"Old Knives"

[navihawk]

Here's another pen...this time it's a 2 5/8" Holley MoP Senator. The Holley Mfg. Co. stamp was used from 1846-1930. This little knife works perfectly with some serious snap and looks almost new.

Does that Holly Lake share genes with Case?

 

[BJE]

Here is an old German stockman, it reads

Solingen
Cutlery
Bsvoroda
Germany

Anyone know anything about this one? It will be a few weeks before I can pick up a good reference book.

Sorry for the crappy scan

It is in great shape with full thin carbon blades and great snap, almost no blade wobble at all. Going to carry this today,mI already used it when I was working on my truck this morning.

 

[VCM3]

Bone handle 5 3/8" o.a.l.

 

[VCM3]

"3 1/4" closed. You pull the ball on the end straight back to open the knife and push it straight in to close.
Blade locks up tight when fully open and fully closed, loose in between. I believe George Schrade patented this mechanism in the twenties or thirties. Sort of a rack and pinion design. The knife makes a great feel and sound when it is cycled. Very satisfying to feel and hear. German built in the forties or fifties (?)"

 

[JatMat]

Nice old one Vince, very unusual, in fact I do think it is the first time I have seen that method of opening and closing.
Jim

 

[KnifeHead]

Does that Holly Lake share genes with Case?

I wish I knew more about the Holley company. I'm hoping someone else would post some info about.

 

[JatMat]

History

The Holley Manufacturing Company of Lakeville (Salisbury), Connecticut, produced pocket cutlery and related products, from 1844 until 1946. Founded in 1844 by Alexander Hamilton Holley and George Merwin as Holley and Merwin, the Company claimed to be the oldest manufacturer of pocket cutlery in the United States. The company name was later changed to Holley & Company. In 1854, it was incorporated as the Holley Manufacturing Company, with Alexander H. Holley as president, George B. Burrall, treasurer, and William B. Rudd, secretary. William Rudd's son, Malcolm D. Rudd, succeeded him as treasurer and general manager, serving in that position until 1942. Its customers were retailers and small jobbers, mostly in New England, Pennsylvania, and upper New York State. Total annual sales of the company probably did not exceed $50,000 from 1844 to 1925, or $10,000 from 1925 to 1933. Holley Manufacturing Company's sales and production declined after 1933 and the firm was dissolved in 1946.

 

[VCM3]

Here is an old worn (un identified maker) jack knife with a Case . Sentiment plays a part in the collecting of these old knives,too

A group shot of some Case knives

And that Trapper in the center,just may be,the oldest in the group ...

 

[d.parker]

Nice Ole knives Vince. The 2 in the top Pic, I call them Apple peelers... The worn blades fit an apple perfect....

 

[lambertiana]

The blade is well used, but the handle has really nice bone. And this is a brand you don't see every day - Krakauer-Zork-Moyes

 

[VCM3]

3-5/8" closed,synthetic scales,sunken joints...

 

[KnifeHead]

Picked this up on our favorite online auction site...a 5" ECSimmons KeenKutter Toothpick. Saber ground blade is unusual for a toothpick isn't it? Notice the placement and shape of the kick...a sign of a great old knife. Tony says a lot of old toothpicks had spring rap because of overtravel of the blade. This one is made well and has no overtravel.

 

[JatMat]

Nice one, I need your search request that enables you to find such jewels.
Jim

 

[VCM3]

" 3- 1/4 " closed , french ivory synthetic scales. This was a utilitarian knife popular around the turn of the second to last century used to remove calluses from hands and feet. This example was purchased at one of the first large department stores that opened in Brooklyn New York around 1887 called Frederick Loeser & Co. It has remained unused in its original tattered, glued together box ever since. Blade near impossible to scan, deeply hollow ground and mirror - like crocus finish still mostly intact. Built around the time pictured in Smiling Knife's images in his Sheffield 1884 thread " :thumbup:

 

[JatMat]

Very Nice Vince, Thanks for sharing. I love this thread!
Jim

 

[orca8589]

I've been enjoying this thread off & on for months. We just borrowed a digital camera, and I'm hoping to get some pics up this weekend. (Finishing a "photos for insurance purposes" project.)

thx - cpr

 

[BJE]

Nice Corn Knife you got there.

 

[VCM3]

Nice Corn Knife you got there.

Thanks Brian,not mine though,just showin' U guys & gals....
Here is inside the trough,It would not fit in the post,clean...

 

[d.parker]

Thanks Vince for the pix, that's about as nice as Antique knives get with box and the knife condition...

 

[lambertiana]

This one is pretty well worn, but somewhat older than most seen in this thread: