"Old Knives"

[cheesehead]

 

[cheesehead]

How do you guys download pictures on here? Mine always come out really small. I have a hard time getting them to download to the site. Thanks, Jerry

 

[Railsplitter]

How do you guys download pictures on here? Mine always come out really small. I have a hard time getting them to download to the site. Thanks, Jerry

Jerry, your picture is fine. It enlarges when clicked on. You can use an image hosting site like Photobucket if you want to. In that case, your photos will be larger right from the start without clicking on them. You can also type text between pictures if you so desire.

 

[cheesehead]

Thanks Rick

 

[wlfryjr]

Very nice user Robin

 

[Pipeman]

My first corn knife, a gift from Roland. Wostenholm celebrated mark and kind of interesting (unless it's the norm on corn knives) in that it has long, very thin nail nicks on both the pile and mark side of the blade, yet only one side is inlet. Are double nicks normal on corn knives?

Best regards

Robin

 

[LongBlade]

Very cool old IXL corn knife Robin!

Here's one of my fairly recent favorite scores - an Empire Equal-end Jack - 3 & 5/8" - actually called a Large Bullhead in a catalog cut from Empire in 1927 - same knife in catalog as identified by the 066S pattern number on pile side of master tang. I had not seen serial numbers on the few other Empires I own or have seen but the catalog cut had it noted. Despite the mid-line crack on mark side (which I try to ignore ;-) it is in excellent condition in terms of blades with a cracking snap and tight...









Thanks for looking....
Lee

 

[wlfryjr]

Love the spear blade on that one Lee,and it seems the Empires are harder to find than their Shapleigh counterparts.

Robin that is an old mark and in excellent shape. Nice addition and ivory handles? I know nothing about the right or left hand nicking. I guess some can't tell their right hand from their left. I grin

 

[ConBon]

Robin,
I've seen long thin nail nicks like that on one side of a blade once before, I cant remember what knife it was but I know it wasn't a corn knife. Maybe they have a use for the corn husker and prepper?
What is the handle material? It looks nice!

Connor

 

[mike Berkovitch]

Lee, the Empire is a gem, great catch.
Robin, here is Keen Kutter corn knife, long pull only on mark side

Mike

 

[LongBlade]

Thanks Mike :thumbup: and another cool old corn knife!!

Here's another from me - Shapleigh Hardware Diamond Edge Cattle knife made by Empire (3 & 5/8”; brass milled liners and fancy celluloid with nickel silver slanted bolsters) ... I originally posted this under the Bose Case 2015 Annual Collaboration knife thread that I understand was based on this original design by Empire for Shapleigh... Given my understanding it is a rather rare knife I hope it is ok to post it under Old Knives for archival purposes and for others interested as well... The knife has the punch blade (with Empire patent and on same pivot as master blade like a harness jack and the spey blade on the rear end - all pulls are from the mark side of the knife)... The diamond shield is plain nickel silver and not etched "DE"... all that and given the similarity of the swedges, blades and pulls to that of Empire I do believe it was part of the rather large contract Empire had for Shapleigh back in the day. Most of this info I learned from waynorth’s posts (Charlie C) based on other Shapleigh-Empire made knives that I found when searching other possible related knives - thanks waynorth… Given that the name changed to Shapleigh around 1916 from Norvell-Shapleigh and Empire ended in 1930 I believe it was made sometime during that time frame.







Thanks - Lee

 

[Gevonovich]

What a magnificent piece, Lee!! I love it:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[blademan 13]

Lee, great knife. I really like the shape of the spey blade, almost clip-like. Thanks for posting.

 

[thawk]

What a great old Empire Shapleigh knife Lee. Historic! Very cool indeed!

 

[Pipeman]

Robin,
I've seen long thin nail nicks like that on one side of a blade once before, I cant remember what knife it was but I know it wasn't a corn knife. Maybe they have a use for the corn husker and prepper?
What is the handle material? It looks nice!

Connor

Hi Connor,the real use is a bit gross They're for cutting corns off your feet The blades are ground thin so are scalpel sharp. The handle is ivory and I kinda hope it isn't stained with blood

Best regards

Robin

 

[supratentorial]

Very nice knife. I don't know the appropriate pattern name but it's something that I've asked about. I've heard some call it a premier cattle but I thought those were predecessors to stock knives and stock knives were readily available when this knife was manufactured. Otherwise it seems to fit the description. Unfortunately there isn't an example of a premiere cattle in Levine's Guide and nobody was able to provide a photo when I asked about the pattern in the ID forum.

Old Empire and Shapleigh knives are a real treat. Recently, I've been toting around a jr. cattle from Shapleigh.

 

[ConBon]

Hi Connor,the real use is a bit gross They're for cutting corns off your feet The blades are ground thin so are scalpel sharp. The handle is ivory and I kinda hope it isn't stained with blood

Best regards

Robin

Hahahahahaha, I never would have imagined that! It is kinda gross, but necessary. Now I don't think I'll be buying one used !

Connor

 

[mike Berkovitch]

Very nice knife. I don't know the appropriate pattern name but it's something that I've asked about. I've heard some call it a premier cattle but I thought those were predecessors to stock knives and stock knives were readily available when this knife was manufactured. Otherwise it seems to fit the description. Unfortunately there isn't an example of a premiere cattle in Levine's Guide and nobody was able to provide a photo when I asked about the pattern in the ID forum.

Old Empire and Shapleigh knives are a real treat. Recently, I've been toting around a jr. cattle from Shapleigh.

Not sure if this one fits the bill, but it is very nice one. I do regret selling it

Mike

 

[LongBlade]

Thanks for the kind comments all :thumbup: and that is a beauty too Mike!! Not sure that Shapleigh cattle knife is Empire made (my guess is not just based on master swedge and long pull but I am not an expert - perhaps waynorth may know) but love the jigged bone on it! Does the punch have the Empire patent number - though that is not definitive as I believe Empire made and sold just the punch blades to other cutleries). I was thinking my Shapleigh-Empire knife was a premier (or serpentine) pattern - certainly not a sowbelly for sure but be cool to find one ... Thanks for posting it Mike!

Lee

 

[supratentorial]

Nice knife, Mike!
There's not much information about the premier cattle that I've seen. LongBlade's knife could be a premier cattle since it is serpentine and has a spear main blade. Here's an excerpt from LGIV...

The "premier" or equal-end serpentine cattle knife was the ancestor of the more slender premium stock knife, introduced in the 1890s. Premier cattle knives have spear master blades. Stock knife have clip master blades. Some transitional cattle knives are slender like stock knives but have spear master blades.