"Old Knives"

Nice one, Rostovsky!! Looks like a blade for opening champagne "cages".
Can you please translate the word on the knife?
 
The Day of the Jack, all!
Our monthly knife club meeting was this A.M. and my friend Bob scored some knives from an estate. He graciously allowed me the pick of the "litter"!:D
These four Jacks are the result;
>The Rope is a Cattaraugus.
> The fine jigging is on a Pavian Cutlery Co, St. Paul, Minn.
>The Horn is a Dwight Divine & Sons, U.S.A.
>Tan jigging on a Levering A1 Knife Co. New York.



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OMG! :eek:
Charlie those are in just amazing condition, a couple of Rare ( to me ) Names in there as well! I just cant believ that one meeting you come away with this stunning handful!
 
Hard for me to believe too, Duncan! They are all trades - no money changed hands!
Pavian and Levering are pretty rare names.
The bone on the Catt is killer worm groove, and the Horn is befitting Dwight Divine, who took great pride in his Ulsters. I am CE-ing and CF-ing them as we speak.:rolleyes:
 
Wonderful folders Charlie! How hard was the head block you had to apply to your friend Bob to get those folders out of his hands?-ha-ha!:D Oh to have a local knife club where one could talk, buy/sell and trade vintage knives would be a real treat!!

I have been on a Robeson buying binge lately and have acquired a number. Mainly Pocket Eze, Mastercraft, No-Rustain and Perma Lube models. Here are the first three which are of the Pocket Eze persuasion.

First, is a 3 & 5/8 inch equal end Whittler pattern. Second, is a 4 inch sleeve board pinched bolster Jack with Sabre-Cut master clip blade. Finally, a 3 & 3/4 inch dogleg slant bolster Jack. Has tight bone crack or scratch starting from mark side center pin running up and to the rear.

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Those Robesons are works of art, Lloyd!!
Nice patterns, too!!
It is nice to have a group of like minded people, who enjoy knives!! I feel lucky!
 
Nice trio of POCKET EZE! It has always amazed me the number of patterns they were able to apply a sunken joint to considering it is so rarely done today. Not only easy on the pocket, but easy on the eyes as well. The lines just flow....
 
waynorth said:
Nice one, Rostovsky!! Looks like a blade for opening champagne "cages".
Can you please translate the word on the knife?
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This blade not to open champagne. Is it a can opener. I have already mentioned above that in Europe and Russia are the place to be these tin openers. The word is the name of the city.
 
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Gentlemen thank you so much for the wonderful examples of these Vintage beauties that you post. It is an inspiration to see such knives as these have not only survived but have been found and shared for us all to enjoy! Charlie and Lloyd the passion lives on!:)
 
Hear Hear Ron :thumbsup:
I agree with what you said Jamie :thumbsup:

Lloyd matey- once again- beauties! ( now just waiting for Charlie N to enter this conversation :):thumbsup:)
 
Here is one that is a total mystery to me. Marked "Long" and "Sheffield" on tang of both blades. The fabrication to me looks to be late 1800s to early 1900 based on how the nail nicks were ?

The handles would "appear" to be tortoise shell if that date is anywhere close but it looks a bit too nice for the date? I dont know how to test for fake tortoise....

Either way, does anyone know of any makers named "Long" from Sheffield? I didnt find too much....
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Nice knives, guys. :thumbsup:

David, that question is better addressed by others (esp Jack Black) but I did find H.G. Long & Co Sheffield in Goins' Encyclopedia. I don't know if that is a match. According to the book, H.G. Long has a history dating from 1846 and the brand is described as now in use by H.M. Slater.
 
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Yes. The town was named in honor of the writer Maxim Gorky. Now the city got back its old name of Nizhny Novgorod. Previously, the centre of industry for the manufacture of folding knives. Additionally, in 30-40 years the city was called the Russian Detroit.
 
Some beautiful knives showing up here of late.

Charlie has a very good friend to have let that group go.

Lloyd, those Robesons are simply beautiful. That jack on the bottom is one of my favorite patterns. Open it up, place it in your hand and it almost becomes an extension of your arm. It just fees like it belongs there. Someone should reproduce that. Tony Bose, maybe.
 
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