"Old Knives"

Augie said:
Guys, while I have been gone you have been posting some great knives, keep it up.

Added some old ones at the Rendezvous and 1 in the mail, have a pair of trappers, a Schrade Walden and a Sta-Sharp made by Camillus for Sears Roebuck, both in mint condition.

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Then a NYK Knife Company Hammer Brand Jack with incredible bone,


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And finally a Schrade Cut Co boys knife with a slim blade, another one with nice bone,


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I do have relatives of your NYK and Schrade Cut Co... not quite as nice of shape but seeing yours made me dig these out and get a pic ;) My NYK has a matchstrike long pull and the Schrade Cut Co has all out peachseed and a nail nick.

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Augie Augie , what a great quartet of vintage knives. I am just smitten with the Sta-Sharp, in my eyes it is the cream of the crop. The color and jigging is fantastic as are the blades. I just dig the saber grind and swedge on the main while the spey-like tip on the skinner blade is very cool.
 
A Remington R1823 serpentine jack (193-1935) with a Curtiss Baby Ruth Candy shield and sunk joints:

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- Stuart
 
That’s a cool wee Knife Stuart! I must admit to never have seen that Shield before!
You should put that one up in Charlie’s “ Shields “ Thread! Very cool.
What beautiful Bone.
 
Campbellclanman said:
That’s a cool wee Knife Stuart! I must admit to never have seen that Shield before!
You should put that one up in Charlie’s “ Shields “ Thread! Very cool.
What beautiful Bone.
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Thanks, Duncan. I believe that this knife is from the years that Remington, feeling the economic squeeze from crashing hardware wholesalers nationwide, was purchased by DuPont, whose marketing force put Remington's knives into advertising for various goods and services.

- Stuart
 
Nice Remington Stuart!

Want to thank everyone for their nice comments on my pick ups from the Rendezvous, much appreciated.

Here is a Boker tear drop that showed up just before I left for the Rendezvous, appears to be an old one, can't recall seeing that style tree tang stamp before.


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Stuart, I'm suddenly in the mood for a caramel. Gorgeous!
Here's an old one. Some years back, a friend asked me to help him clean out his uncle's house. His uncle had recently passed, and was a bit of a hoarder. My friend told me that if I found anything I wanted, I could keep it, as he and his brothers had already disposed of anything valuable. While cleaning out the garage, I found what appeared to be a chunk of greasy dirt. After scraping most of the gunk away, I discovered that it was a knife, unlike any I had ever held before. I immediately showed it to my friend, who told me to go ahead and keep it. I offered it to him again after I got it mostly cleaned up. He still declined. I find it fascinating:

 
I have thinned out the knife herd A LOT. It's almost as addicting to sell knives as it is to buy them. I've gotten my knives down to about 6 "collectors" and 6 "users. It actually feels kinda good to be a little more minimalist.

Edit-Oops.. I meant to post this in the Off Topic thread :mad: I'll repost over there.
 
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Augie said:
Nice Remington Stuart!

Want to thank everyone for their nice comments on my pick ups from the Rendezvous, much appreciated.

Here is a Boker tear drop that showed up just before I left for the Rendezvous, appears to be an old one, can't recall seeing that style tree tang stamp before.
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So, you had to lay this pork belly on the roasted pork shoulder of knives that you had already posted? Well, it's tasty! That jigging is insane.

Kbrasmodeler said:
Stuart, I'm suddenly in the mood for a caramel. Gorgeous!
Here's an old one. Some years back, a friend asked me to help him clean out his uncle's house. His uncle had recently passed, and was a bit of a hoarder. My friend told me that if I found anything I wanted, I could keep it, as he and his brothers had already disposed of anything valuable. While cleaning out the garage, I found what appeared to be a chunk of greasy dirt. After scraping most of the gunk away, I discovered that it was a knife, unlike any I had ever held before. I immediately showed it to my friend, who told me to go ahead and keep it. I offered it to him again after I got it mostly cleaned up. He still declined. I find it fascinating:
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A great find and salvation. Every working knife deserves this.

JohnDF said:
I have thinned out the knife herd A LOT. It's almost as addicting to sell knives as it is to buy them. I've gotten my knives down to about 6 "collectors" and 6 "users. It actually feels kinda good to be a little more minimalist.
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Cathartic, isn't it? I've got a ways to go to nirvana.

- Stuart
 
Augie- that Boker is something else indeed- the Ultimate Jack ( other than a Harness Jack of course :D ).

Augie I hold charts etc and cannot find that tree either - but if you were to ask me by holding that knife in front of me - I would say Remington all day long- the build, Bone everything screams Remington.
Did Boker have Knives contracted to them by other companies? Boker could have Stamped the blades if it were the case and consigned outwork? If they did - could you consider the above thoughts?

I know this sounds silly - but this is what I do when viewing such knives like this - Remington’s Bone often on these types of Jacks did have deeper dishes in the Jig work - but there were variances of course- would be a good thing to do whilst having a Beer to line up a Rem Jack alongside your Boker just for conversation.
What a stunning knife!
 
Campbellclanman said:
Augie- that Boker is something else indeed- the Ultimate Jack ( other than a Harness Jack of course :D ).

Augie I hold charts etc and cannot find that tree either - but if you were to ask me by holding that knife in front of me - I would say Remington all day long- the build, Bone everything screams Remington.
Did Boker have Knives contracted to them by other companies? Boker could have Stamped the blades if it were the case and consigned outwork? If they did - could you consider the above thoughts?

I know this sounds silly - but this is what I do when viewing such knives like this - Remington’s Bone often on these types of Jacks did have deeper dishes in the Jig work - but there were variances of course- would be a good thing to do whilst having a Beer to line up a Rem Jack alongside your Boker just for conversation.
What a stunning knife!
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Thanks for the info Duncan, I know very little about early Bokers and using the books I have could not come up with a tree like that, hopefully Herder sees this as I think he is very knowledgable on Bokers. I have never heard of any Boker/Remington connection but as I stated I know very little when it comes to these.
 
Augie no information at all just me thinking aloud my friend - and 99% chance it won’t be a Remington of course - but I just could no go past the similarities. :oops:
 
Augie said:
Nice Remington Stuart!

Want to thank everyone for their nice comments on my pick ups from the Rendezvous, much appreciated.

Here is a Boker tear drop that showed up just before I left for the Rendezvous, appears to be an old one, can't recall seeing that style tree tang stamp before.


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It seems the word stamps on the mark side for Boker's are better documented than the tree stamp on the pile side. I think it is a Boker original but perhaps a bit inspired by the U.S. manufacturers of the 1890-1920 era?
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V.P., nice examples of NYK and Schrade.

Duckdog, neat shield on that old Remington.

Kbrasmodeler, that looks like a mid 1900s Spanish clasp knife with horn (dried out) handles.

Augie, that's a good old American made Boker teardrop model which was produced in the Valley Forge factory that Boker acquired in 1899. Your model dates from the teens to the 1930s. Although Remington didn't make any knives for Boker, there is a connection between the two companies. Carl Tillman was the lead cutler who along with a few other cutlers, left Boker to work for Remington in 1919. The famous Remington "Acorn" shield along with several knife models were "lifted" from Boker to use over at Remington. Enclosed is an illustration for your model from 1928.
A new comprehensive book on Boker has recently been finished and will hit the market soon.

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Here is a Clauss I got recently. 1930’s? I don’t know much about Clauss knives and it’s the only one I have. Love the swedges on the main blade. I’ve read that Queen City, Robeson, Challenge and maybe Case made knives for Clauss. Wondering who made this one, I hope you guys chime in. Sorry for the poor lighting, the sun was setting and was rushing to take some pics.





 
Clauss did it great! The Jacks and Harness Jacks I have from Clauss are phenomenal knives- Case in cases are absolutely identical in every way from such examples the Mr Hilborn and myself and would be Case made.

That wonderful knife from a quick glance looks older than mine and is possibly the Cutler Firms you mentioned - When I get home I want to look up for my own education to see if Empire ever contracted for Clauss? Looking at that heavy big Pull and that massive Swedge ( somewhat shortened ) looks like the old school awesome work of the likes such as Empire etc.

Guys.....,,please forgive me when I put my “ thoughts” out there such as this I am certainly not trying to be a know- all by putting my thoughts out there as if we were sitting around a coffee table together and passing light comments of such.
I just find these knives so interesting and appreciate everyone sharing.
 
Campbellclanman Campbellclanman Nice ones Duncan. The jigging on both of your knives actually look Case-ish. But the bottom one definitely looks like it has the Case lines and curves to it.
 
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