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"Old Knives"
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Just got a new scanner and am trying to figure out how it works. This is my first attempt.
Only a little Wostenholm I XL senator with a broken file blade. Nothing special, except that some other knife nut was celebrating my birthday 43 years in advance
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Only a little Wostenholm I XL senator with a broken file blade. Nothing special, except that some other knife nut was celebrating my birthday 43 years in advance
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This is my first picture attempt!
The knife is an old Platts in good condition.
The knife is an old Platts in good condition.
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This is my first picture attempt!
The knife is an old Platts in good condition.
Congrats, Dee on the first image and a fine old knife. :thumbup: (Hope the info I sent via email was of some help.
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I would like to thank Dwight, Elliott, and Mike for the help with posting pictures on this forum!:thumbup:
A couple more old knives. A Case Tested XX and a 19th century folding bowie knife with a cipher blade. This one is made by W.M. Parker in Sheffield.
Goins says 1841-52. The front handle is engraved "E.G. 1858". Blade face is stamped "Rough & Ready American Hunting Knife".
A couple more old knives. A Case Tested XX and a 19th century folding bowie knife with a cipher blade. This one is made by W.M. Parker in Sheffield.
Goins says 1841-52. The front handle is engraved "E.G. 1858". Blade face is stamped "Rough & Ready American Hunting Knife".
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Man, that pen blade is practically a toothpick. Just goes to show that some people do prefer to use a smaller blade. 
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I agree with Elliott on that Case bone. How big is that coke bottle?
Thanks for posting all of them.
Thanks for posting all of them.
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Mike,
Both knives measure 5 1/4" closed.
Both knives measure 5 1/4" closed.
Man, that pen blade is practically a toothpick. Just goes to show that some people do prefer to use a smaller blade.
Looking at how the tang of the pen blade is shaped, I think that blade started out quite narrow -- it was actually a true pen blade - as in a quill pen blade. You'll see this a lot on really old multiblades -- look back at the Steamboat Arabia pic on PAGE 56 -- look at some of the jacks with their pen blades out - most are very thin; also look at that black handled congress on the mid/upper left - main sheepsfoot blade, two quill blades and a file/eraser blade.
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A few more bone handle knives. A Joseph Rodgers and George Wostenholm.
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Another Wostenholm and a Freidmann & Lauterjung.
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A couple Case fixed blade knives. love the jigged bone handles case used on their hunting knives!
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A few more bone handle knives. A Joseph Rodgers and George Wostenholm.
That's stag my friend and great knives. I like the horshoe shield.Thanks for sharing.
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Navihawk,
That stag on the Rodgers knife is outstanding, the pictures do not do it justice!
The horseshoe shield was added years ago by an owner of the knife, you can see the holes where the original shield was from the factory. It certainly is a unique shield, the previous owner probably did it to identify his knife. No knife company used a horseshoe shield, that I am aware of.
Glad you like the knives, more to come.:thumbup:
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Thank you for the welcome:thumbup:
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The next two are a Russell daddy barlow knife and a KA-Bar stag handle dogshead folding hunter.
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Electrician's knife
From the owner :
"Back in the 60's and 70's when our television sets still had vacuum tubes in them, the serviceman who came to your house to fix them on site ( they were mostly large, heavy floor model console sets back
then, and many housed the high fidelity radio and record player as well ) usually carried a tool roll containing various interchangeable screwdriver, nutdriver and accessory bits that fit a common handle or two. They were mostly made by XceLite Corp. They were considered state of the art electronics tools of the time. This knife came out of one of their very complete sets and was used very little. I don't know if it was built in house or contracted out to a major factory. Unremarkable other than for it's odd tang stamp and the fact that even though the screwdriver / stripper blade has a linerlock, its spring is so stiff the blade can barely be opened or closed without messing yourself up badly. 3 5/8" closed excluding bail, slick black handles"
From the owner :
"Back in the 60's and 70's when our television sets still had vacuum tubes in them, the serviceman who came to your house to fix them on site ( they were mostly large, heavy floor model console sets back
then, and many housed the high fidelity radio and record player as well ) usually carried a tool roll containing various interchangeable screwdriver, nutdriver and accessory bits that fit a common handle or two. They were mostly made by XceLite Corp. They were considered state of the art electronics tools of the time. This knife came out of one of their very complete sets and was used very little. I don't know if it was built in house or contracted out to a major factory. Unremarkable other than for it's odd tang stamp and the fact that even though the screwdriver / stripper blade has a linerlock, its spring is so stiff the blade can barely be opened or closed without messing yourself up badly. 3 5/8" closed excluding bail, slick black handles"