Old Hawkbill Pruner

[Campbellclanman]

I am a fan of the old pruners...but Oh my!!!! this is like being in a boxing ring...
Bam..Vince hits us with the first one...
then Mike comes in with a hell of an assault with those Awesome Sheffields, smiling knife hits us with another beauty...Charlie steps in and gives the usual amount of damage that just leaves you staggering, Erics damn fine jab with that lovely Walden ( I usually scream when people carve initials into wood scales-but on erics-wow!!..)

 

[waynorth]

I am a fan of the old pruners...but Oh my!!!! this is like being in a boxing ring...
Bam..Vince hits us with the first one...
then Mike comes in with a hell of an assault with those Awesome Sheffields, smiling knife hits us with another beauty...Charlie steps in and gives the usual amount of damage that just leaves you staggering, Erics damn fine jab with that lovely Walden ( I usually scream when people carve initials into wood scales-but on erics-wow!!..)

Duncan - get up!! Are you O.K? Duncan - how many kniv- - -uhm fingers am I holding up?? Someone get the smelling salts!!


It's HOW you carve the initials that counts!
Glad you are enjoying the thread - I sure am!:thumbup:

 

[zerogee]

This thing got floated across the bay some years ago - unfortunately, it's not mine, but here are the memories. Likely made in the mid to later 1700s -- the scales appear to me to be American chestnut, though they might be some sort of oak. Note the long, thin soft iron bolsters and the single wide spring with two blades (no center liner). IIRC, it was a bit over 5 inches long closed.

 

[wellington]

WOW !!, that's a very early rare old knife Dwight, typical mid to late 18C construction, poor quality iron liners with integral bolsters, forward placement of the anchor rivet, those two blades are sure to be good quality steel, the scales could be oak, not sure ?.

Have you any pictures looking down into the the knife, opened ?.
Is there a makers mark still visible on the cutting blade ?

A VERY nice thing, thanks for showing.

Mick

 

[zerogee]

Have you any pictures looking down into the the knife, opened ?.
Is there a makers mark still visible on the cutting blade ?

A VERY nice thing, thanks for showing.

Mick

Sorry Mick, this is all I've got. IIRC, the seller was out of Connecticut and the knife didn't sell (nobody reached the minimum - not for lack of trying). It's really a museum level piece. I've messed about trying to enhance the images enough to see any marks, but while I think there are marks on the blades, I couldn't make them clear enough to be sure - and the seller couldn't tell for sure either. He thought it was a Colonial made piece, but I very much doubt it - those integral iron bolsters and liners scream early Sheffield make.

 

[VCM3]

This is going good

Here is one that is postd in the "Old Knives" thread

 

[ruisseau de montagne]

A nuttin special very plain working guy.
Dexter. Southhampton, Ma. is faintly visible on the blade. Still sharp after years in a drawer.


Wish I could get a more clear view.

 

[VCM3]

Some more,from the "Old Knives" thread

Ehem...

 

[4ever3]

I'm pretty sure that last picture made the Angles sing Vince

 

[VCM3]

I'm pretty sure that last picture made the Angles sing Vince

Just one more outta that thread

 

[Campbellclanman]

VCM3
What can I say!!...just fantsatic..that 3 bladed I*XL...THAT is what knife collecting is all about!!, LET ALONE the other pruners you have just shown us..the first one...is that a CASE?
thanks very much for letting us look at them :thumbup:

 

[4ever3]

Oooof... I know they are singing now !!


Vince, whats going on with the back spring of the center blade? It looks like the spring is split with a catch bit on the butt or something. Can you enlighten me?

 

[VCM3]

VCM3
What can I say!!...just fantsatic..that 3 bladed I*XL...THAT is what knife collecting is all about!!, LET ALONE the other pruners you have just shown us..the first one...is that a CASE?
thanks very much for letting us look at them :thumbup:

Yes,its a Case
I only posess the first one,in this thread Glad to show the others though
Thanks for adding
Dwight,that old one is Ancient :thumbup:
-Vince

 

[DaveT63]

I know most of these in this thread are older, but Charlie posted one customized beautifully by Herman Williams. Here's an old Schrade Walden that had cracked handles when I got it. Muskrat Man dressed it up a bit for me.

 

[VCM3]

Dave,I Like it :thumbup:
-Vince

 

[Campbellclanman]

Dave,I Like it :thumbup:
-Vince

I'll second that-awesomely refreshed!!

 

[Miller Bro`s]

This is a very early Thomas Turner Pruning knife circa 1834-1880.

Integeral steel bolsters/liners, steel pins, stag handles. Almost 5" closed.

Dimitri

 

[powernoodle]

This Schrade hawkbill lost its beak, but I still dig it.

 

[lambertiana]

The only decent pruner I have is this Ulster

 

[ea42]

Wow!! This is turning out to be the finest hawk thread ANYWHERE!! Mind boggling!

Here's one more to add, a Schrade Cut. Co. :

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Eric