"Old Knives"

paulhilborn said:
GE Jr, Very nice vintage Ulster Barlow:cool:

Scott, Miller Bros knives are a bit elusive, great old knife, shame the pile side cover is gone, still I would have bought it in a heartbeat. I love giving new life to an old knife:thumbup:

Gev, That is such a Beeeeutiful Ulster, love the color of the covers and how mellow they are:cool::thumbup:

Now, a very BIG THANK YOU!!! to Charlie:thumbup:

I posted my search for a PRIMBLE Clip Barlow to complete my trifecta and sure enough one arrives in the mail:)

She is SOLID with no play, patina already present and just a wonderful example. I love it. I sharpened it up and in my pocket it went:thumbup:

Charlie, again, MANY, MANY thanks. Your generosity is so appreciated:thumbup: Not only are you a "Tour De Force" in the knife world but here on the porch...Thank you Buddy:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

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And picture with the Spear and Sheepfoot:cool:

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Nice collection, Paul!! Deserves a "flip" to the next page!!
You are welcome!!
 
I got this L.F.&C. today. According to Goins, the tang stamp dates this 1912 - 1950.

I'm curious about the covers though; any ideas what they could be made of?


 
I always have to look up gutta percha, so I'll do it again. Nice knife though; I've never seen an LF&C Barlow.
 
Here are a few that I have taken a few snaps of lately, It's absolutely TERRIBLE Weather outside- my poor wee girl Izzy was terrified by the thunder claps.
So please forgive the poor lighting of these shots folks.

Here's a very nice trio of Cattle Knives, Two - "Made in the U.S.A " Stamped on the Tang = Camillus, absolutely STUNNING knives, the Imperial at the bottom deserves to be photographed all day long alongside.







The Middle knife, an ex salesman sample - or so you would consider with the numbers,

 
I really love a lot of the earlier German knives- man...they match anybody's work out there, that simply is a fact - Carl Schlieper ( Solingen's Eye Brand - the genuine early stuff), J.A.Henckels, Richartz, A. Wingen....it goes on...well, I have decided to start keeping a few of the very many.....
Here is a Stockman from Richartz - Man, this knife has a main Blade with a spring built like a Bear Trap! - No little fingers to get in the way of this Knife Closing - or the dogs get a wee snack!
Lovely Bone.. quite often these Vintage Solingen's have all the mods...Match-strike Long Pulls, Beautiful Bone -Shields are always pinned - Dis I say Beautiful bone :), Great Carbon Steel....









Here is another awesome Vintage, J.A.Henckels, you just know that when you see this name, -its a good quality Knife, the Whittler has an amazingly thick Mani Blade - and a nice Main at that a Sabre Clip-point - very similar to the Early Camillus Sabre mains...
The Stag is just awesome, - the build of the knife how the blades nestle in so precisely is a;ways a pleasure to look at, A beautiful Vintage Carbon Steel piece of Quality.....





 
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I picked up this I*XL Wostenholm the other day, This knife lets the neighbours know when it snaps open and closes - amazingly strong knife- yet not a nail breaker to open :thumbup::cool:

Pictured Black on Black - this Awesome old Sheffield Ebony Jack has another 70 years and more to serve, just obey the Tang Stamp......





Speaking of awesome Sheffield, When Jack met Sue and I when we were on Holiday over in England- we spent an amazing day together with our mate Jack - met Mr. Stan Shaw as well just to top of a great going day anyway.... well ever since then I have been smitten more so with Sheffield, I love collecting the stunning Carving sets, and the Vintage Cutlker- when it comes my way..

Now people dont pay these knives much heed - ...you could understand why - they are all steel - and well aesthetically at first glance thats it....But wait.... next time you see one of these knives - check it out.... ok..there are a few cheaper Cutler names like Richards - no knocking them, they were made for a certan place in the market and boy did they do well.....

But these knives, made by the likes of Ibberson are so fantastically made - its a real pleasure handling these wee knives, they are built so strong - the snap is outstanding for such a small knife- The blades fit so precisely, the Swedges on the knife is like looking t a small Empire knife or something to the equivalent, just a great wee knife that at most times go totally unappreciated....
Jack got me started, gifting me my first ever Ibberson!
I managed to pick up an absolutely gorgeous Ibberson Pruner Knife with actual shears and all - but gifted this knife to Robin ( Pipeman - who if he reads this- has my thoughts and hope all is well my friend ) as he is dedicating his collecting to Pruners.

I pictured another knife with The Ibberson, I picked up this knife because I remember people talking when the making of Barlows was the topic and people said that having a Main Blade- with a secondary blade being a Bottle opener ( before the making of the GEC Beer-Scout )...well, this wee knife is just that, double springs - and man...it has just the same commanding snap and Authoritative walk and Talk....just an amazingly built knife, the Bottle Opener ends with a screwdriver tip - A great knife, superbly built thats for sure!
When I picked it up - I was looking to see if it was an Ibberson, but when I saw and felt just how remarkably made this wee thing was- I bought it!!



 
Picked up this great Old Whittler from our good mate Mike Berkovitch,
A nice old Whittler - By Dickinson Sheffield, a very early old Whittler, has had the tip slightly modified - slightly - I will study this a bit more - intriguing as this is a very easy fix but would like references to the original- it is still a very very nice old Knife as it is.......



 
Very nice Duncan, the cattle knives are beautiful, so is the J.A.Henckels whittler and I love a large single blade like that Wostenholm.
 
That is a wonderful show of cutlery this morning, Duncan!
Great trio of Cattle knives!
 
WOW Duncan!!! I tell you many times the responsibility you have being "Thee Guy" in NZ. I can only imagine the extent of your collection and the beautiful knives you own.

You continue to surprise me with what you post. Like John and Charlie said, the Cattle knives are Beautiful, the I*XL is such a great single blade with beautiful wood covers as well. Just looking at that main blade I can imagine it getting that SCARY sharp edge to it:o

I would love to see a group shot but I know the work involved to do that, so it's settled I'll just have to come to NZ. Me and Izzy will be bunk mates:D;)

Thanks for posting Duncan:thumbup:
 
Thank you guys, Much appreciated, Paul, you can bunk down anytime my friend, we will give something a wee bit better than the Dog beds :-)
 
Wow, Duncan, you have been busy, my friend!

Honestly, though, save some for the rest of us!!!

Simply wonderful, all of them...
 
Duncan, each one of those knives is exceptional--and taken together--wow! What a stunning array!! You've been busy my friend, and the results well worthwhile. I love the honey and amber bone handles. :thumbup:
 
Thank you gentleman.:):thumbup:

Oh believe me there's a lot more lol. Mr Hilborn has seized some for the upcoming Rendezvous lol

Thank you for the King comments.
 
Duncan, it looks like you have been on a mission my friend! And - WOW! - you certainly came back covered in glory!! :eek: :) :thumbup:

lambertiana said:
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It was also used a lot during the early Sheffield union disputes! :eek: :D :thumbup:
 
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