"Old Knives"

more cross posting..sorry :o

Top one is a 523-6 (6" blade chrome plated), middle one...not sure of the pattern but the blade is 5" long, bottom one is the 557 pattern (3 3/4" blade) I think from the mid 1930s.

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...it's all these knives in my head, I can't help it. :D

Top - old 652 pattern (1940-65?) with bone handle
2nd - 5-FINN 4 1/4" blade (1965-present)
3rd - I think this is another 5-FINN pattern but it isn't stamped. Tony bought this one new in 1966 :) Well worn bone handle.
Bottom - M3-FINN Chrome Sabre 3" blade, I think from 1942-65, normally seen in stacked leather.

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Following the theme of Case kitchen knives, here's a paring knife, same era as the "old forge" above.
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Just for Navihawk! Everyone else avert your eyes:eek:!! :D To even out the balance from a lack of NYKs;
This one is Tony B's;
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Here is yet more confirmation that Schrade made some Challenge knives. Look at the old hammered pins.
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Top one stamped Challenge, bottom, Schrade Cut.
 
An early Schrade, between WWI and WWII. So, my fellow students of "knife terminology", what's the pattern;)??
Don't pay attention to the caption! It may be wrong!!:eek:
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And, finally for today, more NYKs for balance. All's right with the world!
Don't miss the rare locking punch here!! One of few remaining in working order!
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waynorth said:
An early Schrade, between WWI and WWII. So, my fellow students of "knife terminology", what's the pattern;)??
Don't pay attention to the caption! It may be wrong!!:eek:
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Bullhead (Equal-End, Double-End)
 
Thanks Waynorth.Theres no mistaking a Hammer Brand. Beautiful work inside and out. Is that locking punch released by pressing the master blade?
 
waynorth said:
An early Schrade, between WWI and WWII. So, my fellow students of "knife terminology", what's the pattern;)??
Don't pay attention to the caption! It may be wrong!!:eek:
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Equal End Jack, despite blades at opposing ends. Same frame as some cattle knives. 3 3/8" ???
 
Charlie, one day I'd like to see your whole collection at the same time. There seems to be no end to it...
 
Love that Schrade EE in post #307.

One thing that you can't help but notice on many of the old folders is the finish on the blades. Most of the time they were left with a fine ground finish, similar to a 220 grit belt finish we do today. Sometimes the manufacturers would do a glossy finish on the mark side of the master blade only and leave the pile side and additional blades at the more "reasonable" ground finish.

I don't know if is the lighting or what, but look at the difference in the finishes of those 2 blades.
 
From Bernard Levine:

"Standard practice on American factory pocketknives before WWII was for the mark side of the master blade to be crocus (mirror) polished and etched, all other blade surfaces to be glazed."

Of course, on the Kentucky mint knives found on the world's largest online auction site blade finishes are a moot point. :)
 
Kerry, Mike said it! The difference in finish is one of the things you look for in authenticating old Schrade Cut. Co.s. Everything glazed (ground) usually except the main, which is crocused (polished) on the mark side. That said, there are some high end "gent's" type knives that are all polished.
Blues has it right for my snap quiz; Bullhead, although you don't hear that name much in modern times. Specifically it is an Equal End, Double End Jack. 3 5/8"+ Thawk, same handle pattern as a cattle knife.
Navi, the tab you see moves with the blade, and springs up into a cutout in the back (blade side) of the bolster. You squeeze the tab toward the blade to release it. Awkward and fragile, so rare to see still working. I believe they made very few of them.
 
'Crocus' refers to a paste containing fine powdered iron oxide used with a polishing wheel in the process of finishing knife blades and other shiny things in days of yor.
 
Charlie, do I get extra credit for having added "equal-end, double end" with my Bullhead answer?

I'll send you a PM telling you where to send my prize. ;)
 
Blues said:
Charlie, do I get extra credit for having added "equal-end, double end" with my Bullhead answer?

I'll send you a PM telling you where to send my prize. ;)
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:D:D Well Elliott, your prize is NOT LG4!:D:D
 
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