Oddballs!! Not your usual cutlery!!

This is a folding nail file, no backspring or any markings
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Sliding knife marked 1950 both sides, locks into 2 positions. Pull button down to unlock. Sheath says British Hong Kong.
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Some knives I’ve had since a kid in the background. And some of my lighters
 
Jody744 said:
This is a folding nail file, no backspring or any markings
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Sliding knife marked 1950 both sides, locks into 2 positions. Pull button down to unlock. Sheath says British Hong Kong.
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Some knives I’ve had since a kid in the background. And some of my lighters
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Really interesting knives buddy :cool: When I was a kid, in England, in the 60's, 'Made in Hong Kong', was a synonym for 'Cheap', but I don't remember seeing it much in the 70's, by which time, Japan was where the inexpensive stuff came from, and of course that changed too :thumbsup: You have lots of cool knives there :thumbsup:

This Richards of Sheffield knife has a conversion table for when Britain changed from the age-old system of Pounds, Shillings, and Pence to a Decimalised currency, in 1971.



 
These are not old and I , and probably many people , have no use for them but they are unusual being Cotton Samplers .
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Hacking Knives are still popular with workmen here, and still made in Sheffield. They are actually made to be struck, repeatedly and regularly, with a hammer! :eek:





Linesmen for the General Post Office were also once issued with a type of folding knife, which are quite collectible :thumbsup:



 
Jack Black said:
Hacking Knives are still popular with workmen here, and still made in Sheffield. They are actually made to be struck, repeatedly and regularly, with a hammer! :eek:





Linesmen for the General Post Office were also once issued with a type of folding knife, which are quite collectible :thumbsup:



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That hacking knife is pretty cool, Jack.
 
r8shell said:
That hacking knife is pretty cool, Jack.
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Thanks Rachel, they are very inexpensive, and fairly widely available. Footprint closed their old premises a few years back, but are still going, and seem to do OK. I saw a US bushcrafter using one of their hacking knives for batoning :D There are lots of old ones knocking about too, and Tool Man regularly has them on his stall, but they can get pretty beat up, as they are used hard, and ruthlessly put to the grinder. I've never seen a broken one :D :thumbsup:
 
These Chisel Knives were a bit of a discovery, when I was making my walking sticks, during the 2020 Lockdown here. They're pretty tough knives too, and really useful. Again, they are VERY inexpensive. This one, by Hultafors, was even my 2020 KOTY. Marbles do them too, and they do a tough wrecking knife, which also looks like it'd make a good trades knife :thumbsup:

 
Jack Black said:
Thanks Rachel, they are very inexpensive, and fairly widely available. Footprint closed their old premises a few years back, but are still going, and seem to do OK. I saw a US bushcrafter using one of their hacking knives for batoning :D There are lots of old ones knocking about too, and Tool Man regularly has them on his stall, but they can get pretty beat up, as they are used hard, and ruthlessly put to the grinder. I've never seen a broken one :D :thumbsup:
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Jack Black said:
These Chisel Knives were a bit of a discovery, when I was making my walking sticks, during the 2020 Lockdown here. They're pretty tough knives too, and really useful. Again, they are VERY inexpensive. This one, by Hultafors, was even my 2020 KOTY. Marbles do them too, and they do a tough wrecking knife, which also looks like it'd make a good trades knife :thumbsup:

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Amazing and useful knives/tools, Jack!! And Thanks for being such a stalwart of this thread!!!
 
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