"Old Knives"

[smiling-knife]

Beautifulold knives guys.

The flush joint was common on well made old Sheffield jack knives....these two for e.g..

 

[fasteddie]

Fantastic. I love flush joints. Great stag on that one. Hope the ole dawg sees the stag one here.

 

[VCM3]

Thanks for the comments & added info & pics,too
Here is a cool one I forgot I had
-Vince

 

[KnifeHead]

Beautifulold knives guys.

The flush joint was common on well made old Sheffield jack knives....these two for e.g..

Those old knives R O C K ! Thanks SK for waking us up with those beauties. I must say old chap, the jigging on the second knife is BRILLIANT!

 

[waynorth]

s-k, those knives have the stuff of collector's dreams! Character, wonderous details; dare I say charisma??
Vince yours have it too, but a different "minty" kind!
What a feast for the eyes!!
I want to thank you boys, for showing them here!!

 

[navihawk]

Yeah thanks guys. I love those bolsters.they're not called pinched, what do you call that type?

 

[VCM3]

Again,not mine,just sharing,so enjoy,
-Vince

 

[waynorth]

Navi, the bolsters with the deep groove across them, like the monster in the post just above (nice Vince, even if it's not yours!), are called Rat-tail bolsters, because they are traditionally cut with a rat-tail (round tapered) file!

 

[smiling-knife]

That wostenholm is awesome vince. Thanks for showing it. What is the knife called? I can't make out the first word on the blade.

Thanks for the compliments guys. The bone on the jackknife is a very dark red but I can never quite capture that aspect of it.

 

[VCM3]

s-k,look at the top of post #47

Look here,too

 

[cads 260]

great pictures of old sheffield knives,i was born & raised in sheffield( still live there) if you people are interested in sheffield knives there is a book called sheffield knife book by geoffrey tweedale its full of pictures ,trademarks & stories of the knife trade

 

[smiling-knife]

Thanks for the close-up vince. I only have a little lap top... maybe I need a bigger monitor.

Warm welcome to the forum cads 260. Thank for posting the information. That is my favourite book. I just bought Heritage of English Knives too. There is another thread here on that one. Looking forward to seeing some of your Sheffield knives. I can't get enough.

 

[VCM3]

Check this one out

Nice blades

 

[smiling-knife]

Does the challenge have a country of origin on it Vince? She's a beauty.

I think this one is quite old. It has a hand-forged spring that is narrow and thick at the blade end and wide and thin at the butt end. It has nice rosewood scales too.

 

[d.parker]

Vince that saber bladed Challenge Trapper is to die for!!!

 

[navihawk]

X2. The color of the blades are perfect.My favorit part of a trapper is how the blades lay in.

 

[VCM3]

QUOTE=smiling-knife Does the challenge have a country of origin on it Vince? She's a beauty.


s-k & all,I was told,that the trapper was made in Bridgeport Conn.,around 1900 to 1920, by a firm that bought out the English Challenge Cutlery Company The stamp on that knife is Challenge Cutlery Co.
It is an earlier stamp,than the one on the six blade Congress on post # 43,witch is Challenge Cutlery Corp.
-Vince

 

[lambertiana]

If you're talking about Challenge, there is one in each of these...

 

[VCM3]

lambertiana,those are really nice,thanks for showing them here

Here is anothere view of the stag on the Cotton knife from post # 47,pretty fat

 

[VCM3]

Another nice "Old Knife"