"Old Knives"

Jeez Rob!!! Where can I find an application to attend the Knife Primblization & Photography course?
Primble said:
Near mint Keen Kutter Bone EO K98S and Keen Kutter K53 3/4 Bone Jack Knife circa 1939-1942
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Picked these up from Coolio for the Biscuit benefit. I believe Waynorth once owned the K53 3/4.

With one of my KK Barlows:
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Are we going to see a Keen Kutter display case soon, Rob?
Nice knives, purchased for a worthy cause!
 
Looking for any information on this old IXL penknife. It looks like ivory to me, but what do I know? Any help would be appreciated... Age, history, materials...

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Back in the day the Canadian government Knew how to spend tax dollars :D A Rodgers jack, George 5th marked Govenment of Canada, and a Celebrated Wostenholm whittler marker civil service Canada.

Best regards

Robin

 
Wow, the knives posted have been great!!! I love the deep stamp on those IXL's Canada, I need to be looking for that!!
 
BenHarris: yes to ivory handles, beautifully aged too, very nice.
Robin, any ideas as to what civil service jobs received such fine knives ? Maybe management types to whittle away the time ??
kj
 
Picked up this little 3" closed beauty, Friedmann & Lauterjung 4 blade carved pearl. I have seen some great knives from this maker throughout the years and am glad to have found this one!!






 
clutchcarter said:
Jeez Rob!!! Where can I find an application to attend the Knife Primblization & Photography course?
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:eek::thumbup::D:D:D

blademan 13 said:
Rob, just stunning! As though they are suspended in time....
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They have indeed lived the sheltered life ! :thumbup::D

waynorth said:
Are we going to see a Keen Kutter display case soon, Rob?
Nice knives, purchased for a worthy cause!
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Hmmm .............. The thought crossed my mind Charlie. :eek::thumbup::D

Robin and Mike - Excellent !! :thumbup::)
 
Happy New Year all, some really knice blades and beautiful pics :) .

A few Ring openers, one from a gifting elf here ;) ...

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Galvanic1882, Now that is one very interesting knife-VERY nice find there and thank you for showing us!
 
I visited a friend of mine today who collects earlier period Bowie knives, Plug Bayonets , he is of Scottish heritage so his interest in Scottish Dirks, Sgian Dubh's is strong and he has some very very nice high end sets.

I was only able to take a very quick couple of shots as lunch was being served, so I rushed out to get my phone - I wanted to take a shot for us here in OLD KNIVES as I knew the interest would be there.

In this roll, ( Rick also has some of the original Boxes for these sets as well ) there is a Vintage Canadian Scottish Regimental Dirk set from what he suspects as only early 1900's, some stunning matching sets that go quite earlier, the boxed set - this set is his latest and is Victorian era and is thought to be a Drummer Boy set and they are thinking that it may be Campbell Clan material - I of course let him know that I would of course take ownership of this set if the research proves this so :D.

To photograph Rick's collection in detail would take a long time - it would be days in work to Catalog this stunning collection.

These two photos show nothing the quality of these sets and I apologise about this.
the end Dirk you see with no sheath is nicely etched on the Blade and is Military stamped on the Blade as well as on other areas.



 
Greetings All!

Jack suggested I post some pictures of this knife in this thread so I could possibly get some more information on it. It's marked, "BAXTER LTD, SHEFFIELD".

I've included a picture with a TC Barlow for size comparison.

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I think it may have had the blade replaced at some time. In the following picture the shape of the blade looks like it was designed for a multiple blade knife.

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I googled Baxter Ltd but couldn't find much information.

Thanks, Ken K.
 
Thanks for posting pics of your knife here Ken. It reminded me somewhat of this Joseph Allen knife from WW1.



The good Geoffrey Tweedale tells us that the firm was established, as W & JA Baxter Ltd by Walter Baxter (1875-1958) and Joseph Albert Baxter (1891-1972). After WW1, they began to trade in Eyre Lane in central Sheffield, and by the 1930's were in Matilda Street. They were incorporated in 1933, when they occupied Congo Works (originally Congo Ivory Works) on Trippet Lane. The building still stands and I know it well. According to Mr Tweedale, the Baxters were merchants who sold table cutlery, butchers' knives, sheath knives, painters' tools, scissors, etc. The Baxter name was later acquired by Slaters. A company of the same name is still in existence today (http://www.infobel.com/en/uk/w_j_a_baxter_ltd/sheffield/GB100291624-66603633201/businessdetails.aspx), listed as a cutlery and silverware manufacturer.

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Congo Works today.

The only Baxter knife I have is a small penknife.





 
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