"Old Knives"

[waynorth]

I'll answer my own question, It has been confirmed as a legit very early Case Bros knife, the tang stamp appears in Gerald Witchers book.

Nice find, of a beautiful old knife, John!!
Can you look this one up also??!! An HJ of course!!

 

[danno50]

Primble , lovely bone on the Cattaraugus and Shapleigh. Excellent picture as well. Nice find on the Russells. I really like the blade stamp on the pruner.
SteveC , really like the Camillus #17.
Augie , very nice Camillus Scout, but, that Case Bros is exceptional!
waynorth , beautiful Case Bros harness jack. The pictures in Sargent's 7th generally do not show the tang stamps very well. However, in the Case Brothers section, on page 60, there are two knives where the tang stamp is readable and the same as the stamp on your harness jack.

 

[waynorth]

Primble , lovely bone on the Cattaraugus and Shapleigh. Excellent picture as well. Nice find on the Russells. I really like the blade stamp on the pruner.
SteveC , really like the Camillus #17.
Augie , very nice Camillus Scout, but, that Case Bros is exceptional!
waynorth , beautiful Case Bros harness jack. The pictures in Sargent's 7th generally do not show the tang stamps very well. However, in the Case Brothers section, on page 60, there are two knives where the tang stamp is readable and the same as the stamp on your harness jack.

Thanks, Dan!!

 

[Augie]

Nice find, of a beautiful old knife, John!!
Can you look this one up also??!! An HJ of course!! View attachment 2012242View attachment 2012243View attachment 2012244

Nice harness jack Charlie, I don't have the book, couple other collectors were kind enough to send me pictures of the page. I did find a copy online and have got it on order.

 

[waynorth]

Nice harness jack Charlie, I don't have the book, couple other collectors were king enough to send me pictures of the page. I did find a copy online and have got it on order.

Thanks, John!! And books are wonderous; which Witcher???

 

[Augie]

Thanks, John!! And books are wonderous; which Witcher???

This one by Gerald Witcher apparently has information on good and bad tang stamps, we will see.

 

[waynorth]

This one by Gerald Witcher apparently has information on good and bad tang stamps, we will see.


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Gratie Mille!!!

 

[danno50]

Witcher's book is a very good resource. It was printed for the NKCA and was given out as a plus for joining the organization. I joined the NKCA just before they went kaput, but, did get my copy of the book.

I took another look through Witcher's book and did find a couple of examples of the Springville stamp.

 

[waynorth]

Witcher's book is a very good resource. It was printed for the NKCA and was given out as a plus for joining the organization. I joined the NKCA just before they went kaput, but, did get my copy of the book.

I took another look through Witcher's book and did find a couple of examples of the Springville stamp.

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Thanks, Dan!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Interesting reading - I think I have that very Book Augie ( in a box until we sort out storage )
Beautiful HJ Charlie.

 

[wlfryjr]

This one has me a little puzzled. A very early Case Bros Little Valley NY 3 3/8" jack knife. Bone is close to the winterbottom bone that was used at the time but with finer jigging, the shield was used by Case Bros at the time. Blades are close to full with great snap and no play,
The tang stamps are what has me wondering, Case Bros used a lot of different tang stamps in the short time they were in business but I can find no examples of a straight Case Bros with a curved Little Valley, most were curved Case Bros with straight Little Valley. Their knives were mainly contract knives when they were first starting up, I wonder if this might be one of those knives.
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This bone jigging is apparent on several very old manufacturers. I like it very much.

Nice find, of a beautiful old knife, John!!
Can you look this one up also??!! An HJ of course!! View attachment 2012242View attachment 2012243View attachment 2012244

Is this Case manufactured ?

Witcher's book is a very good resource. It was printed for the NKCA and was given out as a plus for joining the organization. I joined the NKCA just before they went kaput, but, did get my copy of the book.

I took another look through Witcher's book and did find a couple of examples of the Springville stamp.

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This is one of the first books I got. The first was Dewey Ferguson's "Romance of Collecting Case Knives". Case was king around here. Imagine that, a heavily cleaned Case knife!!

 

[Primble]

Incredible knives and photo!

Nice group of Robesons!!!

Nice picture of some beautiful bone Rob.

Those are some great finds. I’d say your eyes are just fine… intuition helps too.

If I had to choose one it would be a hard choice… both excellent knives.

Nice finds all, Rob love the Russells.

Great find Rob.

Very nice Russels Rob and great pictures as usual.

Primble , lovely bone on the Cattaraugus and Shapleigh. Excellent picture as well. Nice find on the Russells. I really like the blade stamp on the pruner.

Thank you ALL for your kindness !

 

[SteveC]

Picked up the Taylors Eye Witness a while back

 

[wlfryjr]

Picked up the Taylors Eye Witness a while back



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I like that typical post WWII English jigging. Here's a Rawson Bros from that period.




And an Ibberson also, that I got with 4 others marked Stan Shaw, although this one isn't.

 

[wlfryjr]

 

[danno50]

I really like that lambs foot, SteveC
Great to have that lovely Stan Shaw knife, Lyle wlfryjr

 

[Luger1952]

Two Diamond Edge Congress and a EE single spring jack.

 

[danno50]

Three more beautiful knives, Lloyd!

 

[Augie]

Beauties Lloyd, is the one on the left stag?

 

[Luger1952]

Thanks Dan and John! Yes John it is stag.