"Old Knives"

Jack, that MOP knife is my favorite of the bunch too. Looks very well made.

Jeff, really great old pruner. Very full blade on that one and great rosewood.
 
Thanks, Phil. As so often happens around here, I had just seen some great photos of well aged, beautiful rosewood handled knives, so did an online search and found this one at auction. No other bids and I got it cheap. It's interesting to me that the pile side has more patina/pitting but the cleaner rosewood. Maybe it just lay in a box and they wiped the topside only with oil. The mark side cover seems to be oilsoaked, both darker and softer.
 
black mamba said:
Nice pens, Jack. I love the coined covers on the Robinson, a real pocket worry stone, very tactile! is it stainless steel, do you think?
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Thanks Jeff :) I have similar Herbert Robinson penknives with nickel silver covers, but I'm pretty sure they're stainless on this one :thumbup:

philllll said:
Jack, that MOP knife is my favorite of the bunch too. Looks very well made.
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Thanks Phil, it's in great shape for a MOP-handled knife that must be around 100 years old :)
 
philllll said:
Thanks, guys!

Here you go, Jordan. All 3 tangs are marked.

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Fantastic Phil! Seems like that knife is 80-90 years old, c. 1924-1933. I would guess closer to 1924 given the two different stamps. :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
Interesting old Southern & Richardson Barlow Meako :thumbup:
 
That's a beauty S-K, and in nice condition from the look of it :) Congratulations :thumbup:
 
Lovely old Wostenholm S-K. I appreciate seeing knives 100+ years old that are still in working condition. Congratulations on acquiring it and thanks for showing it here.

Chris
 
YesJB and it has been sharpened old school to within a half a beesdick of its life.much too sharp. plenty of snap.
 
I got these ones yesterday. I most wanted the one with the tip-bolsters, W.H. Morley & Sons, Germany. Blades completely unused, pearl handles in excellent condition.
The blades are nested together incredibly tightly, makes me realize that GEC has a way to go before it can match these old companies.



a GEC #73 for proportions


 
Lovely Remington Philllll Sir- again a absolute beauty from your VERY impressive collection!

S-K, same goes for you my friend - the I*XL's Ivory is just Superb! a beautiful knife!

Fat Corgi - Love that Pearl Sir, I haven't always lent towards buying pearl knives - why?....i cant really answer that because when you see first Rate Pearl and know just how much craftsmanship it takes to construct those old knives without destroying THE most expensive scale material a Cutler can use!!!!
One of my Highlights in Sue's and my trip was to meet our famous Jack Black - and to be lucky enough that that generous man spend the WHOLE day with us - we met Stan Shaw - and he talked about that very subject - the art of being able to build a Pearl Knife!!!
I have been extremely lucky enough to buy a very hard to get HJ ( Charlies early run ) with the most outstanding HIGH Quality Pearl used on this knife -AND the other day I secured a wee Pearl knife that is stamped Richards Scotland - beautiful Pearl - not the RICHARDS manufacturer that we know as this wee knife seems to be of high quality - yet to be placed in my hands - photo pending :-)
GREAT viewing Gentleman - thank you for sharing.
 
Campbellclanman said:
Lovely Remington Philllll Sir- again a absolute beauty from your VERY impressive collection!

S-K, same goes for you my friend - the I*XL's Ivory is just Superb! a beautiful knife!

Fat Corgi - Love that Pearl Sir, I haven't always lent towards buying pearl knives - why?....i cant really answer that because when you see first Rate Pearl and know just how much craftsmanship it takes to construct those old knives without destroying THE most expensive scale material a Cutler can use!!!!
One of my Highlights in Sue's and my trip was to meet our famous Jack Black - and to be lucky enough that that generous man spend the WHOLE day with us - we met Stan Shaw - and he talked about that very subject - the art of being able to build a Pearl Knife!!!
I have been extremely lucky enough to buy a very hard to get HJ ( Charlies early run ) with the most outstanding HIGH Quality Pearl used on this knife -AND the other day I secured a wee Pearl knife that is stamped Richards Scotland - beautiful Pearl - not the RICHARDS manufacturer that we know as this wee knife seems to be of high quality - yet to be placed in my hands - photo pending :-)
GREAT viewing Gentleman - thank you for sharing.
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looking forward to the pictures, I'll have to search the forum for pics of that HJ. Would be great to see some footage of construction process for mop knives.
 
Thanks very much for the comments on my Wostenholm knife Jack, Duncan and Chris. I really like the old mop knives fatcorgi and you photo'd them well. It's tricky to capture the beauty of mop like that.

This is another W H Morley and Sons knife.

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@smiling-knife that is a great little conductor style knife. The clover/shamrock is very nice, mine is missing that.
 
Here's an old Queen City equal end that I picked up off the AAPK site. Yellow celluloid and 3 5/16" closed. I'd love to see other yellow celluloid Queen knives. Please post if you have one.





 
smiling-knife said:
A recently acquired Wostenholm made circa 1850-90. The blades are worn but still retain a smooth open and closed action with half stops.

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fatcorgi said:
I got these ones yesterday. I most wanted the one with the tip-bolsters, W.H. Morley & Sons, Germany. Blades completely unused, pearl handles in excellent condition.
The blades are nested together incredibly tightly, makes me realize that GEC has a way to go before it can match these old companies.


ents on my Wostenholm knife Jack, Duncan and Chris. I really like the old mop knives fatcorgi and you photo'd them well. It's tricky to capture the beauty of mop like that.

This is another W H Morley and Sons knife.

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These are some dandy's fellas!
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I went to the antique mall today, and picked up this old hobo-camper knife. It says "made in Japan" on the bottle opener, and "YARDEN" on the blade. I think the covers are bone. It is pretty roughly put together. Anyone seen one of these or know anything about it? If it is bone, I'm thinking 1950s?









I think the spoon and fork are stainless steel, while the other tools are carbon. Bolsters might be tin. It's comically oversized. I'd even describe it as unwieldy. :D
 
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