"Old Knives"

Old & In The Way said:
Jack - The Fleam you posted is incredible and very interesting. It looks to be a museum quality example. I must say that I'm happy that medicine has advanced significantly since its manufacture though. And while I don't consider myself a cutlery scholar, I did enjoy the old magazine article. :thumbup:
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Thank you very much Stephen, hope you're well my friend :)
 
old klaas i recently caught on bay...seller said its made before 1945...and NOS...unfortunatly the tip of the large blade hit the tiny space between spring and liner (so the spring too) and stuck in there all the time...found out that the blade tip was bent a little...tip broke off in attempt to straighten it...so i had to reprofile the blade (i dont mind because now the blade doesnt hit the spring anymore so it stays sharp and i can open the blade without pliers ;) blades are carbon steel and both of them have the kissing crane logo on them, dont know what the bolsters are made of, interesting is that the linders seem to be made of steel but coated with thin copper layer (at least it looks like steel)
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That's a nice Klaas. That pattern seems to have been quite popular in Europe, most manufacturers had one in their lineup. I always wanted to get a Puma Senior.
 
Sadly, this old Butler was a real rust bucket, despite still retaining some of the original mirror polish, and apparently having seen little use. I guess it must have been badly stored. Part of the tip had actually rusted away, and the nickel silver is gone on one of the bolsters. The sunken joints made it even harder to clean. Probably going to do some more work on this one.









 
That's a very nice piece Jack. I know you can bring it back to life. It has BOTH scales intact and BOTH blades !! More than I usually get. I don't know the name G. Butler but it's a great stamp. Good luck. AD.
 
ADEE said:
That's a very nice piece Jack. I know you can bring it back to life. It has BOTH scales intact and BOTH blades !! More than I usually get. I don't know the name G. Butler but it's a great stamp. Good luck. AD.
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Thanks my friend, yes the covers are in good shape. The tip of the larger blade had rusted away when I first got it, and I still need to do a bit of work there. There's a lot of pitting along the spines of the blades, but it's certainly not one to throw away :thumbup:
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks my friend, yes the covers are in good shape. The tip of the larger blade had rusted away when I first got it, and I still need to do a bit of work there. There's a lot of pitting along the spines of the blades, but it's certainly not one to throw away :thumbup:
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As ADEE said, it has a lot going for it - the knife deserves the effort. :thumbup:;)
 
Two budding knives from Sheffield.
One marked ... REDGE / SHEFFIELD
The other marked W. SAYNOR / LTD / SHEFFIELD

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I forgot to note that on the back of the W.SAYNOR tang is another great logo .... "DEPEND"

Jack .. does the key tang stamp on your G Butler knife say GB ? ... it looks that way.
 
Here's nice old Rawson Brothers whittler from the golden age of Sheffield. This one measures 3 7/8' closed, with brass liners, and very nice buttery colored covers made of ivory or bone (previous owner wasn't sure). Interesting stamp on the master blade too, reads "Cock Knife," with a rooster and the letter S underneath.

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Jack - that still is a neat knife!!!

Nick... wow ..that is an absolute beautiful Whittler, it looks like stunning Ivory to me - what a beauty!
 
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