"Old Knives"

[black mamba]

Vince, and others who have posted these, the knives with the tiny little bolsters (mere caps) really show off the bone or stag beautifully. I have no knives from these early eras, but when these have the jigging or gnarly stag running clean to these small bolsters, they just say, "Wow!"

It's hard to imagine how far we have dropped from the time when these knives were fairly common. Just gorgeous!

 

[Contained]

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Very nice! toothpicks are probably my favorite traditional design

 

[bakerg2g]

Here's a Remington Tear Drop Jack (R1753) Great
jigging and dyeing on the bone! Snap is excellent,
blades are full, just some stains! Nice to have in my pocket!



Jason

 

[bakerg2g]

Here's a Boker Easy Open! excellent bone! Main blade
is full, pen has a little bit removed, But not to much!
excellent walk and talk! Very nice old knife! imho



Jason

 

[LKJW]

Here's a Boker Easy Open! excellent bone! Main blade
is full, pen has a little bit removed, But not to much!
excellent walk and talk! Very nice old knife! imho



Jason

IMHO as well. Sweet!

 

[mckgreg]

Baker's Beauties!!
Greg

 

[VCM3]

I showed you this pre 1860 George Wostenholm 3 3/4" sportsman knife with integral steel liners and bolsters quite some time ago.
I neglected to extend and show you the fleam at the time. Phlebotomy ( blood letting ) was practiced from ancient times up until around
1900 or so as a treatment for various diseases and illnesses on both humans and animals. Several different tools were used to open veins on humans, fleams were used to make shallow incisions into the veins of livestock. They were sold as individual instruments as
well as being incorporated into many sportsmans and horsemans knives as is this example. The blade sits flush into a channel relieved
into the rear stag scale just outboard of the liner. Only it's tiny tip is elevated just enough to get a nail under to open the blade. When closed, it just looks like the steel liner is a bit wider on that side of the knife. Being outside the liner , of course, the fleam is unsprung ; just a tight friction fit with the butt of the scale serving as an opening stop and the rearmost scale pin providing an axis. George Washington died of a throat infection........ treated by draining 9 pints of his blood over a 24 hour period.
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[reader1]

My Thanks to all of the contributors to this thread.

This is one of my favorite places on BF.

Every page holds a new delight.

 

[salvo]

This was my Grandfathers hunting knife, he gave it to me when I was 12 or 13 when I started hunting, I'm 51 now! It's a very early Rudy Ruana knife, no maker marks and the old style buckle sheath.

 

[CNoyes]

Very nice.
Go to Ebay and do an advanced seach for completed auctions of Ruana knives. You may be surprised.

 

[Pipeman]

For my taste that is the nicest Ruana I have seen. I love the woodcraft shaped blade and that Ruana does it really well. Thanks for posting it, super knife, congrats.

Best regards

Robin

 

[salvo]

Thanks CNoyes & Pipeman!
I had an gent offer me a pretty high amount for this knife a year or so ago, thats when I found out what it is worth. I'm glad that I don't need the money, cause I would have a hard time letting it go.

 

[Pipeman]

Thanks CNoyes & Pipeman!
I had an gent offer me a pretty high amount for this knife a year or so ago, thats when I found out what it is worth. I'm glad that I don't need the money, cause I would have a hard time letting it go.

Hi Salvo
I'm sure others on the traditional forum would love to see this knife in it's own thread.

Best regards

Robin

 

[VCM3]

" Most of us are familiar with Wusthof kitchen cutlery. The company was founded in 1814 and remains in business today. They also manufactured folding knives until approximately 1955. Not very many were imported into the U.S. This is the largest I've ever seen at
8 3/4" closed and 12 1/4" open. A large diameter pin locks it very securely both open and closed via the folding thumb latch. It appears unused save for the amateur attempt at sharpening it on some sort of power grinding wheel by a previous owner. Thankfully, the
" sharpening " was mostly confined to the sides of the blade and never really made it to the edge, so the blade remains full. The marks could easily be removed without disturbing the edge if one so chose. It is still tight to fold, locks up like a bank vault in both positions, and there is no play in the folding guard whatsoever. Hafted with some pretty thick stag slabs. Along with it's original nickel silver tipped sheath. "

 

[VCM3]

"A couple with the Rodgers half congress I showed you recently"

 

[reader1]

Another stunner.

Thank you Vince.

The tiny Rogers is still adorable.

Mike H.

 

[LKJW]

That's an interesting and very cool knife.

 

[starbuck66]

Hello all, I really enjoy this thread. So many great knives. I am new to this, very, very new. Here is a pic of the knife that started it all a 100 year old Press Button Knife Co. that is in horrible condition and my most recent, a mint Queen (1932-55 I think). The pics came out horrible makes the handle look like derin but it's real. Also a pic of my working pretty neat PBKCo Invincible. JD

 

[Ed Fowler]

I for one dearly love that first Press Button Knife Company Knife. Would carry and love it dearly, thanks for sharing her with me.

 

[starbuck66]

Thanks man, I do too. That stubby Press Button hasn't left my pocket since I bought it! Imagine what that thing has been through to be sharpened down to that. A well loved tool. And the bone handles are worn so smooth. And now a new life of use with me, how cool. JD