Old English Jack knife

[zeppos]

Mr. Bose, what do you think of the kick on the Loewen messer then? BRL says he has never seen it on german knives. Have you?

 

[Tony Bose]

It looks good to me but what do I know? I know if you go to the doctor he's gonna find something wrong.

 

[zeppos]

It looks good to me but what do I know? I know if you go to the doctor he's gonna find something wrong.

I suppose you do... But i guess it doesn't really matter that much, i didn't buy this knife just for the kick, did i?! (excuse the lame pun)

 

[Amos Iron Wolf]

That's a cool old knife. Does anyone besides me think the logo is probably Masonic "all seeing eye" connected?

That was my first thought. At least that's what it put me in mind of.

Great knife by the way.

 

[sunnyd]

smiling-knife,
Sweet Knife!!! I vote you as having the best vintage collection of old slippy's I have ever seen, in quality and quantity.

BTW, Is it your understanding that these blades(stove kick) are hand forged?. They sure look it from here.

 

[Tony Bose]

Mr. Bose, what do you think of the kick on the Loewen messer then? BRL says he has never seen it on german knives. Have you?

I have a German hobo knife that has a stove pipe kick on the blade. Kerry is going to post a picture. Guess BL missed this one.

 

[Mike Robuck]

Another great oldie but goodie SK.

I thought that kick looked familiar but I didn't know what it was called. I guess BL hasn't seen this Henckels either. I think that is a stovepipe kick on the secondary blade?

 

[Thomason]

Thomason's Thomason has a stovepipe kick.

 

[KnifeHead]

Mr. Bose, what do you think of the kick on the Loewen messer then? BRL says he has never seen it on german knives. Have you?

Tell BRL if he wants to see one he can look at this.

 

[smiling-knife]

Great looking knives everyone. Who made your knife Mike? That is a sweet one. I really like MOP. Cool knife/fork set Tony and great photos Kerry.

Thanks very much for the compliment sunnyd. I believe the blade on that knife was hand forged. Most blades around that time in Sheffield were still hand forged. Unlike makers is the US and Germany, Sheffield makers were very resistant to introducing 'modern' technology.

 

[zeppos]

Thanks for the German stovepipe kick pics guys. Nice knives!

 

[Mike Robuck]

S-K, my knife was made by Henckels.

I'm guessing you've been asked this before, but where do you find all of your knives? Do you spend a lot of time looking in antique shops? You always come up with interesting old knives.

 

[Tony Bose]

S-K, my knife was made by Henckels.

I'm guessing you've been asked this before, but where do you find all of your knives? Do you spend a lot of time looking in antique shops? You always come up with interesting old knives.

Who is this question to?

 

[Mike Robuck]

Tony, I was asking Smiling-Knife, but I know you have a good collection of old knives. Where did you find the German hobo? Not a brand I'm familiar with. Are the scales horn?

 

[smiling-knife]

Oops! Your post did say Henckels Mike.

I mostly find my knives on a well known online auction site. I have bought a few at antiques fairs and from fellow collectors.

 

[Tony Bose]

My friend Dan Burke gave me this old hobo knife, he got it out of an old salesman sample roll one time. The handles are horn and broken but I don't know anything about the brand. It is well made however.

 

[smiling-knife]

Hi Tony. It looks like it says J.A. Schmidt Solingen. Goins book says that J. A. Schmidt had a factory in Solingen around 1900 onwards. They also had offices in New York City I assume for handling the US imports from Germany. That's all the info I have. Maybe others have more.

 

[KnifeHead]

Here are a couple from Tony's Barlow collection. These are really nice old Barlows, both are hafted with ebony and are in great working order. You have to man up to open these guys as the springs are very solid. They both have half stops and are flush jointed. Notice that the spring end is even flush! and the back springs sit nearly flush in all three positions.

I shot these laying on a copy of an old Taylor Eye Witness catalog from the late 1800's

 

[Tony Bose]

That barlow with the long spey blade is very unusal, the only one i've seen. A barlow trapper. eek

 

[smiling-knife]

Those are beautiful knives Tony. I've not seen a barlow-trapper before. Once again Kerry, great photos with the old catalogue in the background. That was a treat... thanks.