"Old Knives"

mitch4ging · Nov 19, 2018

waynorth said:
Pal bought out Remington If I am not mistaken, ca. 1940.
I think you can see some Remington influence in that beautiful double-ender.

As well, nice Ulster from herder, Great NYK from Augie and a cool Rotgens from Mitch!!
We are privy to some of the greatest old, traditional pocketknives in the world here!!

Thanks for the kind words!

You are correct in this being a unique place, with so many people sharing pictures of their gems!

wlfryjr · Nov 19, 2018

Great knives Paul and terrific analysis and knives Duncan.

Nice ones James, John ,Herder and Mitch.

Ramrodmb said:
Awesome knife, James! In my experience the Rogers bone Pal used (on almost every Pal knife I've ever seen) has a distinct lighter coloring that is noticeable a mile away! Looks fabulous!

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this . I agree Mark,it is often a paler color, such as on this knife:

mitch4ging · Nov 19, 2018

wlfryjr said:
Great knives Paul and terrific analysis and knives Duncan.

Nice ones James, John ,Herder and Mitch.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this . I agree Mark,it is often a paler color, such as on this knife:

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Thanks.
So many great knives here!
Your Remington is excellent! :thumbsup:

Lostball · Nov 20, 2018

As usual here lately I am late to the party. Thanks

paulhilborn ,

Campbellclanman ,

Augie ,

mitch4ging , @redsparrow,

wlfryjr and

veitsi_poika . Thanks for displaying your gorgeous knives. I definitely enjoyed the weekend show!!!!

joeradza · Nov 20, 2018

Wrong thread

veitsi_poika · Nov 20, 2018

joeradza said:
Wrong thread

rockman0 · Nov 22, 2018

Picked up a fairly old one this week. I believe this stamp dates in the 1930 to 1946 range.
Between the sellers crummy pictures, the busted bone and his uncertainty of the material (he thought it was plastic) it came at a reasonable price. I wasn't sure either until it arrived. I was surprised at how pretty this bone is in hand and that it's saw cut. Happy Thanksgiving !

Campbellclanman · Nov 22, 2018

Great Knife Rockman :thumbsup:

Has similarities to the Case Grandaddy.
Man just look at that Bone!!! Stunning looking deep into beautiful Bone like that.

paulhilborn · Nov 22, 2018

Very NICE Rob :thumbsup:

what a wonderful surprise. Gorgeous bone, looks like full to near full blade, a great find

rockman0 · Nov 22, 2018

Campbellclanman said:
Great Knife Rockman Has similarities to the Case Grandaddy.
Man just look at that Bone!!! Stunning looking deep into beautiful Bone like that.

paulhilborn said:
Very NICE Rob what a wonderful surprise. Gorgeous bone, looks like full to near full blade, a great find

Thanks guys, Paul the blade is near full, it comes close to the end of the well when closed.
I'm going after a few old knives now, I plan on stepping up my participation in this thread.

veitsi_poika · Nov 22, 2018

rockman0 said:
Thanks guys, Paul the blade is near full, it comes close to the end of the well when closed.
I'm going after a few old knives now, I plan on stepping up my participation in this thread.

Be careful Rob... once you catch "Old Knife Fever"... it is incurable

rockman0 · Nov 22, 2018

veitsi_poika said:
Be careful Rob... once you catch "Old Knife Fever"... it is incurable

Haha! I know Kevin, I've been afflicted for a spell, I love the old bone! I've been side tracked with my other hobby most of this year but I'm back on knives now. I'll post a few up soon. :thumbsup:

Old Engineer · Nov 22, 2018

rockman0 said:
Picked up a fairly old one this week. I believe this stamp dates in the 1930 to 1946 range.
Between the sellers crummy pictures, the busted bone and his uncertainty of the material (he thought it was plastic) it came at a reasonable price. I wasn't sure either until it arrived. I was surprised at how pretty this bone is in hand and that it's saw cut. Happy Thanksgiving !

Even with the mark side cover issue that is still a very nice looking knife my friend .

Harry

rockman0 · Nov 22, 2018

Old Engineer said:
Even with the mark side cover issue that is still a very nice looking nice my friend .

Harry

Thanks Harry, in hand it's obvious the bone was damaged early in its life, the edges of the break are worn smooth just as the saw cut is worn smooth. For a right handed person it's perfectly comfortable but it would bite the fingers a bit on a lefty.

wlfryjr · Nov 23, 2018

The full blade was one of the first things I noticed. :thumbsup:

Augie · Nov 23, 2018

Nice knives guys, keep em coming!

Picked up this nice old Challenge Cutlery Corp split spring wharncliffe whittler with stag handles that have taken on a beautiful glow from age. I think this is an old Sheffield pattern which makes sense as many of the Challenge cutlers came from Sheffield.

Campbellclanman · Nov 23, 2018

Oh Lordy.......... Augie that is a beautiful Whittler my friend, isnt it great when the Stag is so nicely done- super thin

Man...have those Blades ever been used?

Lostball · Nov 23, 2018

Beautiful Augie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

waynorth · Nov 23, 2018

The collector's dream!! A Great pattern, with Great Stag in Great condition!!!
Geeeez!!!

mitch4ging · Nov 23, 2018

rockman0 said:
Picked up a fairly old one this week. I believe this stamp dates in the 1930 to 1946 range.
Between the sellers crummy pictures, the busted bone and his uncertainty of the material (he thought it was plastic) it came at a reasonable price. I wasn't sure either until it arrived. I was surprised at how pretty this bone is in hand and that it's saw cut. Happy Thanksgiving !

Beautiful! That "plastic" is aged to perfection! It's nice to get a good surprise for a change!

Augie said:
Nice knives guys, keep em coming!

Picked up this nice old Challenge Cutlery Corp split spring wharncliffe whittler with stag handles that have taken on a beautiful glow from age. I think this is an old Sheffield pattern which makes sense as many of the Challenge cutlers came from Sheffield.

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Wow! Ideal knife, incredible find of a lifetime!! That one they could bury me with!