"Old Knives"

Duckdog said:
Herder, thanks for the clarification. I can see that the newer lever is longer and less contoured/rounded than the original. Who produced the repros? I understood that A.C. Mfg was out of knife production by the 1950's. BTW, the handle on your knife is hypnotic.
- Stuart
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Psychedelic dude! :cool:
 
This just in... S. Richard Co. (c 1861-1928 per Goins)... I believe this qualifies as an "Old Knife" :D Interesting history on Stephen Richard... left Canada because his family would not denounce France and swear loyalty to Great Britain. Worked for a local knife maker in Southbridge, MA and then started his own cutlery in the 1860's and finally sold the company to a wire manufacturer in 1928. I read that he was one of the first French Canadians to become a U.S. citizen. :) I thought the "Pat. Apl'd For" stamped looked a bit suspect on the blade but it looks like someone may have just buffed it up there a little bit to use as a selling point. You can definitely see the S. Richard etch and one of the logos he used <SR>.

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- V_P
 
herder said:
While that A. C. Mfg. is an attractive and well made knife, it is not an original model. It was part of a group that was reproduced in the 1980s and was nearly an exact copy of the original Aerial models from circa 1920s. Union Cutlery also offered this same knife with their stamp during the 1920s era (some had a "Dog Head" shield, and some did not). Aside from the few slight measurement differences, the dead give away in determining an original from a reproduced model is the lever which is quite different between the early and late models. Both the original Aerial and Union Cut. Co. variations are very rare and the Aerial types are usually seen with celluloid handles (a common trait for Aerial), while the Union Cut. models are seen with bone handles. Here is an original Aerial model for comparison to the posted model.

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Awesome knife Herder! This forum never ceases to amaze me :)
 
Gevonovich said:
I was inspired by the magnificence galvanic1882 galvanic1882 . Hope you don't mind ?

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Don't mind at all, thanks.
Thanks Herder for the info, nice knives.
 
Nice to check in from afar, and still be able to see the dazzling posts of late!!
I can't post pics from here, but I sure can enjoy the views!!
Thanks Charlie N, Mike, herder, v_p and all who contribute wonderfully to this thread!!
 
CNoyes said:
Traded a Robeson strawberry bone 165 physician's knife for this 3 1/4" Terrier jack. Circa 1910 to 1916.







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Beauty Charlie! :cool::thumbsup:

I just opened up a knife last night that had those same type of elegant "grooves" in the handles... it's a "high mileage" Specialty Trading Co (Germany) E/O jack. The main tang stamps say "Century Trade Mark" which Goins has a "guesstimate" of 1920-1940. This sure feels like a well made knife with minimal side-to-side, full snap / half stop and sharp edge.

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- V_P
 
I got this one in the other day... I haven't heard much about Judson Cutlery Co but this knife has been rarely used / sharpened as far as I can tell and it has phenomenal snap / half stop. A nicely made knife for sure. Goins "guesstimate" puts this knife around 1890-1910... I find it hard to believe it is that old. Shackleford has Judson Cutlery business years as 1900-1940... I'd be more inclined to think this is closer to WWII vintage (no brass) and the blades look like stainless. I've seen other Judson knives stamped "Made in Germany" but this one does not have that. Either way, it's a really nice knife :)

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Any thoughts?

- V_P
 
A really interesting knife, v-p. Note how low the rear pin is to the spine, very unusual. I tend to agree with your estimate of age, looks much closer to '30s-'40s based on the color and state of the wood covers. Plus, if it's really stainless, it wasn't even used before the '20s.
 
black mamba said:
A really interesting knife, v-p. Note how low the rear pin is to the spine, very unusual. I tend to agree with your estimate of age, looks much closer to '30s-'40s based on the color and state of the wood covers. Plus, if it's really stainless, it wasn't even used before the '20s.
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Thanks Jeff :) That's exactly what I was thinking regarding the stainless... just from some quick online searching it looks Judson had some stainless razor knives too.

- Kevin
 
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