"Old Knives"

[Gevonovich]

herder, you are a wonderful source of information!!! You must have shelves full of reference material!!
s-k, you are great for putting up relevant examples!!! You must have one of everything!!!

Not as old as some knives in here, but likely as old as I am, here's some nice work from W.R.Case!! This is a 4-blade stockman with a punch, stamped Case XX (1940-1964), with beautiful jigging and dying, and nicely ground blades. Some of the finest old knives have a bit of blade rub, as does this one, but they have crammed 4 useful blades into a compact, if long (~4"), package. I love this knife!!





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Smashing big Case stockman Charlie ! The turquoise is exquisite. I think I hear Joni Mitchell singing A Case of You !

Here’s another pen I picked up awhile back but got photos only a few weeks ago - don't have much time at the moment to get other knife photos I would like to share – anyway I ran into a string of jigged bone handled tip-bolstered pens over the last 4-6 months (strange how that happens sometimes and all obtained through different channels)…. I think I once mentioned I like nice pen knives as much as the big boys ;-) … anyway here’s a Griffon Bridgeport CT jigged bone tip-bolstered pen (3") with a cool bar shield… came with that nice pig skin slip which was cool… classic Griffon “illustration” pile side stamp… Griffon (1893-1968) the building sign indicates 1888) and headquartered in NYC had knives made in CT and MA (but for only 2-3 years in MA (1919-1921) and in Soligen Germany as well… mark side stamps usually indicate where they were made and the headquarters in NYC building still exists with the Griffon Cutlery sign (which notes scissors and shears but not knives) still on the side of the building (151 W 19th St) so I also included the photo I found on the internet for those interested…

Cheers
Lee

Just a wondrous pen, Lee !! I really enjoyed the whole post

 

[Gevonovich]

rockman0 - Great old Taylor model. Both Jack and Cambertree have lead you in the right direction, and I would just add a little more.
In a 1928 catalog from Taylor, they call your model a "Stock Knife" (livestock) and three models are shown with different blade configurations. Not just the secondary blades are different, but also the shapes of the main clip blades. Yours appears to have the main blade shape of the top model with the secondary sheep foot type blade of the bottom knife shown. The catalog does not give the handle type material, but I believe that your handles are horn. A catalog from a 1924 JNO. Baker (Australia) shows a similar model with a JNO. Baker sticker placed over the bolster. (Cambertree has shown the same cut) I believe that this was probably a Taylor model that Baker did not want to show for advertising reasons. It most likely had the "Taylor" stamp on the bolster, where the models from the 1928 catalog did not probably as a cost saving measure. So. I would date your knife to a time frame from around 1900 to the early 1920s based on the different blade markings and the bolster stamp. A great example and I would not touch it as others have suggested.

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The bottom knife in the cut is out of this world gorgeous!!! Will GEC resurrect this pattern

 

[Campbellclanman]

Pen Knives, Wow...i still cant get over LongBlades" gorgeous example- what a beauty- and my friend - there will always be room for a nice Pen Knife....
Not all of them Pen's but I just took an opportunity to take a few snaps of some of my smaller Knives the other day....

Here is a real nice Primble, I really like this Knife- nice slanted Bolsters, Etched Blade ( not that my Poor photo's show the etch ) Nice Blades- a Clip-Point with a Long Pull and a great Spey as the Secondary Blade! and real nice Jigged Bone!

I have warmed up to this Western Boulder Colo Serpentine Frame - just a peek over 3 inches...Very Nice Bone- when the Natural Sun hits this Knife- it just glows! A lovely long Clip that Borders a Turkish Clip, its funny- when I stare at this bone it is almost as if I am looking at a fast flowing River the way the Beautiful Jig works is done.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Another nice wee Pen is this Winchester- smack dead gorgeous Bone, great Etch- Great Knife!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Another nice wee Knife is this Shcrade Walden Peach-seed Lobster type ( no Spike ), man I really like this Knife!

I love the "Tails of Schrades Peach- seed- almost like tails of Flames..

There's a lot to take in when looking at this magnificent example of how good a Cutler can get, The tiny Wee tip bolsters, the weenie Tangs- and the most gorgeous walk and talk with the delicate Knife just makes me shake my head in appreciation!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Oh Boy! Pic Bone that can almost make a grown man cry.... dayam- this Bone is Good !
Valley Forge- who seemed to never get it wrong- again produced a Beautiful knife, Nickel Silver Bolsters, Beautiful Blades, nicely cut Swedges and nice Etch on Main.

Hows that for a Blade etch!!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Paul gifted me this knife some time ago- often - and I do mean often I look at this Knife and say" Thank you my friend"...its a truly Beautiful Wee Knife by Schrade Walden....
Lovely Bone, Nice Long Pull, Beautiful sharp Swedge work.

Keen Kutter- I love Keen Kutter, this Small Sleeveboard rocks, Beautiful bone, SHARP Swedge work- Cool everything else!

 

[knowtracks]

Some Very SWEET knives Duncan!!
Thank You for sharing them!

Dave

 

[rockman0]

Awesome collection Duncan !

 

[Mike Robuck]

A fantastic showing Duncan! I like them all; well done.

 

[black mamba]

Thanks for the show, Duncan, mighty fine!

 

[LongBlade]

Pen Knives, Wow...i still cant get over LongBlades" gorgeous example- what a beauty- and my friend - there will always be room for a nice Pen Knife....
Not all of them Pen's but I just took an opportunity to take a few snaps of some of my smaller Knives the other day....

Here is a real nice Primble, I really like this Knife- nice slanted Bolsters, Etched Blade ( not that my Poor photo's show the etch ) Nice Blades- a Clip-Point with a Long Pull and a great Spey as the Secondary Blade! and real nice Jigged Bone!

I have warmed up to this Western Boulder Colo Serpentine Frame - just a peek over 3 inches...Very Nice Bone- when the Natural Sun hits this Knife- it just glows! A lovely long Clip that Borders a Turkish Clip, its funny- when I stare at this bone it is almost as if I am looking at a fast flowing River the way the Beautiful Jig works is done.

Duncan - An awesome showing of beautiful pen knives .... Matey - Each and every one of those pen knives are sweet - bone, shields and even etches - WOW!!!! Thanks for sharing those here and great job with the photos!!

Cheers
Lee

 

[waynorth]

Wonderful Griffon Pen, Lee. Thanks for the historical notes and picture!!

Duncan, you have a pulchritudinous passel of pens there!!
So Nice!!

 

[Gevonovich]

Nothing less than superlative in the bunch Duncan !!The lobster is a divine piece with that bone The pick bone..oh mama with that etch...OMG. The PRimble with those slanted bolsters makes me miss our friend and his long winding road story to the ol country store. The Schrade Walden from a fine friend That Winchester...man what a fine example. The Western Boulder is so unusual...I like it...reminds me of a grandfather contentedly sitting on the porch with a big grin on his face.

Thank you my friend ! What a treat...wow !!

 

[herder]

smiling-knife - Nice old IXL, what a hefty fellow.
waynorth - Just a superb Case stockman.
LongBlade - Very fine old Griffon pen knife with a great write up to go along.
Campbellclanman - Another fantastic group of pen knives. Great the etch's on the Winchester and Valley Forge, and love the slant bolsters on the Primble.

In continuing with pen knives, here is a 19th century Sheffield carved pearl handle model from Brookes & Crookes, a quill knife actually...

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[waynorth]

Nice Quill, herder! Makes me want to write this post with a big Goose feather!!

 

[Gevonovich]

A truly elegant knife Herder ! Thanks for the look. Brookes & Crookes put out some fine cutlery indeed.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Thank you friends for your comments

Charlie...." pulchritudinous passel of pens " That was a bit of a mouthful my friend? I am not even going to try and say that one out loud!
I love pen Knives- the workmanship that goes into them is amazing- and the final result is simply fantastic.

Whew! Herder matey- thats a Fine Quill right there Old Chap I picked up a rather plain older Quill the other day "Encore" being their well known stamp

 

[paulhilborn]

Duncan, Lee, herder, enjoyable show of knives. Duncan, I so enjoy being able to handle the fine knives you collect, I've said it before but I live vicariously through you. Now Charlie, I have to say your description of Duncan's pen knives is very sesquipedalian esque

 

[Campbellclanman]

Lol...its rolling out now... Thank You Paul!