Old English Richards camp knife GAW

Here's a few more Richards Scout Knives :thumbsup:

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Johnnythefox said:
That's nice, I have never seen one in original packaging before.
It would be amazing if one of Jacks family made it.


My grumpy postman collected it today so its on its way 😆
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Quite rare to see Richards packaging, as sadly, many of the simple cardboard displays, were simply binned. I do have a few NIB models though.

My dad and uncle were both machine-tool fitters at the plant in the 60's. They fixed the machines that made the knives, (many of them made by Walters & Dobson, where my dad did his apprenticeship, before his National Service). The parts for the knives were stamped out, and assembled by semi-skilled workers, many of them women. My brother-in-law was a cutler at the factory, but that was later, as he was one of Joseph Rodgers last apprentices, and moved to the Richards factory after they took over Rodgers. By that time though, my dad worked at James Neill Tools (Sheffield), rather than at Richards 👍
 
abbydaddy said:
Hi Jack, what exactly does 2'- mean? The price listed on the box is 2'- and I don't know what an '- is.
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Good question! That's 2 Shillings, 2 Bob, 24 pennies, one tenth of a Pound (£). Shillings are British pre-decimal currency, abolished in 1971, and now equivalent to 5p, in this case, because there are two of them, to 10p, or one tenth of a post-decimal Pound, and worth pretty much nothing. 10p is now one of the lowest value British coins, so low in value that I can't really think of anything at all you can buy with it ☹️👍
 
Jack Black said:
Good question! That's 2 Shillings, 2 Bob, 24 pennies, one tenth of a Pound (£). Shillings are British pre-decimal currency, abolished in 1971, and now equivalent to 5p, in this case, because there are two of them, to 10p, or one tenth of a post-decimal Pound, and worth pretty much nothing. 10p is now one of the lowest value British coins, so low in value that I can't really think of anything at all you can buy with it ☹️👍
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Yes even penny chews probably cost a fiver (£5) nowadays 😁
 
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Jack Black said:
Good question! That's 2 Shillings, 2 Bob, 24 pennies, one tenth of a Pound (£). Shillings are British pre-decimal currency, abolished in 1971, and now equivalent to 5p, in this case, because there are two of them, to 10p, or one tenth of a post-decimal Pound, and worth pretty much nothing. 10p is now one of the lowest value British coins, so low in value that I can't really think of anything at all you can buy with it ☹️👍
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Thank you for explaining that. I am aware of pre-decimal British currency (mostly thanks to Terry Pratchett), but I do not understand it. It is nice to have the amounts explained. Especially since it seems like all the pre-decimal denominations had multiple creative names.

Of course I've known folks a little mystified by our pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters here in the US (and Canada). People are fond of using abstract names for monetary amounts.
 
abbydaddy said:
Thank you for explaining that. I am aware of pre-decimal British currency (mostly thanks to Terry Pratchett), but I do not understand it. It is nice to have the amounts explained. Especially since it seems like all the pre-decimal denominations had multiple creative names.

Of course I've known folks a little mystified by our pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters here in the US (and Canada). People are fond of using abstract names for monetary amounts.
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It wasnt as logical as decimal.

  • One pound was divided into 20 shillings.
  • One shilling was divided into 12 pennies.
  • One penny was divided into two halfpennies, or four farthings.

So many variations/slang terms as well

A pony £25

A ton £100

A monkey £500

A drink (that's not even a fixed amount) someone sold my motorbike for me and said to me just give me a drink????????????

a guinea meant an amount of one pound and one shilling
 
abbydaddy said:
Thank you for explaining that. I am aware of pre-decimal British currency (mostly thanks to Terry Pratchett), but I do not understand it. It is nice to have the amounts explained. Especially since it seems like all the pre-decimal denominations had multiple creative names.

Of course I've known folks a little mystified by our pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters here in the US (and Canada). People are fond of using abstract names for monetary amounts.
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Strangely, even 40 years later, I still regularly hear people giving pre-decimal prices, such as 50 Bob (£2.50) :D 👍
Johnnythefox said:
It wasnt as logical as decimal.

  • One pound was divided into 20 shillings.
  • One shilling was divided into 12 pennies.
  • One penny was divided into two halfpennies, or four farthings.

So many variations/slang terms as well

A pony £25

A ton £100

A monkey £500

A drink (that's not even a fixed amount) someone sold my motorbike for me and said to me just give me a drink????????????

a guinea meant an amount of one pound and one shilling
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There's the big money! 😁 👍

Here's a few more:

Coppers - Small change - Farthings, Ha'pennies, Pennies

Thre'punce - 3d - 1p

A Tanner - sixpence - 6d - 2 1/2p

A Bob - A Shilling - 5p

A Tiddler - 5p

Shrapnel - loose change

A Half Crown - 2/6 - 12 1/2p

A Dollar - 5 Bob - 25p

Quid - 1 Pound

A Jacks - a Fiver - a Bluey - £5

A Cockle - £10

A Score - An apple (core) - £20

There are lots more 😁👍
 
Johnnythefox said:
It wasnt as logical as decimal.

  • One pound was divided into 20 shillings.
  • One shilling was divided into 12 pennies.
  • One penny was divided into two halfpennies, or four farthings.

So many variations/slang terms as well

A pony £25

A ton £100

A monkey £500

A drink (that's not even a fixed amount) someone sold my motorbike for me and said to me just give me a drink????????????

a guinea meant an amount of one pound and one shilling
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I have heard/read many references to "a guinea" and I just cannot fathom a reason that one pound and one shilling would be a common amount. I mean, I know that Team America World Police had the song that said "Freedom costs a buck-oh-five", but I don't know how often people actually needed $1.05 as a discrete amount in the US.
 
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