"Old Knives"

I was searching through some photo's for some Flat-Cap Jigging, and came across this, its a dainty wee Schrade Cut Co- I actually dug this one out in a box yesterday-

Going back to R8shells great post the other day- which started off a landslide of beautifully created Pearls with Lobster type patterns or outright Lobsters - I think this fits in perfectly!
The walk and talk are little "Pings" so crisp and wonderfully made.
A crack in the Pearl by the nicely shaped Bail, what a wee masterpiece!

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Campbellclanman said:
I don't know if I may have posted this Knife in this fantastic thread before? I f I have I apologize everyone :-).

I did place in the Sears Knives Thread, as that is why I purchased it, The Bone is just so so nice!
So this guy here is a Wilbert - Sears own brand back in the Day, and Camillus themselves also made this Gunstock pattern as a "Stay Sharp " as we know another Sears owned Brand, also Camillus had their own "Sword Brand" in this pattern - we had a small discussion on the "who made who", Camillus certainly made their Sword Brand and the Sta Sharp ( seen below the Wilbert in this post - lighter Bone), but did Camillus make the Wilbert for Sears, or did Camillus copy this directly with the nod of approval from Sears? The Wilbert certainly does have the upper hand with that nice Swage work though!

The Intricacies of the details that we all search for - is what I can directly attribute to the decline in my mental health 🤣

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Stay Sharp Folks 😀

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Craftsman ( with Sta-Sharp as the sub etch), from our friend Roland, so this was advertised in '42, so a nice triuo of three different types of Bone on the Gunstock, and each ( imo ) just gorgeous Bone!

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Another Old Beauty is this great old and Tank-of-a-Knife!

I posted this in a Thank to you to our Jack Black, Oh Boy...again I just don't know if I have posted this here?

Not quite the Flatcap jigging, not checkered , a slanted design that almost touches on the borders of a sprinkle of Peachseed!

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That Wilbert is a beauty 😍👍
 
Very nice gunstock jacks, you did get a lot of great knives from Roland. The beast of a pruner from Jack Black is pretty special as well.
Campbellclanman said:
The other day within this thread- many of us were having to deal with the blood rush to our heads when viewing the outstanding high end Lobsters in Pearl, our friend Dan ( danno50 danno50 ) posted an beauty with Glasgow on the tang stamps.

This tiny wee thing I picked up many moons ago, a Far cry fro the beauties displayed just before, but I though I would show it for dan as a sibling or distant cousin to his Knife :)
Stamped Richards Glasgow, and I cant make out- or remember the name above the Patent stamp - I wonder if this was the patent for those easy open tabs?
This knife is stored away in the deep dark cellars underneath the City, where Rats the size of Cats dwell, so I cannot answer too much more about the knife than what you see, until such time I gather the courage to venture into the abyss.

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Lovely little knife. Nice to see another one stamped Glascow. I find it interesting that thumb studs are taboo on the traditional forum (NOTE: not a complaint, I agree with the policy) and here is a knife probably approaching 80 to 100 years old or more with what are basically thumbstuds. Levine calls them blade lifts. I have also heard this referred to as a pellet knife. Levine says they were patented in 1893 by W.W. Pellett.

Love those two Schrade lobsters, especially the peach seed one with the tip bolsters!
 
Hey Dan!
Thank you, I didn't look in Levene's to be honest, so I just went in now! Thank you for alerting me, much appreciated! 😀

I went into search as I wanted to see if I could find my original post of when I got this Knife and I found the post in this thread 10 years ago, posted in July 24th, 2015!
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Post in thread '"Old Knives"'

My Friend- That Sir ^^^^^ is a BEAUTY! I just LOVE that old Bone, and I too would be happy with that knife - and for lunch money!!!!! Well Done!
Speaking of Lunch Money, this little knife cost me possibly TWO days lunch money :), I was intrigued by this knife the first time I saw the very rough photo's of it, if you can spare me a moment can I tell you why...
The knife has absolutely beautiful Pearl, the Stampings on the knife say Richard Glasgow on the Mark side on the main Blade, the reverse has no stampings.
Now the smaller blade ( on the left - Mark side ) has the first letter...

Yes those little tip Bolsters are just awesome aren't they!
I feel quite fortunate to have found the Sta- Sharp and that lovely Winstead on E-Bay, when Roland passed on that Craftsman to me I really felt it being a special knife, so when the other two came up I just had to go for them. I owe Roland much, miss him telling me all about his property - amazing, I didn't know him as long as others here, but he is greatly missed.
 
Campbellclanman said:
I don't know if I may have posted this Knife in this fantastic thread before? I f I have I apologize everyone :-).

I did place in the Sears Knives Thread, as that is why I purchased it, The Bone is just so so nice!
So this guy here is a Wilbert - Sears own brand back in the Day, and Camillus themselves also made this Gunstock pattern as a "Stay Sharp " as we know another Sears owned Brand, also Camillus had their own "Sword Brand" in this pattern - we had a small discussion on the "who made who", Camillus certainly made their Sword Brand and the Sta Sharp ( seen below the Wilbert in this post - lighter Bone), but did Camillus make the Wilbert for Sears, or did Camillus copy this directly with the nod of approval from Sears? The Wilbert certainly does have the upper hand with that nice Swage work though!

The Intricacies of the details that we all search for - is what I can directly attribute to the decline in my mental health
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I think you know my thoughts on whether Camillus made Wiberts , which is yes. Again the only American versions of the Rooster comb variation of the farmers jack pattern I've seen are the Wilberts, Camillus, Utica, and Schrades. Schrades are a different frame altogether( 1/8" longer and different blade pivot pin placement) and Uticas I've seen came later with different liners (thinner), bone, blade design , and other details. Wilberts and "Camilli"( I did this for you Charlie) are practically identical , inside and out. .
The Wilberts I have are earlier than Uticas and Schrades , but later than a couple of the "Camilli " I have. Although many might question Goins, he is our best source, besides you can read this knife.Camillus rooster 3 line both blades924.jpgCamillus rooster 3 line serif both blades 2 (2).jpgCamillus rooster 3 line serif both blades 2 (1).jpgCamillus rooster 3 line serif both blades922 (2).jpgCamillus rooster 3 line serif both blades922 (1).jpgThis is one of the "Camilli" with very early pick bone , earlier than what's on the Wilberts and a slightly heavier knife. The Camillus has much more blade loss and still they weigh the same .
If Camillus made the earlier knife , then Sears would have had to copy Camillus. :oops:

This is the earliest known American rooster comb ( significant difference from farmers jacks is the modified secondary blade. instead of a spey it has a budding blade with a spud on the spline and a jimped thumb rest on the tang) ,
 
Oldy said:
Duncan are those tiny wee end caps pinned or glued or both.
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Oldy said:
I suspect pinned,but being that small you never know.
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Campbellclanman said:
My friend, I didn':) :thumbsup: t get out the Magnifying glass to check that, I doubt greatly if Schrade Cut co would glue anything and suspect they would be pinned, unless they are an integral design? I will have a dig on the weekend and have a look
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Always pinned!! Glue would never stand up, and integrals are too difficult to trim and size correctly!! I can clearly see the insides of the pins on all mine!!
 
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