"Made in Sheffield" 1830-1930, A golden age ?

Mike, Steve, Jack, Charles
You guys have put up some incredible knives lately - Mick's Thread is just a fantastic Thread filled with gorgeous knives!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Charles - I dont know just how you do it - but you seem to get the "Creme de la Creme" - just amazing!
 
Duncan, thanks for the comment. I agree this a super thread that Mick started and I have learned many new things from it and all the folks who post here. Question is where is Mick? I have not seen a post from him in some time. I miss his valuable insight and resources.
 
He does come in occasionally , from the few times I have " spoken" to Mick through pm's hes usually out on the Farm if I am correct? Great guy!:thumbup:
 
Thanks for the kind words Duncan :)

That Corn Knife is in fantastic condition Charles :thumbup:

waynorth said:
Cute little knife, Jack! Looks nicely made.
Next to a Yankee Quarter, it is easy to judge the size, at least through these Yankee eyes.:)

Can you, or anyone, interpret the hallmarks for us?:confused:
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Thanks Charlie. Yes, as I said I don't much go for silver bladed knives, but it is at least possible to learn a great deal about them very easily from the hallmarks, including the maker, where they were made, and the year of manufacture, all that can easily be decoded from the marks. So in this case, the first two symbols show that the knife was made in Sheffield, England, and the letter (and the FORM of that letter - the font) show the year. Then to the right of that is the Cowlishaw silver mark :thumbup:

 
Another Rogers shadow whittler pre 1901.
Charles

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Beautiful Rodgers knives Charles!

Thanks for the de-coding, Jack! I assume there is a list of year-marks somewhere.
 
My goodness there are some fantastic knives shown in this thread!! I picked this knife up years ago from a Voyles auction that had knives that were on a display board from Rodgers but am not sure of the age of them. I can't find any info on the patent either. The round rings on the outside of the handle need to be rotated to line up with the blades so that the blades can clear the rings in order to be opened. The is no spring on the knife at all.











 
Thanks for your kind comments Duncan.

Beautiful knives Charles. Thanks for sharing your wonderful collection with us.

Very interesting knife with the locking rings Galvanic. I've not seen that one before.

Thanks for the comment and question on my J Nowill Sportsman's knife Herder. The closed length is 3.5 inches. It is short and stout.

Nice fruit knife Jack. Just a little bit of further information to add on the hallmarks. The Lion Passant confirms the purity of the silver as Sterling .925.
 
Here is a Jonathan Crookes congress. I posted this on Bernard's forum and got very little info to help me date it. Hopefully I might find some answers here.

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Here is a picture of the stamps. The lack of "England" puts in back to pre 1890 in my mind. Goins says Jonathan Crookes was marked from 1780-1827 with Jonathan Crookes & Son being used 1827-1907 when acquired by Joseph Allen. I have never seen reference to the V crown R marking but I am guessing it may refer to Victoria or something but that began in 1837 at which time & Son should have been on the tang stamp. I was hoping the blade stamping may also provide a clue. I realize that this is not an exact science and appreciate any help I can find. Thanks.

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galvanic1882 said:
My goodness there are some fantastic knives shown in this thread!! I picked this knife up years ago from a Voyles auction that had knives that were on a display board from Rodgers but am not sure of the age of them. I can't find any info on the patent either. The round rings on the outside of the handle need to be rotated to line up with the blades so that the blades can clear the rings in order to be opened. The is no spring on the knife at all.











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Interesting knife, it was patented on April 23rd, 1892 by Joseph Rodgers and may not have gone into full production.
 
blademan 13 said:
Here is a Jonathan Crookes congress. I posted this on Bernard's forum and got very little info to help me date it. Hopefully I might find some answers here.

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Here is a picture of the stamps. The lack of "England" puts in back to pre 1890 in my mind. Goins says Jonathan Crookes was marked from 1780-1827 with Jonathan Crookes & Son being used 1827-1907 when acquired by Joseph Allen. I have never seen reference to the V crown R marking but I am guessing it may refer to Victoria or something but that began in 1837 at which time & Son should have been on the tang stamp. I was hoping the blade stamping may also provide a clue. I realize that this is not an exact science and appreciate any help I can find. Thanks.

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Nice example and my thoughts would be 1880s.
 
kootenay joe said:
The locking ring is like Opinel and other French knives, so your knife is almost certainly post 1066.
kj
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It has been a very odd day for me. That response hit me just right and drew a belly laugh.
 
Thanks Frank. I was hoping that the occasional silly post would be acceptable. I do not want to contravene the forum rules.
kj
 
waynorth said:
Thanks for the de-coding, Jack! I assume there is a list of year-marks somewhere.
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Yes Charlie, plenty of info online. Sent you an email :thumbup:

1fartsmella said:
I'm sure there's web sites with this info. I have an old booklet I've been using....
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Excellent :thumbup:

(Just the sort of thing which could go into a 'Resources' sticky. Hint! Hint! ;) )

smiling-knife said:
Nice fruit knife Jack. Just a little bit of further information to add on the hallmarks. The Lion Passant confirms the purity of the silver as Sterling .925.
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Thanks my friend :)

knarfeng said:
That response hit me just right and drew a belly laugh.
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Yes, I must admit to having had a chuckle myself! :D
 
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kootenay joe said:
The locking ring is like Opinel and other French knives, so your knife is almost certainly post 1066.
kj
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I wasn't sure whether this was a typo or a reference to The Battle of Hastings or when William the Conqueror invaded England. That'd make it one very old knife!

That's a nice old Rogers though!
 
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