgers Sheepsfoot you have Jack!
Man! That is a whopper Jack, What a stunner my friend, just look at those Bolsters, and the knife has had little use!Here's another Joseph Rodgers Sheepsfoot, but this is a big one
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What a Gem.I can never resist buying old steel, and got these 2 from Leeds Market some time back. I've just cleaned them up a bit, with a green pad and a bit of 3 in 1. The large one (15") was made in Leeds rather than Sheffield, look how the tang tapers down to nothing. Someone had made a hardboard sheath for it. The smaller knife (12"), maybe a small Ham Knife, was forged a few yards from where my grandparents lived before, during, and aftert WW2, where my parents first home was, and about 200 yards from where I lived when I was a young man. I might spend a bit more time on it, and try to find room for it on my crowded kitchen knife rack. A few strokes on a steel, and that old steel is sharp as the dickens
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Love this, because my Kitchen plans changed on building a massive display cabinet, I have sold off a few old Carving sets, and some very old Russell Table set Knives and Forks, I have kept my favourite's and they will be displayed - even if I build recesses in the walls ( tastefully) to highlight some.Thank you Neal, that's a lovely old example
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These forks are Candle-End with buffalo handles. One of them has a matching knife. Charlie has the set (I can't seem to find a pic). Again, they have similar/identical models in Sheffield Museum.
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Thank you for the very kind words DuncanThat is a very cool Joseph Rodgers Sheepsfoot you have Jack!
Man! That is a whopper Jack, What a stunner my friend, just look at those Bolsters, and the knife has had little use!
I only paid a few Pounds for them Duncan, but I see old knives less and less. I buy them when I can, because I worry that so many are destroyedJack, Those are the kind of knives I absolutely love, I too would have snatched them up in a heartbeat - stunning old Knives, If I could I would own hundreds of them, I love it when the Tapered tangs disappear like that.
You are so right my friend, these knives sharpen scary, I just need to hold a Steel or a Ceramic Rod next to my old Knives, and you can hear them becoming Scalpel like!
Sounds fantastic my friend
I need to put up a second knife rack in the kitchen, but most of my knives are in boxes and drawers scattered all over the house, and even under my bed! 
Herder - Both this example and Jacks early Table Cutlery is awesome!Jack, Great old table cutlery and neat building pictures to go along. Wonderful stampings on the Gregory Bros. blade.
Evidently that metal was testing your metal with its sharpness.
I can't pass up any old table cutlery either. Here is a fine old example from the early 1800s with scratted bone handles and a shear steel blade by T. Ellin.
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Fine examples and from the period tooStag Allen & Son from the David Hayden-Wright collection.
What is the three blade knife? I thought Carpenter's Whittler but now I don't think so? Nice long pattern, very elegant. The Pruner sports a very good end-cap for strength but not at the cost of the antler.
Are these the ones you were looking for, Jack?? Nice, old set from you; Thanks again!!!!
They are indeed Charlie, thank you for posting a pic my friend
I'm glad I was able to get them out of the country before table knives are outlawed here! 
I'm afraid the quality of the photos leaves a lot to be desired, as the lighting is either dark or very bright, the glass cases are thick, and they were taken years ago, when I only had a very basic camera. Some of the knives also pre-date the period of this thread, but I'd be happy to post a few, from time to time, if people think it is permissible?
I think anything that pays tribute to Sheffield cutlery, even more modern versions of the work, keeps the story going!! Post what you can capture,
That is a really cool old knife Charlie, I haven't seen one quite like it before
I have just come across a box of old knives I'd forgotten about, which included an interesting gent's knife by Joseph Westby, with a folding pipe tamper (ivory covers). I haven't taken pics yet, but here's a couple of teaser pics 
Please do post them up Jack, never stop as I don't think we can get enough!They are indeed Charlie, thank you for posting a pic my friend
While looking for a museum pic of cutlery items, it occurred to me that people might want to see some photos of knives in the Sheffield museums, of which there are surprisingly few
