"Old Knives"

Brothers in Peachseed!!!! Very nice Jacks, Augie.
They look like they came off the line on the same day!!
 
Mighty fine, Augie, as good as it gets! I took a better photo of my old ShurEdge today.

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Augie, you made me go search through my vintage knives and I found mine although no where near the exceptional condition of your gem. That said, this old girl sports awesome covers (no chips or cracks) near full blades (more main blade, less pen) with great snap and blades with no play whatsoever:thumbsup:
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A shot into the well, the main may be a bit short? how does it compare with yours Augie?
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paulhilborn said:
Augie, you made me go search through my vintage knives and I found mine although no where near the exceptional condition of your gem. That said, this old girl sports awesome covers (no chips or cracks) near full blades (more main blade, less pen) with great snap and blades with no play whatsoever:thumbsup:
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A shot into the well, the main may be a bit short? how does it compare with yours Augie?
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Also a beauty !
 
I just feels sick with jealousy right now !!!!
Kev- That Utica Jack is simply what big ol'd Jack Knives are about- what a classic Beauty!

I was hoping someone had put Sugar in the petrol tank of Augies time machine- but No.......

Augie my friend - those Sheffields are way cool, I am sure that most of the older TEW'S I owned were Taylor and not the plural. Wee things like the way Taylor Eye Witness finished with finesse the Bail - I love that! That Ol' girl still has her Tweezers and Pick too!:thumbsup:

ooooooggghhh!! Well I'm just picking myself off the floor and dusting myself off as I went a bit light headed when I saw the DE- next thing I remember!!!.....
Extraordinary Knife that one my friend.
I came close to with my DE that I picked up at the Queen show- it had been cleaned- but not to a detrimental stage as obviously the Knife was extremely good - if you may remember it is the one I think has been etched again - but I am going to get this knife highly magnified before I remove the etch if it has been so- because the knife is so so good that it must remain an honest and good knife.

Augie the both of those Jacks - what a duo my friend, what a duo!

Paul- That is one genuine stunning Knife, My friend, when I come over you had better get that one under lock and key!!!
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Thank you for the show lads- I like - Paul, have enjoyed the viewing immensely! :cool:

I have posted the photo of this knife not to try and be competition - but to bring this back into view so you could see what I was talking about
now the odd thing- I remember this knife never having a crack in the bone- but when I got home from overseas and unpacked it- Oh man..... I just do not know if I had missed it- it would have been hard TO miss it...( rh pin )

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now when I say this knife was cleaned- not that it had been polished- I believe this knife to have been a very very good knife- but even way inside the joints was like new new- possibly original - it certainly has had very little if no use in its life time, the photo's make it look polished- I actually use a white reflector to try and highlight the shiny metal without super reflections.
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Once I have this highly magnified - I am looking for one now- I will be settled, but even now this Scout remains in the top row of my Scout collection, and I think deservedly so. Point of interest - You can see the crack a lot more so in this photo than actual real life!

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Have a great day folks.
 
paulhilborn said:
Augie, you made me go search through my vintage knives and I found mine although no where near the exceptional condition of your gem. That said, this old girl sports awesome covers (no chips or cracks) near full blades (more main blade, less pen) with great snap and blades with no play whatsoever:thumbsup:
YwKNOW.jpg

co33m6.jpg

A shot into the well, the main may be a bit short? how does it compare with yours Augie?
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Paul, great Jack, if that blades short its not by much, I will try to add some pics from the top of mine tomorrow.
 
Campbellclanman said:
I just feels sick with jealousy right now !!!!
Kev- That Utica Jack is simply what big ol'd Jack Knives are about- what a classic Beauty!

I was hoping someone had put Sugar in the petrol tank of Augies time machine- but No.......

Augie my friend - those Sheffields are way cool, I am sure that most of the older TEW'S I owned were Taylor and not the plural. Wee things like the way Taylor Eye Witness finished with finesse the Bail - I love that! That Ol' girl still has her Tweezers and Pick too!:thumbsup:

ooooooggghhh!! Well I'm just picking myself off the floor and dusting myself off as I went a bit light headed when I saw the DE- next thing I remember!!!.....
Extraordinary Knife that one my friend.
I came close to with my DE that I picked up at the Queen show- it had been cleaned- but not to a detrimental stage as obviously the Knife was extremely good - if you may remember it is the one I think has been etched again - but I am going to get this knife highly magnified before I remove the etch if it has been so- because the knife is so so good that it must remain an honest and good knife.

Augie the both of those Jacks - what a duo my friend, what a duo!

Paul- That is one genuine stunning Knife, My friend, when I come over you had better get that one under lock and key!!!
:D
Thank you for the show lads- I like - Paul, have enjoyed the viewing immensely! :cool:

I have posted the photo of this knife not to try and be competition - but to bring this back into view so you could see what I was talking about
now the odd thing- I remember this knife never having a crack in the bone- but when I got home from overseas and unpacked it- Oh man..... I just do not know if I had missed it- it would have been hard TO miss it...( rh pin )

fcw3z6i.jpg

now when I say this knife was cleaned- not that it had been polished- I believe this knife to have been a very very good knife- but even way inside the joints was like new new- possibly original - it certainly has had very little if no use in its life time, the photo's make it look polished- I actually use a white reflector to try and highlight the shiny metal without super reflections.
bChbEYz.jpg


Once I have this highly magnified - I am looking for one now- I will be settled, but even now this Scout remains in the top row of my Scout collection, and I think deservedly so. Point of interest - You can see the crack a lot more so in this photo than actual real life!

LDR0oGS.jpg


Have a great day folks.
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Duncan, thank you for your comments, for what it's worth I have always thought that scout of yours is legit, the etch looks good to me.
As far as the small pin crack, I've had very good luck taking some super glue and working it into the crack with a toothpick, wipe the excess off and hold it together for a minute or two and the crack disappears.
That is one of the nicest Scouts I have ever seen and it was great to see it in hand when you got it.
 
Augie said:
Nice knives being posted everyone, having a pretty rough winter and have not been able to participate much but I have still been picking up vintage knives.

Couple of early Sheffield knives, a very large Taylor sportsman knife with a broken main blade and a WW1 gift box knife, maker is worn, could be Hedley,Medley, don't know, looked at under magnifying glass and still can't tell.

The Taylor Eye Witness is very large 4 3/4", probably the largest I've ever seen in this type of knife, also marked Taylor and not Taylors, not sure of the significance of that, great unbroken ivory handles.
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Both very nice knives Augie , but you know my eyes go to the Eye Witness . I also do not know if it matters whether it is TAYLOR or TAYLOR"S . This is on mine that does not have ENGLAND stamped on the blade .

As you can see it is the possessive TAYLOR'S not plural TAYLORS .
This is on my other old one that has ENGLAND ,( BUT HARD TO SEE ) stamped on the blade but
the tang stamp has only TAYLOR with no S but out on the blade it shows the possessive TAYLOR'S .

Congrats on 2 fine finds my friend .

Harry
 
Campbellclanman said:
Harry my friend, Oh I just HATE to be the one to tell you this my friend, - but yeah....Fakes mate, it breaks my heart so lets get you sending them off to me, and I will endevour to find the Heathen who's has done such work. :D

TEW must have variables in the stamps as they do?
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I have already put them in the mail to you Duncan . I am just posting old photos that I have . I am surprised that you have not received them yet .
OOOOOOPS : Somebody just said they forgot to mail them . Sorry my friend .

Harry
 
Oh man- Harry you just cant do that to a person! lol - I have ALWAYS admire those two beauts when you showm my friend

Augie Sir- thank YOU for your comments - Man I really loved catching up with you guys! Augie....I will try that Super glue trick - in fact I am off down the road again soon so will pick some up as I have seen it mentioned many times before as well - Many Thanks matey!
 
I'm not aware of any official cutoff point either, but have used 55-60 years as a kind of personal guideline. I have many USA Schrades from the 1970s, and don't consider any of them worthy, but from the mid '60s back works for me.
 
I do the same as Harry so my line is at the transition from original Schrade-Walden brand to Schrade brand, 1973 ;) It's hard to tell sometimes with Henckels knives or other such makers that don't have well documented identifiers.
 
A couple of nice examples from V.P. and black mamba. And those Shapleigh folders from Augie, Paul, and Campbellclanman... Wow!!!
Two nice Taylor's models, Old Engineer. It was common for both "Taylor's" and "Taylor" to be stamped on the blades. The lack of an "England" stamp does not necessarily mean that an English knife was made prior to 1891, as only the United States required that. Knives made for the European market and other countries such as Canada often did not have an "England" stamp in the 1900s. Here is a catalog cut from a circa 1928 Taylor's (Needham, Veall, & Tyzack, LTD) catalog showing a similar Lambfoot model as yours with no England stamp. I suspect your knife with the curved tang stamp is a bit early than this 1928 illustration.

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