"Old Knives"

Jake, great looking knife. It is amazing the amount of work they put into such small blade and handle. I had small peanuts collection in the past in it a similar one, though the condition wasn't as good as yours.

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From left: Boker USA, John Primble Belknap, Case, Catt. Camillus

Mike
 
Thank you, guys.

Mike, That's a nice collection of peanuts! It looks like that Boker also has a saber grind. It's seems like an odd choice for such a small blade but perhaps it is not uncommon since we both have examples from different manufacturers. I agree that a lot of work must have gone into making these little knives.
 
Some real beauties have been posted recently everyone, love those stag pruners.

I posted this one in the Barlow thread and thought I would post it here also as a question as to what type of jigging has been asked and I am not sure. It is a no name, marked High Carbon Steel USA which from what I can find appears to be a 1930's Camillus contract knife for Sears.
I thought the jigging was PeachSeed but does not appear as fine as other examples I have seen, anyone know what this jigging is called?
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The 301 is Buck's largest stockman now being made. The red handle would be some kind of resin-impregnated wood, possibly dyed.
 
Saber grind on peanuts: are they flat on one side? I have several half saber/half flat and Nobody has yet told me why on earth?
I started a thread on the question a couple of years ago, but can't find a picture now.
 
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scrteened porch said:
Saber grind on peanuts: are they flat on one side? I have several half saber/half flat and Nobody has yet told me why on earth?
I started a thread on the question a couple of years ago, but can't find a picture now.
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The Boker and Catt. saber gring blades are flat on the other side.

Mike
 
scrteened porch said:
Saber grind on peanuts: are they flat on one side? I have several half saber/half flat and Nobody has yet told me why on earth?
I started a thread on the question a couple of years ago, but can't find a picture now.
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mike Berkovitch said:
The Boker and Catt. saber gring blades are flat on the other side.

Mike
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My Cattaraugus has a saber grind on both sides. We may have slightly different patterns.




shadow999911 said:
hey does anyone know about a buck stockman it has a red handle it's model is 301+ just need info on it. plz and thank you
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There are date codes in the tang stamp. You'll find a list of date codes in the Buck forum or if you do a Google search for "Buck knife date codes". Buck made some of the knives with red plastic handles. Some of the knives have been made in different types of wood composites. IIRC the recent "chairman" knives had "Cherry Dymondwood" handles. You might get more feedback in a new thread since this "old knives" thread is for discussing vintage knives. Photos of the knife would be helpful for an ID.

Augie said:
Some real beauties have been posted recently everyone, love those stag pruners.

I posted this one in the Barlow thread and thought I would post it here also as a question as to what type of jigging has been asked and I am not sure. It is a no name, marked High Carbon Steel USA which from what I can find appears to be a 1930's Camillus contract knife for Sears.
I thought the jigging was PeachSeed but does not appear as fine as other examples I have seen, anyone know what this jigging is called?
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Do you know if the blade is a replacement? There are a lot of rebladed and reworked barlows being auctioned. The jigged bone is very nice and looks to be original to the handle.
 
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:thumbup:I never get tired of seeing that KK, Rob!:thumbup:
 
I apologize if you all feel that this knife is in a wrong thread , but I want to be sure that Jack Black and Duncan see it to maybe tell me what it is. I saw it in an antique store and bought it just because it is Taylors Eye Witness. It is not real old because the balde is stainless . The handle does appear to be stag. Thanks for your indulgence.



Harry
 
Harry your knife looks like a 'Bar' knife, opening bottles and slicing cheese. Most of the old famous Sheffield knife manufacturers no longer exist but their names are still used on knives that are mass produced. I do not know if this is true for Taylor Eye Witness, but Jack does and he will tell us.
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kootenay joe said:
Harry your knife looks like a 'Bar' knife, opening bottles and slicing cheese. Most of the old famous Sheffield knife manufacturers no longer exist but their names are still used on knives that are mass produced. I do not know if this is true for Taylor Eye Witness, but Jack does and he will tell us.
kj
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Thanks KJ . Eye Witness still exists and I have 2 of their Barlows.

Harry
 
smiling-knife said:
Looking forward to seeing your pics. This is the jack knife on the far left of the page. A contemporary of yours. I thought it might be of interest.

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When I found out mail did not run today I shrunk 2 feet,but only until
I realized it would be ok....It'll be here tomorrow.....
That my friend is a nice knife....Hope mine is half that nice when It gets here,
JD
 
since i saw the subject of the saber grind peanut,here's one i picked up recently from
our favorite site....it was in a lot of other stuff..there was no info at all,just listed as
junk drawer lot...it was in closed position,i had no idea if blades were good or not....
it in really good condition for age if were not for someone put a serial number on back side
of main blade......not sure if i want to try getting it removed or not?.
i spotted the handles and thought it would possibly be one i'd like...i was right,it's now
one of my favorites so far.....
jd


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