"Old Knives"

Primble said:
It looks very proud again and purty - nice patina too!! I would say that your thinking is pretty close. ;):)
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Campbellclanman said:
Nice save R8shell :thumbup:
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Thanks.
The original owner probably threw it in a drawer to rust after breaking the clip blade. This is probably why the secondary blades are full and the bone is uncracked. So a happy accident, really. ;)
 
With the recently introduced Case / Bose collaboration knife, there will undoubtedly be renewed interest in the humble cattle pattern knife, with its roots going back to just after the Civil War. Most were 3 blade, equal end, round bolstered knives about 3 5/8" - 3 3/4" long. There were smaller and larger knives built, but these were the typical size. Originally most had a spear main, but eventually clip main blades were introduced on many. They were also built on many different frame patterns as well, but were not very common. Some even had 4 blades.

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There were even a few built with a sheepfoot or spey master. They had a spey, a punch, or sheepfoot as the smaller blades. Many had a pen blade included. Some of the less common frame types were serpentine ( which I think led to the stockman we now know ), balloon, and eureka. Some were given the prefix premier, junior, or jumbo. Some later patterns are found with square bolsters, as is the new Bose / Case collaboration. Most of these atypical patterns and versions are quite difficult to find, as so few were built in comparison to the common equal end

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Most cattle knives found are generally not in the best of condition, as they were used daily,out in the weather and for many years. The Keen Kutter eureka pictured is one such knife, and is built with 3 separate springs and no liners, and is called a three spring whittler by many. All the pictured knives have been previously been posted in this thread in great detail if one cares to go back through the many pages on some of these cold, miserable winter days or nights. The clip and spear versions are pictured separately with a few familiar, modern knives for scale.


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Campbellclanman said:
Beautiful knives Bill.
Can you by the order of your photo identify the maker etc?
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From top to bottom -

EC Simmons (late 1920's)
Schrade Walden (1917-1946)
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co (mid 1920's)
Elliot Cutlery Co (mid 1880's)
Binghamton Cutlery Co (early 1890's)
 
Wheeler80 said:
From top to bottom -

EC Simmons (late 1920's)
Schrade Walden (1917-1946)
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co (mid 1920's)
Elliot Cutlery Co (mid 1880's)
Binghamton Cutlery Co (early 1890's)
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Thank you very much Bill, Both the E C Simmons and Bingham Cutlery caught my eye! - again - beauties and thank you for sharing your lovely knives with us :thumbup:
 
Campbellclanman said:
Thank you very much Bill, Both the E C Simmons and Bingham Cutlery caught my eye! - again - beauties and thank you for sharing your lovely knives with us :thumbup:
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+1 :thumbup::)

Vince - those are wonderful cattle knives - thank you for showing us!!! :thumbup::thumbup::)
 
Here's a nice old whittler from a maker you don't see much of, with a really neat saw blade shield!

Simonds MFG Co. 1920-1940

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Lots of steel between those covers! :thumbup:

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Vince and Bill VERY nice collection both of you. Nick that's really rare bird, I've been looking at a certain Simonds for sometimes, I might pull the trigger, nice one anyway.
Mike
 
Man, that warm old worn bone on that Miller Bros, that's the stuff right there, Phil!
 
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