"Old Knives"

[smiling-knife]

Very nice Daddy Barlow thawk. It looks to be in great condition. Like the bone scales.

I haven't posted this jack knive before... at least in this thread anyway. Made circa 1920s by Joseph Elliot and Sons. The scales are buffalo horn and it has a great wide master blade.

 

[thawk]

Nice jack S-K! It looks like a thick handled knife with a dandy spear on it. Is it about 3.5"?

 

[waynorth]

Very nice Jack, Steve! It whispers to me, "old, reliable, soft-spoken, competent"! Heck of a knife!!

 

[lambertiana]

S-K, that's a great jack! Even the pen blade is so very cleanly ground.

 

[KnifeHead]

Hey S-K, what can you tell us about this one?

 

[lambertiana]

It is my understanding that the western castrator pattern was popular in Australia. It looks like this knife has been apart - either the pivot pin or the bolsters (or both) are not original for a Sheffield-made knife. With iron liners I would expect iron bolsters, but you never know. The handle and blades look correct for the pattern, so if it is a cobbled knife, at least the right parts were used.

 

[smiling-knife]

Thanks to everyone for your comments on the Jos Elliot jack knife. thawk, to answer your question, it is just under 4 inches closed.

I'm afraid I don't know much about the Cooper Bros knife Kerry. From a little research, it seems the company was more reknowned for dinner cutlery and silver plated goods. It was in business circa 1870s to 1950s. I agree with lambertina in that it looks to me like the pin through the bolster is not the original.

 

[d.parker]

If I might offer my opinion on this old castrator knife.. If you look closely at the steel pivot pin, it appears to be flat sided at one spot. Steel being a more hard material than nickle silver, the steel pin has flattened the NS bolster hole. If this pin was not original and another steel pin used it would have to be flat in the same spot to match bolster. If the new steel pin used was round, which would be likely. I don't think it would have ever filled the flat spot in the bolster. The pin in the bolster looks to be the same age as the blades, so for the reasons I have stated, I believe the knife to be original. Just my opinion...

 

[VCM3]

Just keeps getting posted,Thanks

HSB 4" Hawkbill

 

[VCM3]

Seen some heavy use,but great bone & bolsters & at 3-5/8" a size I like

 

[VCM3]

Hawkbill group shot

 

[JatMat]

Nice ones Vince, you know I mean it! Or I would have said nothing.

 

[VCM3]

Check this out




"3-7/8" closed, dual curved shields, nicely fitted and contoured stag, extemely thin for its size 7/16" at its widest, in spite of the deeply figured scales. Blade channel is less than 1/4" inch wide, 7/32", and has all four blades crinked and swedged in there perfectly. It also has that nice curved pen blade one does not often see. The firm crisp blade action, half stops, spring tension, and sound of these old NYK knives can probably be best described as almost Boselike. Most large congress knives are somewhat cumbersome in the front pocket. The overall thinness and contouring of this knife, outer swedging included, makes it very comfortable in the front pocket"

 

[VCM3]

Quoted:

"3 1/4 " closed, nickle silver interframe ( so you thought the interframe was invented in the 1970's did you? I honestly have not seen another built like this, that's why I bought it) I believe made between WW1 and WWII. Nice and crisp all around, all snap like new, hard rubber inserts in the interframe"

 

[JatMat]

Vince, looks as if you got a really nice one, personally, I had never even heard the term interframe until I got one from Mike Alsdorf. Thanks for sharing.
Jim

 

[waynorth]

Just keeping this river of old knives flowing; here's one I picked up yesterday. After looking at this wide blade, I am going back to my other EOs to see how they compare. I've always felt, an EO needs a wide one to properly pinch it to open it. Makes me think a lot of old EOs I've seen that looked full, may in fact be down some!! Even this one!!

 

[lambertiana]

Charlie, that Keen Kutter is a beauty!

A Valley Forge with nice bone (I need to get better pictures of my knives)

 

[waynorth]

You hardly ever see a Valley Forge etch! Nice one!

 

[george65]

love those old keen kutters (and this thread )

 

[d.parker]

That's a neat Ole Keen Kutter, I really like the long pull saber grind blade. Thanks for posting......