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I know virtually nothing about Butler brand knives other than the G. Butler & Co Sheffield made ones have been manufactured since forever ago... I believe they had the oval logo like the one on your tang stamp. Based entirely on the look/construction of it I would guess around the turn of the century, pre WWI. You just didn't see that many fancy gentleman's knife post WWI... it has extra "jimping" on the liners, long pulls and nice manicure tool. The presence of the "England" on the tang stamp also points to it being made no earlier than ~1895 (+/-). Also looks like carbon steel blades, likely would have been stainless if it were made post WWI. I could be totally wrong of course but just my gut feeling... maybe one of our Sheffield experts will have more info. If you can post some more pictures of the tang stamps it would be helpful.
Great knife! I like the old gentleman's knives and that stag is great
Thanks so much for the info guys. Facinating the history these old survivors on this thread carry.Lloyd - Those two NYK Knives!!! are simply stunning- beautiful examples of what that amazing Cutler Co could do- just absolute WOW factor there all day long! I just cannot decide which to choose - both have gorgeous Bone- those Blades and etches!!!
Love them!
Herder- That Flylock- along with eismans- just something we don't see in this part of the World, and when I see examples like this- It makes it even more the shame!,
Dave- I listen to a Podcaster who Bow hunts, and I don't think we appreciate just how hard that is- especially using the Traditional Recurve is meant to be very hard- so I tip my hat to you my friend!
Ed- Butler produced a good Knife! That looks to be a nice one there!
Kev- I like that Old Fixed Blade- Great to find a add about that Knife as well!
If only the knife itself could tell us it's own history! I would love to hear of it's travels from Sheffield to your pocketThanks so much for the info guys. Facinating the history these old survivors on this thread carry.
My own seems to have been mostly unused with the original grinds intact. There's a steep sided bevel and a almost a micro bevel on the other, like a chisel grind. Copied the angles and it's astoundingly sharp.
EZE to slip into the pocket! Here's mine...Here are two Robeson PocketEze 633594 premium stockmen. I have had the bottom pictured one for a few years but recently acquired the top one. The primary differences in the two are three fold: 1. The shield on the top one is the less seen double bomb shield, 2. The double bomb shield has a more scratch or claw bone type jigging while the bottom one is what I would call divot bone jigging (reminiscent of the bone jigging seen on NYKC knives after the pick bone style and before the peach seed jigging), 3. And finally the tang stamp third line on the top one is U.S.A. and the bottom one Rochester. Both are large stockman models and measure 3 & 7/8 inches closed. I think the U.S.A. tanged stamped version is the earlier one.
Thanks for looking
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Love the splitback design, it's a real touch of class. I can only imagine the difficulty of making that.
I've enjoyed our conversations Erik.
Would love to see how you go about refurbing that, disassembly with a good outcome for walk and talk is beyond my current skill set.I hate to interrupt the parade of amazing gems with one of my weird relics. But I'm gonna.
I've had pretty good luck putting down low bids on listings that say "for repair or parts". Sometimes all the knife needs is a good cleaning and a little epoxy on the cracks. So I took a chance on this Jack Knife that appeared to be old ivory.
Unfortunately, it's in worse shape than I'd hoped. It really needs to be disassembled and re-pinned.
I may give it a try over the holiday break, since I don't think I can make it any worse.
Here's a picture of the worn tang stamp. Does anyone have any guesses? I think it's possible that it says: American Knife Co. Plymouth, which would make it a very old knife: 1849-1875. Maybe I shouldn't just tear it up for parts...
I can certainly see American Knife and Plymouth on there r8shell... I think we can make it officialI hate to interrupt the parade of amazing gems with one of my weird relics. But I'm gonna.
I've had pretty good luck putting down low bids on listings that say "for repair or parts". Sometimes all the knife needs is a good cleaning and a little epoxy on the cracks. So I took a chance on this Jack Knife that appeared to be old ivory.
Unfortunately, it's in worse shape than I'd hoped. It really needs to be disassembled and re-pinned.
I may give it a try over the holiday break, since I don't think I can make it any worse.
Here's a picture of the worn tang stamp. Does anyone have any guesses? I think it's possible that it says: American Knife Co. Plymouth, which would make it a very old knife: 1849-1875. Maybe I shouldn't just tear it up for parts...
Cool find!
It's somewhat beyond my skill set, too.
I tried squeezing the bolsters together, but it all springs back apart, so I can't just peen it tight. I'd like to think I could just drive out the pivot pin and replace it, without having to change the center pin that holds the spring in place. I'm probably wrong about that as a possibility.Thanks!I can certainly see American Knife and Plymouth on there r8shell... I think we can make it official
It's a 623400 Lloyd... Great little knife
