"Old Knives"

A fascinating post JP, really enjoying reading about the Thiers cutlers, you are a mine of information :)

Jolipapa said:
@ Jack : I guess yes, I don't know when they invented the metal cap for bottles, but as show some pictures, there was no opener on older knives, just a corkscrew.
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I wondered if the small hawkbill blade was intended as a foil-cutter. It is thinner than others I have, but looks like it might have been used to perform that function. I guess bottle-opners were more relevant to some cultures than others, as you know, even today, some French (and other) beers are still sealed with a cork, or have a swing-top.

Jolipapa said:
You probably did not visit Thiers because it is in the middle of nowhere :D
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Oh, I have been to plenty of places in the middle of nowhere my friend! :D And have been dragged on a few 'wild goose chases' by my French friends in the past! :D Still, I think I would remember visiting Thiers :) :thumbup:
 
Barlow that I just got.

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Long time ago I found this in a box lot at an estate sale, had to be 25 years or more when I got it, found a pic I took of it recently and and also found this on the internet which considerin' I knew nothin' about this piece of knife artwork till recently.

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Here's what it would've looked like if it was new...

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and here's a link Weapons of Moroland
 
We found one of those moro shields in my grandpa's attic. Had to give it back to my cousin who was raised half in the Philippines.
 
That's a pretty cool shield, Ted. It would go great in the man cave!
 
Yesterday I helped a friend who was attending a garage sale in a street nearby. He had this nice bamboo stick. It opens with a button-spring.

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That's a nice find JP, looks like something left by the Maquis ;) I saw something similar, but larger and nowhere near as nice, in a local market here last week (certainly illegal here I think). Officer's 'swagger sticks' with concealed blades were made by a number of Sheffield cutlers at one time, and very popular I believe. I think there'll be adverts for them in the Old Ads sticky :thumbup:
 
Wow, thanks a lot JP, trust S-K to have one! :D I am very grateful for your dilligence my friend :thumbup:
 
Do you think the S-B could stand for SIGAUD-BARNERIAS JP?

Edit - Some pics of a Sigaud Barnerias knife from your other home :)

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Also

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I've seen that too Jack. :thumbup:
I don't know, may be a possibility.
Barnerias existed as BARNERIAS-BERTRY fabrique de coutellerie en tous genres ( Maison fondée en1871) and MARCEL BARNERIAS manufacture de coutellerie fine, SIGAUD - BARNERIAS manufacture de coutellerie fine, claiming to exist since 1623. They used several brand names or logos but the best known is the pig's head
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. SIGAUD- BARNERIAS changed to SIGAUD-PIRONY, trademark 'France & Russie 1893" .

Bernard posted a catalogue (pig's head), but no multi-blade. http://couteauxdepoche.forumchti.com/t4309-catalogue-barnerias?highlight=Sigaud+BARNERIAS

I have also seen the cra-cra on the bay. The seller does not give a year, just XIXth century, that is vague and is very confusing about the provenance, as he says Nogent (could be), but also navette (this is not), Mongin (surely not) these are just key words.

Seen also this one (the seller is no better than the former he sees "5b 1895" though I'm quite sure it is S-B 1893.):
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Now you need to find a revolver-knife! :D

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Thanks again for your help JP :thumbup: I saw that the Pig's Head mark is their most common, the 1893 date is something of a coincidence though isn't it?

Yes, the stuff on the bay is just the usual rubbish, doesn't even make sense! :rolleyes:

I must say, I very much enjoyed the discourse on the French forum, seem like a great bunch of posters, very similar to here :)

Yes, I would love to find a revolver knife, but perhaps, if the blade is over 3", it would cause me problems! ;) :D

I clicked on the link, but I think there might be a problem with it, I got this (below), and it jammed up my Ipad.



Hope you've had a good weekend JP, I really appreciate the help :thumbup:
 
Oooopss! :confused: I checked the link this morning, it is ok. I have sometime such adverts too (it's a mac) though never any consequence. I hope you can fix it.

If you come again on the other place, look for "vielles lames', they do a fantastic job.
 
Jolipapa said:
Oooopss! :confused: I checked the link this morning, it is ok. I have sometime such adverts too (it's a mac) though never any consequence. I hope you can fix it.

If you come again on the other place, look for "vielles lames', they do a fantastic job.
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These ads get sneakier and sneakier :grumpy: This one freezes the window so you can't close it, even when you turn off the Ipad :grumpy: Maybe I was "selected randomly" for that prize! :rolleyes: ;)

Thanks for the tip my friend, you have been enormously helpful :thumbup:

Campbellclanman said:
Great work Jolipapa. 👍
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I found this in my a nick-nack drawer at my in-laws house. Claire's father thinks that it was either his father's or his grandfather's knife but he doesn't really remember it. He recalls taking it from his mother's house when she passed away earlier this decade, his father passed some ten years before that. Nothing more is known about it. it was completely rusted shut when I found it, but an oil bath and much careful crud removal reveals the following;

Two blade Jack.

It is 4 & 3/16ths closed with steel liners , pins and bolsters. It has what appears to be a very warn spear main which has lost about a quarter inch of its length through sharpening. This main blade has a tang stamp which is hard to make out but which I think says

R. R
& SONS

Although I'm not 100% on the second initial, it might be

R. H
& SONS

I have only a phone to take pictures with so you have my apologies;









It has beautiful old jigged bone covers which have shrunk quite a bit over time. Note how far out from the bone the barehead pin extends, did it once hold a bail perhaps? Surely the bone hasn't shrunk that much?









I'm afraid the picture of the tang is as good as I can get it.






Any information you might have would be very welcome guys and gals, thanks for looking, Paul.

(I am also posting this in the B Levine forum too)
 
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