"Old Knives"

Rare NYK scimitar shaped pen knife.
Charles

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LongBlade said:
Really nice Winchester pruner Augie :thumbsup: ..... cool to see one with a shield!!

Here's one of my favorite Waterville knives - a 3 &1/2" Swell-Center pen with grooved balloon bolsters... no doubt was one fancy pocket carry at one time :) ..


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Thanks for looking!
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I just had to bring this very spectacular Knife forward, This is what I am sure we would all agree to- as a Marvelous Knife and a Knife that would compliment any Knife Collection.
I dont usually get into Tuxedo's - no pun intended - as at times the Bolsters take over and leave very little actual Knife- But this stunning example is everything you'd want, the Ivory is Stunning.
Thank you Longblade for sharing.
 
Campbellclanman said:
I just had to bring this very spectacular Knife forward, This is what I am sure we would all agree to- as a Marvelous Knife and a Knife that would compliment any Knife Collection.
I dont usually get into Tuxedo's - no pun intended - as at times the Bolsters take over and leave very little actual Knife- But this stunning example is everything you'd want, the Ivory is Stunning.
Thank you Longblade for sharing.
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I'll tag onto Campbellclanman's post and agree that it is a wonderful example.
That pattern was actually called a "Bishop" model by some very old cutlery companies and obviously got that name from the shape of the bolsters.
 
Thank you my Friend- interesting!
Speaking of Waterville....again here is a stunning and very old Knife, this HJ today is an amzing Knife- Just imagine it being new!!! because today this Knife to me is simply amazing.....
This Knife is from Waterville Cutlery Co. Conn, Longblades Beautiful Bishop/ Tuxedo - Warteville Co is connected by a Gent called B.H.Morse who had owned the company who made my HJ, Mr. Morse was bought out, Morse then moved on to own the Pocket Knife portion of Waterville, both Longblades and this HJ are very early wonderful Old knives which one is older I dont Know, and I hope I have established the info correctly from Goins.





 
Campbellclanman said:
Thank you my Friend- interesting!
Speaking of Waterville....again here is a stunning and very old Knife, this HJ today is an amzing Knife- Just imagine it being new!!! because today this Knife to me is simply amazing.....
This Knife is from Waterville Cutlery Co. Conn, Longblades Beautiful Bishop/ Tuxedo - Warteville Co is connected by a Gent called B.H.Morse who had owned the company who made my HJ, Mr. Morse was bought out, Morse then moved on to own the Pocket Knife portion of Waterville, both Longblades and this HJ are very early wonderful Old knives which one is older I dont Know, and I hope I have established the info correctly from Goins.





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Great old and rare knife!!! Wonderful stag, one of my favorite bolster types, and a long match strike pull. What's not to like... :)
 
And can you believe that that amazing piece of History was given to me- amazing, New Zealand doesnt Know what treasure I have ...:):thumbsup:
Thank you for your kind comments my friend! Oh man That Stag! if there was ever a sample to call Presentation- this would no doubt be in line.
 
Campbellclanman said:
I just had to bring this very spectacular Knife forward, This is what I am sure we would all agree to- as a Marvelous Knife and a Knife that would compliment any Knife Collection.
I dont usually get into Tuxedo's - no pun intended - as at times the Bolsters take over and leave very little actual Knife- But this stunning example is everything you'd want, the Ivory is Stunning.
Thank you Longblade for sharing.
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herder said:
I'll tag onto Campbellclanman's post and agree that it is a wonderful example.
That pattern was actually called a "Bishop" model by some very old cutlery companies and obviously got that name from the shape of the bolsters.
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Thanks Duncan and Herder :thumbsup: :thumbsup:.... No doubt one can see why it may have been referred to as a "Bishop" based on bolsters :D ....

Campbellclanman said:
Thank you my Friend- interesting!
Speaking of Waterville....again here is a stunning and very old Knife, this HJ today is an amzing Knife- Just imagine it being new!!! because today this Knife to me is simply amazing.....
This Knife is from Waterville Cutlery Co. Conn, Longblades Beautiful Bishop/ Tuxedo - Warteville Co is connected by a Gent called B.H.Morse who had owned the company who made my HJ, Mr. Morse was bought out, Morse then moved on to own the Pocket Knife portion of Waterville, both Longblades and this HJ are very early wonderful Old knives which one is older I dont Know, and I hope I have established the info correctly from Goins.





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Just a wonderful old Waterville HJ in stag Duncan :thumbsup: :thumbsup: .... Nice to see an old American Cutlery pattern in stag as I think many more were jigged bone rather than stag... Interesting note about Morse - his stamp was seen on a few knives when he owned the company (which changed hands a number of times during its production years)... Waterville had many stamp variations over the years (8-10 different ones and sometimes 2 blades on the same knife even had 2 variations) but overall I think it is hard to date the knives based on them... I do know one of their earliest stamps was Waterville /Mfg Co /Waterbury in the 1840s-50s time period...

Funny coincidence - I just took photos this last week of my Waterville HJ as well - coming right up in next post :) ...
 
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Given Duncan's beautiful Waterville HJ in stag :) and for comparison purposes here is another Waterville HJ but a different HJ pattern (and a different Waterville stamp) - now that is interesting to me given it is not all that common of a jack knife pattern to find and from the same company to boot ;) .... This HJ is 3 & 1/2" closed... jigged bone, federal shield, brass liners and note it has a cutout for the punch on the mark side scale/liner if you look closely above shield (evident in closed mark side and open blade photos) - anyway solid old knife with strong snapping blades and tight as can be... I find this pretty cool and though I was going to wait on posting this you motivated me Duncan :thumbsup: - 2 different Waterville HJs when in fact it is hard to find even one :D ...

I posted close-ups of the punch (mark and pile sides) - no doubt they are exactly the same on both HJs but curious as to whether Waterville made their own punch blades? There are no markings on my punch (not sure about yours Duncan?) - so while I have seen a listing on another thread (perhaps the "Magnificent HJs) of the many punches and patents I don't see any attributed to Waterville so curious as to whether anybody knows the background of this punch blade itself??

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Cheers!
Lee
 
Good morning, John! That pruner made my morning!! Thanks for showing it.
Multiple rat-tail bolsters are so cool, and take talent to achieve. A fancy pruner!!
 
Good Morning Charlie, thank you! It is pretty fancy, the wood has some nice grain to it that my picture does not show.
 
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