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"Old Knives"

Duncan...thank you for explaining that...sorry for the poor punctuation,it would seem that i hold the dumb Hillbilly title (im hearing banjos again)...LYLE? you have some beautiful knives indeed............FES
 
My little New York Knife Co Hammer Brand 2656 senator pen, circa 1880-1930. The blades both appear to be full, and the scales are in wonderful condition.

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Thanks for looking!
-Dan
 
wlfryjr said:
I don' think Ive posted this one.Very NM and older(has a couple small spiders).Could have come from Wostenholm's collection.?See how the pruner is slimmer than the Camillus I posted before.This pattern is my obsession,about all I collect now Will.See any let me know.
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Simply jaw-dropping!

Yes, I hope you show some of your stuff in the Sheffield a Golden Age thread, there's some real art in there.....

Regards, Will
 
" Here's a quill cutter by Joseph Rodgers in ivory, along with an Oxford built example you have seen previously.They are 3 3/4" and 4" closed respectively. Both remain in new condition. Inside the Rodgers box was a piece of cut and shaped quill. You can kind of see it in the blurry image still in the box. I took it out and scanned it so you can see it better. Many of these pen machines are new when found, as metal pen nibs came out at almost the same time, and they became obsolete nearly immediately after they were introduced. Some purists continued to use them for many years after rather than the new, yet unproven, metal nibs. Very useful, yet complicated to build and fit, both the working mechanism and the body inletting. Victorian, latter 1800's, pre - 1890. The Oxford built cutter is unlined, while the Rodgers built example displays near paper thin brass liners for the pen blade and spring, possibly the thinnest liners I have ever personally seen on any knife.The brass liners are barely thicker than the finer 1/16" markings on the steel scale shown in the image. "


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Vince and all,

Thank you for this wonderful and inspiring thread - it keeps joy and wonder alive.

Craftsmanship of one hundred to 4.000 years ago is often beyond our imagining.

Your visuals are stunning.

Mike H.
 
Here's one I really like to carry and use, It's an old KA-BAR c.1920 it's a big hefty knife, made
for some hard days at work! Snap is like new and blades are near full, if not full. Walnut handles. Missing
the bail, Blade doesn't lock, just the screwdriver locks. that's the way I like them! It's a nice example of an old work knife.

Jason







 
VCM3 said:
" Here's a quill cutter by Joseph Rodgers in ivory, along with an Oxford built example....
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Very nice Vince. I remember when these were quite common at knife shows etc. Not so much anymore. I cannot remember the last one I saw.

gunstockjack said:
Humason & Beckley Mfg. Gentlemen's Jack; 2 11/16 inches closed circa 1910.
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Oh yeah!

bakerg2g said:
Here's one I really like to carry and use, It's an old KA-BAR c.1920 it's a big hefty knife, made
for some hard days at work! Snap is like new and blades are near full, if not full. Walnut handles. Missing
the bail, Blade doesn't lock, just the screwdriver locks. that's the way I like them! It's a nice example of an old work knife.

Jason
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Nice one J!
 
Here's an old c.1920 KA-BAR 4-1/4 Jack knife. Has some excellent old green bone and full blades. Has long pulls on both blades and pen blade
is on the back side, It's a big pen as well! Cam tangs... Like this one a lot.

Jason





 
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Oddly enough that Ka-Bar jack makes me think of the 2012 forum knife. The offset of the jigging gives it a semi-distinct top row and bottom row on each side of the knife. The same kind of pattern is found on the forum knife. One made around 1920, the other 90-odd years later.

Great looking knife. Love the matchstriker pull on the main.
 
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