"Old Knives"

[VCM3]

Holy Cow! Ron Mathews!!
-Vince

 

[waynorth]

Broos, that's a beauty!!

Ron Mathews, those are prime Randalls!!

 

[sunnyd]

turk,

Yes I do, and still carry an old Shrade quite often.

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Ron Mathews,

I loved seeing them on the old fixed blade thread and they fit just perfectly here too!. In fact, I will never get tired of seeing those,, ever!:thumbup:

Anthony

 

[ron mathews]

Thanks very much, Guys. This is a great thread!

 

[lambertiana]

Broos, that's a great Wostenholm! I can see why you like it so much.

 

[Broos]

The wife's new scanner works great. Here's a real oldie in pristine condition I picked up.

Here's one of my favorites, and it may be low brow, but I do love old SAK's. Snaps like a trap.

And an old Schrade.

 

[d.parker]

Broos a nice showing of Knives. All look to be in great shape. I really like the old LF&C ..

 

[JpN]

I love this knife...It was of those must have deals...over paid, but had to have

 

[waynorth]

Beauty! I understand the "had to have" concept!!

 

[SHEBOP]

I love this knife...It was of those must have deals...over paid, but had to have

I understand completely! Spotting a knife like that will make you stop in your tracks...Very Nice!!

 

[stockman242]

Nice one JpN, :thumbup:
I wouldnt be able to pass it up either.

Peter

 

[JatMat]

Thanks for sharing, I would have stopped and paid too much too.
Jim

 

[KnifeHead]

Did you ever get a rare old knife and think how lucky you were to aquire it, and then later get an even older knife? Tony got the ebony IXL pruner a few years back and was "surprised" with this beautiful stag pruner a couple of days ago.

The ebony pruner was made after 1890 and Tony believes before WWI. The stag pruner was made before the tariff law of 1890 required the country of origin to be included in the trade mark.

Tony said the joint on the ebony pruner was totally worn out when he got it and he performed a "professional restoration" on it and now it works wonderfully and looks great. The stag beauty is in excellent working condition.

Here I shot both of them laying on a 1885 catalog reproduction. Notice the knife in the catalog just to the left of the ebony pruner

Being hand forged, the springs are made from square stock and was likely formed by wrapping the hot steel around the horn of a cutlers anvil.

Here you can see the the pre-1890 3 line stamp and the post-1890 4 line stamp

 

[smiling-knife]

Beautiful knives Tony and Kerry. Love the stout blades, swedges and fantastic old stag. Kerry, that's a 1885 catalog reprint. I have a Harrison Bros & Howson prunner with the hand-forged, wrap-around spring... see post pg 40. Was this quite common in the 1880s or so? Thanks for showing those great old knives.

 

[JatMat]

Great old knives, what stories they could tell.
Thanks for sharing,
Jim

 

[waynorth]

When someone picked those knives out of the catalog, they were thinking that the knife would last through some serious use and resharpening. We are lucky they weren't all used up, and we get to see them! Nice finds!!

 

[KnifeHead]

Hey S-K..thanks for catchin that typo

 

[d.parker]

Those are sure nice old pruners. Kerry can you tell me if the pins in the 4 line Ebony are nickle silver or Iron? The IXL 4 line Horseman's Knife I have the top pins are NS and the bottom pins are iron. I was wondering when IXL started using NS as NS was used widely in 1834 cutlery.

 

[KnifeHead]

The pins in both knives are iron.

 

[d.parker]

Thanks Kerry. I sure wish I knew when IXL started using NS for pins..