"Old Knives"

[Jack Black]

Those are stunning Lloyd, I wouldn't pass those up either :thumbup:

Great-looking Barlow Paul, beautiful bone, nice find :thumbup:

 

[waynorth]

Thanks Paul, Glenn and Charlie! You know Charlie the beautiful celluloid vintage folders especially the Schrade Cuts is hard for me to pass on. Especially if it is a high quality example with no telltale signs of potential outgassing present. I think I will outgass before the examples I have do and if I loose a couple I am okay with it. I keep them segregated from the rest of the collection in a room that is dark, well ventilated, and temperature controlled and they are not bundled up. Thanks for your concern but I like Dangerous and Beautiful. celluLLOYD

That's a fine and dangerous collection right there!
Aren't those the ones I did sell you Lloyd?

 

[huelsdonk]

Greetings, on a frosty morning, from Connecticut.

- Paul, another great Barlow. That worn bone is awesome.

- Lloyd, really neat celluloid. The Sears is a great find, and that gunstock is beautiful. The color has such depth.

So, I know that old celluloid knives can be unstable and (as Charlie alluded to) threaten knives that they're stored near, but I don't know exactly why that is. If someone could humor me and explain what outgassing is all about, I would really appreciate it.

 

[r8shell]

Greetings, on a frosty morning, from Connecticut.

- Paul, another great Barlow. That worn bone is awesome.

- Lloyd, really neat celluloid. The Sears is a great find, and that gunstock is beautiful. The color has such depth.

So, I know that old celluloid knives can be unstable and (as Charlie alluded to) threaten knives that they're stored near, but I don't know exactly why that is. If someone could humor me and explain what outgassing is all about, I would really appreciate it.

Here's a link to an article that may explain it better than I can:

http://www.oregonknifeclub.org/celluloid_02.html

 

[huelsdonk]

Thanks much, Rachel. Great article.

 

[Luger1952]

Yes indeed those are the ones Charlie:thumbup::thumbup: Thanks, Lloyd

 

[Old Bowie]

fantastic oldies! What a treat to see. Thank you :thumbup::d

Remington now theres a knife.

Always looking for them.

 

[Old Bowie]

This "Old Knives" thread is, of course, the best corner of the whole internet. I don't come here very often; I guess that is because my jealousy button is so easily injured. I do have a few nice old friends, however, and this one just arrived not long ago, a Cattaraugus English jack @ 4 1/2 inches and absolutely new, with the exception of some very faint surface peppering in a few places.

That is a gorgous Cat - Tougue River. As Charlie will tell you Cattaraugus made some exceptionally fine knifes.
:thumbup:

 

[r8shell]

Remington now theres a knife.

Always looking for them.

Yes, they are on my radar now, too.

 

[r8shell]

Today I managed to do a little trading with a buddy over breakfast and came away with two working knives. A Robeson Shuredge that I think used to be a Maize knife and a KaBar Hawkbill. The Maize knife is well used to say the least, but despite the almost comical amount of wear to the blade is still a solid knife that I'll enjoy carrying. At some point, the kick was filed down to lower the tip, and a nail relief was added to access the nick.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Paul Matey- That Barlow is a real Sweetheart of a knife!!! Wow!.....they sure knew how to make a knife eh!

That Catt of TR's is an amazing knife- that would be the highlight of the year getting my hands on that knife I can tell you! - well done my friend!

Lloyd- those Celluloid's are something special my friend- I used to have many cells, but was always scared of them gassing off, and I tend to like all my knives together so wasnt happy keeping this lot here and that lot there etc, I always kept my favourite though - actually until very recently when I sent off the Streamline Sword Brand Camillus off the Charlie - that is a spectacular Celluloid - and seems extremely stable- so I do know what you mean about those knives Lloyd, they are way

R8shell, love....LOVE that Hawkbill-neat knife!

 

[meako]

Ivory. :thumbup:

 

[Jack Black]

Nice finds r8shell :thumbup:

 

[screened porch]

I like R8shell's Robeson. Somebody got the most he could out of it and left plenty for someone else, and there's a lot to be said for a short blade on a commodious handle.

 

[r8shell]

R8shell, love....LOVE that Hawkbill-neat knife!

Ivory. :thumbup:

Nice finds r8shell :thumbup:

Thanks, fellows.

I like R8shell's Robeson. Somebody got the most he could out of it and left plenty for someone else, and there's a lot to be said for a short blade on a commodious handle.

It's like an over-built quill knife! The swelled end makes a very comfortable handle. :thumbup:

 

[67nick]

Here's a nice old Challenge congress jack, rare pattern with an equally rare tang stamp! Per Goins, this tang stamp was only used in 1905.

 

[Campbellclanman]

That's a real nice beauty there 67Nick. Love the pattern and the knife is in such good condition. What a treat to see.

 

[huelsdonk]

Here's a nice old Challenge congress jack, rare pattern with an equally rare tang stamp! Per Goins, this tang stamp was only used in 1905.

Great knife, thanks for sharing it. Beautiful bone and neat bolsters. The Griffon stamp is cool as well (at first I thought it was a flying Marmaduke). I can't quite make out the stamp on the main blade. It's "Challenge" rather than "Griffon xx"?

 

[Gevonovich]

Nick, super special knife all the way around!! Don't you collect this pattern? I seem to remember you having a few examples

 

[philllll]

VERY cool old congress jack, nick!

I recently picked up this Challenge jack in jigged bone. Same pattern as the ebony one which I've had for a while now.

There are a couple distinct differences between the two which leads me to believe they were made at different times. I'm not sure which one is older but I suspect it's the ebony one.

The most obvious difference is the tang stamps

The plunge lines for the swedges are different as well

And the jigged bone version has an extra pin for the handle slabs. I'm not really sure if this difference is related to the different dates of manufacture, or the different cover materials. The shield are finished differently but that one is definitely related to the different cover materials.