Old Hickory butcher knives wood handle ?

Coupchoux

Coupchoux

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Hi,

I have a 10''/$10 Old Hicckory butcher knife. I love it : cheap & sharp.
Ontario Cutlery says : ''Each knife features a hardwood handle that is attached with brass compression rivets.''
Does anyone knows the name of this wood? I don't think it's hickory. But with some linseed oil and steel powder it takes a nice color :




Thanks,
Stef.
 
Likely birch or beech. Both are used in the gun industry and labeled as "american hardwood" but that's so they don't have to stay with one wood if the price goes up.


-Xander
 
I got an Ontario work knife with a "hardwood" handle from KnifeCenter. Didn't know what to expect. Surprise! It was black walnut, one of my favorites.

Ric
 
Funny that hickory would be more expensive than walnut, given the fact that the wood doesn't have to be tool handle-grade. It's not going on an eyed tool after all.
 
I have a bunch of Old Hickory blades. Love em. Skinner, boning knife, 8" butcher, 14" butcher, cleaver.
 
All my Old Hickories have hickory handles, but they are all from the mid-80's or earlier.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Funny that hickory would be more expensive than walnut, given the fact that the wood doesn't have to be tool handle-grade. It's not going on an eyed tool after all.
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I don't know if the handles are black walnut or not but, English walnut is grown as a food crop and trees that are less productive are cut down and replanted. Interestingly enough, in CA at least, English walnut is first grafted to black walnut. Black walnut is native here and grows more readily than English walnut.

Hickory not being important in the food industry probably has less market share and therefore higher costs.
 
NapalmCheese said:
I don't know if the handles are black walnut or not but, English walnut is grown as a food crop and trees that are less productive are cut down and replanted. Interestingly enough, in CA at least, English walnut is first grafted to black walnut. Black walnut is native here and grows more readily than English walnut.

Hickory not being important in the food industry probably has less market share and therefore higher costs.
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You realize this was over 6 years ago?
 
Delmar Bros Knifeworks said:
Are any of y'alls OH knives have a half tang? Or are they all full tang? Doubt I'll get a reply 6 years after the last comment on this post lol
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Most OLD HICKORY's are full tank, it's the parer and a few other smaller blades that aren't.

Btw it is frowned upon around here to post in a thread that's years old.
It's called Thread necromancy.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Most OLD HICKORY's are full tank, it's the parer and a few other smaller blades that aren't.

Btw it is frowned upon around here to post in a thread that's years old.
It's called Thread necromancy.
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I'm new and don't know what to do sir lol.

I didn't see any new posts about old hickory knives and this was the closest to my issue. I've only been a member for less than an hour, gotta give me a lil bit of time to learn the unspoken rules and written rules lol.

Now I gather that 98%+ are full tang that's all I found online... everywhere, BUTTT.... my 7" butcher knife is a half tang and it's an old hickory.... maybe... I've seen other brands with the same pattern on the blade. That's why I went to the graveyard and cast out some black magic to rise the dead lol.

Could you point me in the right direction on the names of the other brands so I can cross reference them to see what I actually destroyed... so i will know if I ruined a vintage old hickory or some off brand
 
Delmar Bros Knifeworks said:
I'm new and don't know what to do sir lol.

I didn't see any new posts about old hickory knives and this was the closest to my issue. I've only been a member for less than an hour, gotta give me a lil bit of time to learn the unspoken rules and written rules lol.

Now I gather that 98%+ are full tang that's all I found online... everywhere, BUTTT.... my 7" butcher knife is a half tang and it's an old hickory.... maybe... I've seen other brands with the same pattern on the blade. That's why I went to the graveyard and cast out some black magic to rise the dead lol.

Could you point me in the right direction on the names of the other brands so I can cross reference them to see what I actually destroyed... so i will know if I ruined a vintage old hickory or some off brand
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An old hickory would say OLD HICKORY on the handle, and the blade will most likely have Ontario true edge on the blade.
I don't know if there's any sort of reference, so what youll wanna do is start a thread here with some pictures posted.
If it's unmarked well it could've had an etch on the blade like you see on old handsaws.
I've got an old Butcher coming that's has no markings which I was able to identify.
 
Hickory n steel said:
An old hickory would say OLD HICKORY on the handle, and the blade will most likely have Ontario true edge on the blade.
I don't know if there's any sort of reference, so what youll wanna do is start a thread here with some pictures posted.
If it's unmarked well it could've had an etch on the blade like you see on old handsaws.
I've got an old Butcher coming that's has no markings which I was able to identify.
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The side of the blade that has the brand engraved is chewed up with corrosion and pitting. I can't get a decent picture of it to share.
 
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