"Old Knives"

[Jack Black]

Lovely knife S-K :thumbup:

 

[Chris Montgomery]

Lovely old knife. Sheffield makers did it so well.

Chris

 

[lambertiana]

Duncan - I like that one, cool find.

S-K - Once again, a gem.

 

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

That's the cats meow right there. - :thumbup:

This knife was made by Baxter and Son Sheffield. It has some nice mop, blade swedges and filed springs.

 

[glennbad]

Though I am not a huge fan of filework, that pattern on your pearl is great, excellent knife, SK!

 

[Dr-Mabuse]

My Father wasn't quite sure if this Camillus (foreground) belonged to him or my grandfather originally. Can anyone date it? How can I tell if the covers are plastic or worn bone? Also, the blades are kinda wobbly from side to side, is there any way to tighten things up? It reminded me so much of my GEC #82 I couldn't resist taking some shots of them together.

 

[knarfeng]

My Father wasn't quite sure if this Camillus (foreground) belonged to him or my grandfather originally. Can anyone date it? How can I tell if the covers are plastic or worn bone? Also, the blades are kinda wobbly from side to side, is there any way to tighten things up? It reminded me so much of my GEC #82 I couldn't resist taking some shots of them together.

Need to see the tang stamps to date it, I think. Try posting a picture of the knife and with a picture of the tang stamps in the Camillus forum.
Covers look synthetic to me, but it's hard to tell from that photo.

Forum > Manufacturer's Forums > Collector's forums > Camillus Collector's Forum
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/695-Camillus-Collector-s-Forum

 

[Dr-Mabuse]

Of course there's a Camillus forum, shoulda checked first.

 

[smiling-knife]

A nice early 1900s Sheffield lobster. Just marked Sheffield England without maker's name.

 

[Will Power]

Staggering lustre and colour on that pearl Lobster s-k. Impressive workmanship to stow all those tools and blades into a delicate frame.

Thanks, Will

 

[Campbellclanman]

I agree Will, Awesome stuff, another thing that strikes me with the older knives, is the attention to the small detail - just look at those fantastic nail nicks in those small blades

 

[Sonnemann]

This was lost in the holiday mail for the last week, I breathed a sigh of relief when it finally showed up today.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Lovely Trapper - The Bone is is beautiful!!

By the way, I forgot to thank everyone for the kind comments on the Pearl knife - so thank you - like us all when we show a nice old knife they do mean a lot when people share their views :thumbup:

 

[kootenay joe]

S-K, do you have any ideas as to why such a well made high quality knife would not have a maker's or merchant marking ?
I have seen other high quality appearing knives that required much cutlery skill to make that are also marked only with "Sheffield", so there are likely quite a few of these 'out there'. Why would the manufacturer or merchant not want their name on such a fine knife ?
kj

 

[JAB]

This has long been one of my favorite threads on BFC - figured I'd finally make a modest contribution.



And a younger sibling

 

[mike Berkovitch]

Very nice vase knives, JAB and Sonnemann. Great pearl knives Duncan and SK. I love this thread. It reminds me why I started with slip joints and abandoned all my tacticals.
Mike

 

[utah_fish]

This has long been one of my favorite threads on BFC - figured I'd finally make a modest contribution.



And a younger sibling

Those are really nice, especially that top one. Thanks for posting those.

 

[utah_fish]

These are what are on my desk today. That little CASE fixed blade is an oldie (1930's) and is super cool.

 

[jdracing]

I had this EXACT knife about two years ago. It now resides in very good hands in NZ:thumbup:

The one I sold was Identical to this but in original shape where this one underwent a bit of restoration I bought it this way and am glad to have it but I always look for "as is" condition that can yet be made serviceable again:thumbup:

Electric Cut Co Jack with great Bone covers Circa 1910---1920? 3 7/16 closed, SOLID blades with great walk and talk:thumbup:

paul,how do you restore a knife to get the blades so new looking?...thanks for any info,or a link..
jd

 

[CNoyes]

Some nice old knives shown here lately.

Duncan, the missing letter on your knife is a "P" and it refers to W. W. Pellett's Patent Lifts, patented in 1893.

Levine discussed Pellett's Patent knives in most all editions. The knives are discussed, briefly, on page 262 in LG-4. If you have a different edition, check the index, it is listed there.

Levine stated the knives were made by Joseph Rodgers.