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

[LongBlade]

Charles - Those knives are just awesome Sheffield quality to revive this thread .. and thanks for bringing it back to the top!! I agree it is ashame so many photos were lost but like you I will try and post some from the past as well as new ones ...

Duncan - Those ettricks knives and original box are just awesome ..

Mike - Beautiful IXL Senators knife ...

Here's a contribution to try and help & something a little different - I had the George Woodhead Bowie for awhile but recently was lucky enough to find a Woodhead swell-center MOP pen.. I do believe Woodhead was most known for his Bowies (ca 1850-60s) and from my understanding his pocket knives were more rare... (PS - As much as I like Bowies they are usually well out of my league in price - I just got lucky on this one from a local find, and of course the pen knife was also lucky - found the last 30 minutes at a knife show where I least expected to find it ..)...

 

[chuko]

Mick has been posting on his twitter account. I've tried emailing him over the past two or three years but no response. We used to trade a lot of emails years ago.

Thanks for breathing life back into this thread Charles. Those are some magnificent knives; same for Duncan's post.

Knife content:

Mike Good news on Mick maybe we will hear form him soon. Nice IXL for sure.
Charles

Charles - Those knives are just awesome Sheffield quality to revive this thread .. and thanks for bringing it back to the top!! I agree it is ashame so many photos were lost but like you I will try and post some from the past as well as new ones ...

Duncan - Those ettricks knives and original box are just awesome ..

Mike - Beautiful IXL Senators knife ...

Here's a contribution to try and help & something a little different - I had the George Woodhead Bowie for awhile but recently was lucky enough to find a Woodhead swell-center MOP pen.. I do believe Woodhead was most known for his Bowies (ca 1850-60s) and from my understanding his pocket knives were more rare... (PS - As much as I like Bowies they are usually well out of my league in price - I just got lucky on this one from a local find, and of course the pen knife was also lucky - found the last 30 minutes at a knife show where I least expected to find it ..)...

Great looking historical knives, exactly what I miss about this thread. Thanks for posting and keeping this thread going.
Charles

 

[Jack Black]

Here's some pics of an unusual George Butler Rase Knife

 

[chuko]

Jack: very unusual knife, but you have to love that old Sheffield stag. Nice piece!

 

[Jack Black]

Jack: very unusual knife, but you have to love that old Sheffield stag. Nice piece!

Thank you my friend When I showed it to Stan Shaw, he looked at the Rase blade on the inside of the frame, and insisted, "Thi've not med it reight!"

 

[Will Power]

Yes, Wellington had pictures of some of the best Sheffield knives I've ever laid eyes on, many in remarkable preservation and all very old. When you have such a beautiful collection, perhaps collecting itself becomes flat, hence his silence? Anyway, glad to hear he is still around.

@Campbellclanman Listen matey, that's an unbelievable hoard of Ettricks you've got there Is that the stash Charlie found a little while ago? I know NZ has a mass of sheep but those knives could take care of diping and foot clipping the whole national flock Talk about a hoard of riches

Regards, Will

 

[herder]

chuko - Thanks for bringing this thread back and adding some of your beautiful lost pictures.

Campbellclanman - Spectacular group and box.

Mike R. - Simply beautiful pearl IXL.

LongBlade - Wonderful pair, fitting for a gentleman in the 1800s.

Jack - A really great old Butler example and I love all the blade stampings.

 

[herder]

Enclosed is a Sheffield made "H. G. Long" from the mid 1800s. It is a fairly large "English Jack" type lock back folder with a handle length of 6 inches.
It also has nickel silver folding guards which were not very common on old Sheffield folders. And beautiful old English stag handles.

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[Mike Robuck]

Oh man, that Long knife is terrific!

 

[chuko]

Herder, another beautiful example of that wonderful English stag. Nice knife!

 

[Jack Black]

Jack - A really great old Butler example and I love all the blade stampings.

Thank you very much my friend

Enclosed is a Sheffield made "H. G. Long" from the mid 1800s. It is a fairly large "English Jack" type lock back folder with a handle length of 6 inches.
It also has nickel silver folding guards which were not very common on old Sheffield folders. And beautiful old English stag handles.

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Stunning

 

[LongBlade]

Some great additions Jack Black and H herder ... Nice stag on that Rase knife Jack but the inclusion of a sheeps foot puts it over the top!! and herder that Long English Jack is a beauty!!

 

[Jack Black]

Some great additions Jack Black and H herder ... Nice stag on that Rase knife Jack but the inclusion of a sheeps foot puts it over the top!! and herder that Long English Jack is a beauty!!

Thank you very much

 

[chuko]

Here are a few Rodgers to add to the show. Some fine new additions to this great thread.

Charles

 

[Jack Black]

Here are a few Rodgers to add to the show. Some fine new additions to this great thread.

Charles

Those are absolutely lovely, and beautifully photographed too

 

[waynorth]

Another name for this "Golden Age" place is:
"The Beautiful Thread"!!!
Wow!!

 

[LongBlade]

Charles - Those Rodgers knives are stunners - awesome Sheffield quality at it best and as Charlie put it in "The Beautiful Thread"...

Well as I see this drifting again to page 2 here's another to help keep it going.. Jonathan Crookes MOP Congress (and also Stamped "Senators Knife" like Mike's IXL) -

 

[Gevonovich]

Duncan
That box of ettricks is a treat to see and astounds me again and again !
Mike R
The IXL is a real gem
Jack Black
The stamping on that rase jack and the stag is magnificent !
Herder
The stag on your "English Jack" is divine. The whole knife is divine !
Charles
Always just stuns me to see those knives ! Such Quality...wow
Longblade
That Crooks is a treasure and keeps this wondrous thread running with flair !

I have a Crooks around here somewhere and few others that belong

Continental / Cutlery Co. / Sheffield c. 1870s - 1880s

 

[Will Power]

Thank you for more views of that ancient god of yours Gev, a spectacular item

 

[Gevonovich]

Thank you for more views of that ancient god of yours Gev, a spectacular item

I'm still ecstatic, my friend