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Good lord, that's a dandy!
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Good lord, that's a dandy!
r8shell
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I seem to be on a roll of finding cracked, but usable old mother of pearl penknives. 
This one is marked Simmons/Hardware co./Germany, with a hornet on the reverse. I'm reading up on these, and I'm seeing 1890s to 1940s?
This one is marked Simmons/Hardware co./Germany, with a hornet on the reverse. I'm reading up on these, and I'm seeing 1890s to 1940s?
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Whew ...been away too long- wow, never disappointed going through here, TRYING to find some time to catch up with Charlie's Threads - Cattle knives, Boker Stamps etc.....
Oh Sweet TL Lostball my friend!
Leghog.... What two beauties!!!! great Knives my friend, love 'em!
R8shell....I really like your finds, your work that you do to these old beauties, and your enthusiasm and love for these Knives that we all share!
I deliberately kept away from this thread for some time so that the pictures and info would make for a nice lengthy leisurely viewing time on my day off. And all you guys did not disappoint. As I've said before this is my favorite place to come and hang out. Thank you for all the beautiful old knives information. I just try to soak this all up like a sponge. A while back I said that I was out of old knives to add that everybody hasn't already seen but hopefully for a moment y'all can pretend like I haven't ever posted this one.This old Catt electricians knife has been calling out to me to get some pocket time.View attachment 907447
Oh Sweet TL Lostball my friend!
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When I saw Stuart's knife it reminded me of this 3-3/8" peachseed Schrade Cut Co that I have... it looks like it too is a 2153 but with the sheepsfoot main blade instead of the spear so a 2153-1/2. The only thing wrong with this knife is blade wear, otherwise it feels awesome in hand
Whew- Kevin!!! ...is it me or does absolutely everyone go weak at the Knees when viewing Shrades Peach Seed magic! Nice ol' knife there Kev matey.
Oh man.... What Bone- on just every one of those knives there Dan- well done m,y friend!
Arent these just superb knives! Nice one once again Kevin!
Leghog.... What two beauties!!!! great Knives my friend, love 'em!
R8shell....I really like your finds, your work that you do to these old beauties, and your enthusiasm and love for these Knives that we all share!
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Speaking of M.O.P... a couple I added lately 
An Argyle Cutlery (Kastor trademark) with a cool groove down the center of the MOP & bolsters along with an A. Kastor & Bros beauty. Note all (8) blades have long pulls 
An Argyle Cutlery (Kastor trademark) with a cool groove down the center of the MOP & bolsters along with an A. Kastor & Bros beauty. Note all (8) blades have long pulls
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Oh my, those are gems!Speaking of M.O.P... a couple I added lately
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That looks to be a post ec simmons keen kutter, so it'd be 1940-1960. Definitely schrade bone, most likely around the 1940's-1950's.
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Nice knives, guys
I don't recall ever seeing a pearl knife with a groove down the center and through the bolsters! Interesting!
Speaking of M.O.P... a couple I added lately
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I don't recall ever seeing a pearl knife with a groove down the center and through the bolsters! Interesting!
Albeit a fixed blade, this is an old knife (made before WWII from one-third of a 1913 Patton saber) and seems appropriate for today. It is an M1913 Patton Saber Hilt Section Knife with tang stamps: SA 1914, serial 9041. According to a hand-written inscription (and attached paper tag) on the leather sheath, it is named to PVT W. H. Byers, ASN 33 747 193, L Co, 116th Infantry. My limited research shows this to be PFC William H. Byers, L Co, 3rd Bn, 116th Infantry Reg, 29th Infantry Division. That unit suffered terrible casualties on June 6, 1944 during its assault on the west side of Omaha Beach as a part of Operation Overlord. The division’s historical society's records indicate that PVT Byers was brought into the unit as reinforcement on 25 July 1944, was promoted to PFC on 26 July 1944, and KIA on 31 July, 1944. At that time, his unit was finishing its take-over of Saint-Lo', France and engaged in fierce fighting to take the town of Vire. Here are a couple of picture of the knife and sheath:
In memoriam.
- Stuart
In memoriam.
- Stuart
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So very true, Dwight. Not only the sacrifice, but also the quixotical nature of war. Byers was in theatre not more than 3 days, barely long enough to be promoted and killed in action, while my Dad jumped into Belgium 6 months later and lived to enjoy stints in Korea and Vietnam, return to the States and live to be 96.
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Your words brought to mind a poem. "Advice to my son" by Peter Meinke
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Has anyone heard of Solidus? I'm not finding much with internet searches. Blade's Guide lists it as made by Joseph Feist of Solingen. (1864-pres.) The covers are "French ivory" celluloid, and there's no country of origin marked. I'm thinking pre-1891?
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Here's an old catt that I've had a while. It has some real snap to it.
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Goins has Joseph Feist listed as c.1898-1924 and used a Greek "Omega" symbol as shown below... like you, I did see in Blades where it mentions Solidus, Omega and Olifant trademarks attributed to Feist.
Picture courtesy of the world wide web:
However, from your picture it looks more like it says "Sol-Dus Registered" which when I thought about it, Solingen and Dusseldorf are only a few miles apart in Germany... hence, SOL-DUS Registered. The key might be finding the "backward F" and "F" logo in the middle. I took a quick glance thru Goins and didn't see that trademark / logo in there.
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Eureka... I found something... "Backward F" and "F" likely means Franz Frenzel; I found this in a list of German tool and blademakers trademark list. Looks like you've got yourself a "Franzi".... aaaaayyyyyyy
http://www.archivingindustry.com/cutlers&toolmakers/cutlermarks-1.pdf
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R8shell - neat old knife- it does appear to be an early German knife.
Goins doesn’t have all the goods on the extreme list of Solingen markings.
I did a quick Google search under
“ German Blade and Toolmakers”
(www.archivingindustry.com/cutlers&toolmakers.....) Solidus is listed if you scroll down with the reference name of Franz Frenzel.
If you Google “ Solingen Cutler Franz Frenzel “. you will find a lot on the Webb, especially in images your f and backwards f comes up in some very nice images.
Edit: Kevs got in there well done my friend.
Goins doesn’t have all the goods on the extreme list of Solingen markings.
I did a quick Google search under
“ German Blade and Toolmakers”
(www.archivingindustry.com/cutlers&toolmakers.....) Solidus is listed if you scroll down with the reference name of Franz Frenzel.
If you Google “ Solingen Cutler Franz Frenzel “. you will find a lot on the Webb, especially in images your f and backwards f comes up in some very nice images.
Edit: Kevs got in there well done my friend.
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Eureka... I found something... "Backward F" and "F" likely means Franz Frenzel; I found this in a list of German tool and blademakers trademark list. Looks like you've got yourself a "Franzi".... aaaaayyyyyyy
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http://www.archivingindustry.com/cutlers&toolmakers/cutlermarks-1.pdf
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Thank you! I was doing some searching, and saw the Franz Frenzel stamps, but they all showed the two Fs forming an anchor, so I thought I was on the wrong track. I searched in Levine's forum, and he says Frenzel was Bohemian (Czech)
I'm bookmarking that link!
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LoL... That just gives R8Shell two sources for the same info so it must be true
Great minds think alike Duncan