"Old Knives"

Nice fruit knife Duncan. Firth stainless was used by Wostenholm in the 1920s and 30s. There is a similar knife with ivorine scales in a circa 1930 brochure... top left in the photo.

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Thank you Mike and Jake :thumbup:

Steve..once again thank you for your comments and your fantastic help. :thumbup:
 
Lovely old knives guys :thumbup:

I picked up the same IXL pattern a couple of years back, but with the etch :)
 
Picked up a few more this weekend at the flea market. Here is an old ulster scout knife that was in extremely rough shape, but after about an hour I think it turned out pretty nice. I actually like the way the patina and pitting look on this one, it almost looks intentional. Everything is pretty tight and snappy too. Carrying her today.




 
Here is an older camillus buck 303 that was $3! Fit and finish is superb, it also founds it way in my pocket today. This one was in pretty good shape so it didn't need much work.


 
Hello,

Here are 7 different Challenge Cut Co. knives that I have collected. All Challenge knives were made between 1905 and 1928 so that makes most of these knives about 100 years old. Each is a different pattern. I enjoy Challenge knives as they are stout with strong springs, all have great half-stops and are generally great knives.

The rarest appears to be the first which is a “Balloon” pattern in pearl with tip bolsters and three blades. I was able to find only one other picture of this pattern in existence which confirmed its identity:

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This second one is a much smaller pearl two bladed pen knife:

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Third is a serpentine pattern (one handle appears to be a fix or re-handle due to extra pin)

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Fourth is a double bolstered swell-end jack in ebony with shield:

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Fifth is a straight jack, single bolster with shield:

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Sixth is another similar without a shield, smaller:

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Seventh is unknown wood, larger:

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Nice old Challenge Cutlery knives David! The last one appears to be Cocobolo. It looks to me like it was just a repair on the serpentine as you can see some wood filler near the bottom bolster. :)
 
Wonderful knives. #1 is a real treat seeing as I am partial to vintage pearls. #3 is a sweet knife as well with a couple observations. The 4th pin is obviously where the shield should've/would've/could've been and the real answer might never be known? I also find the blade selection on this one curious with a spear master and dual pens? I don't remember ever seeing one like that?
 
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