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It just so happens this pattern was going to be the next S&M I had figured on posting! Great minds think alike!! Could we possibly see the pile sides of those two Beauties?
Changing things up abit with another knife to share - Here is another Waterville knife - an aluminum pen with the classic engraving... 3" closed length and note fully sunk joints (I am sure this made it easy to throw in your nice trousers back in the day
Thanks for looking!
Lee
That is a great Old Knife Lee- would have been quite an item in it's day- as it still is.
I came across this older Lockwood Bros. Knife the other day- now dont get me wrong folks- these are simply not the most attractive Knives that were made- but man the Blade are something else- with absolute minmal use- both blades full.
This Knife doesnt have England stamped on the Knife- which isnt always to say its pre 1890's because it may have been intended for local sale and not export?
Both Blades having marvelous and typical Swedge work- all heavily stamped- with the Ostrich & Real Knife- Pampa...this stamping was used because to battle prolific copying of Lockwoods work coming from Solingen in the earlier days.
I have found that the only other "Cold Finger Knife" that I have come across is the single bladed version with Brass Scales, the single balded knives had the registration number : REGd.No. 6411S, Where as this Aluminium two bladed Knife I have here has the registration number : REGd.No. 64115, theres no mistaking the difference between the 5 and S - the S means single?
Both the Wharncliffe and the Spey have had little use- extremely strong Snap with nice thick springs -a stout Knife from a Great Sheffield Cutler....
My Question to anyone who may know...what is the meaning of a Cold Finger Knife?
So after getting the IXL senators knife last week, I started thinking about knives that were clearly marketed towards the US. I have another Wostenholm with "Virginian" on the blade. And these two Henckels (circa 1930s, I think) seem to have co-opted another company's branding.
Sweet Waterville, Aluminum pen Long Blade!!
Duncan, that Lockwood English beauty sure looks like a Tank!! Love the blade stamp!!
Love the Stag on the Henckels Mike, as Long Blade said the shield on the 2 blade is quite unusual!!
These next few knives I just recently acquired. I got wind that a major Schatt collector and historian was selling his collection and moving on to different things in life. For those of you who know David Clark, you know he has been interested in pocketknives all his life. He got interested in S&M and Queen Cutlery and has really brought to light many artifacts that would most likely been lost for good if not for his passion and investigating.
David co-wrote a book with David Krauss on the Dollar knives connection to Schatt and Morgan. He has written many articles in "Knife World" over the years. He also was the person who tracked down a relative of either John W. Schatt or C.B. Morgan, I can't remember which, and brought to light the S&M 1903 and 1908 Catalogs, which he had reproduced. From those catalogs he was instrumental in getting the "Heritage Series" made. Unfortunately Queen so far has only produced two releases of the Heritage Series, but I still have hope!
I feel Very fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time to not only acquire some of David's collection but also some of his knowledge and historical "finds," so they don't get re-lost.
I decided before I posted in this thread that I would only post the "old" knives here, the pre-Titusville knives and start another Schatt and Morgan thread so as not to side track this Great thread completely!!
Similar to the Waterville pen, this Schatt is 3 1/4" closed, sunk joints and half stops, french pulls and New York tang stamp. Please excuse the horse hair in the 1st pic!
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Dave
They have New York Cutlery Company tang stamps. All tangs are also stamped "M. in Germany" which is odd for this first knife because the blade stamps read "English Solid Steel" 
Love the blade etch as well, so
I edited that post to add the blade stamp for YOU!! 
French pulls, Gowanda N.Y. tang stamp
at 4 5/16" closed, single spring Cigar pattern, half stops, catch bit on pen, Strong snap! french pulls, Ebony covers, Gowanda tang stamp.
tang stamp is New York with the "curved" X between the S&M once again! 
knowtracks
Dave my friend what a showing of wonderful knives!!! If it wasn’t so early I would pop me a bag of corn and enjoy it with the show. I guess this coffee will have to do.
Beauty and the Beasty !! All 4 blades have New York stamps and half stops, 3 1/2" closed, sunk joints, nickle-silver pins and bar shield, brass liners with the center liner having a coined edge JUST inside the bed! the backsprings are completely covered with N/S plate. A bunch of us studied this knife at the GEC Rendezvous Picnic and Evan finally figured out how they built it. The Pearl has Beautiful fire that I wish would photograph better, a lot of pinks and blues! Can't believe they decided to cut a shield in it but it is still today as tight as can be! A true masterpiece of the cutlers art!!
