"Old Knives"

[ken erickson]

Charlie,

I was looking at that, semi-saber mark side, flat ground? pile side.

Ken

 

[lambertiana]

Ulster dogleg

 

[Mike Robuck]

That dogleg has some nice curves!

I have a couple of Henckels with foil cutters and I never thought about using them for other things, but I can see how that blade would be handy.

Been buying a few old knives lately. This Southington jack is the first time I ever purposely bought a knife off of eBay with cracked handles. Great snap, blades are perfect in all three positions and I like the little matchstrike pulls. Only $24 and came with an old razor. Been carrying it a little here and there. (Excuse the scans as I'm struggling to learn a new photo editing program.)

Here's a Shapleigh and hopefully Charlie or someone else can say if it was made by Empire or Schrade.

And a Catt. whittler. Looks almost exactly like a Case 83, maybe not as elegant but the blades are pretty full. I like the saber grind on the main blade.

 

[waynorth]

Charlie,

I was looking at that, semi-saber mark side, flat ground? pile side.

Ken

Yes, the pile sides are all flat ground, glaze finished.
Mark sides have a semi-saber grind, with a crocus polish, that I think you can see. I don't know if that "semi-saber" is the right term, but it seems to fit.
The third knife has been cleaned unfortunately, so the crocus is probably not factory.

 

[zerogee]

Here's a Shapleigh and hopefully Charlie or someone else can say if it was made by Empire or Schrade.

This is most likely a Schrade Cut Co - they produced several variations of this equal end jack -- here is a Schrade Cut Co of the same pattern with an EZ Open notch (which I think is one of the coolest patterns ever) followed by a Shapleigh of the same pattern. (By the variations in the long pulls, I'd say this Schrade is rather newer than the Shapleigh examples.)

-- Dwight

 

[Mike Robuck]

Thanks Dwight. I knew someone here would know.

 

[waynorth]

I agree with everything Dwight said!
Nice Catt, Mike! Nice knives all around!:thumbup:
Ugly avatar too!!

 

[Mike Robuck]

Thanks Charlie. One more here. This Southington swayback congress has all of the bells and whistles. Swedges are great, some finish left on the blades. It also came with a swell knife purse that matches my leisure suit from the 1970s. I wish I could take better scans.

My wife has the camera and is out of town, otherwise I would attempt a shot from the top down.

 

[KnifeHead]

That sure is a swell knife. I wanna see the leisure suit too.

 

[navihawk]

And a Catt. whittler. Looks almost exactly like a Case 83, maybe not as elegant but the blades are pretty full. I like the saber grind on the main blade.

Mike, I had a Catt whittler just like that one. It had alot more blade wear, but the same right down to the ebony. Great to see one,thanks.

 

[VCM3]

Nice additions everyone :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
-Vince

 

[waynorth]

Killer Pearl Southington, Mike!! Oh my!!!

 

[Mike Robuck]

Glad you liked seeing it, Navihawk. I lucked into the Catt. The guy who sold me the pearl Southington sent the whittler along for me to look at and told me to take my time in deciding. It didn't take me very long at all.

Thanks for all of the comments.

 

[lambertiana]

Mike, that Southington is a gem!

 

[waynorth]

Here is a trio of Harness Jacks I just got in the mail. The gem is the Catt!
Catt used a round disc shield on some of their punch knives, similar to the way Remington used an acorn shield.

 

[Mike Robuck]

they're all nice but I really like the bone on that last one. :thumbup:

Thanks lambertiana.

 

[lambertiana]

Charlie - that Hammer Brand on the bottom looks like the Harrison punch has grooves on the outside. Is that true, or is it an artifact of the scan? I haven't seen a grooved Harrison punch before.

It's not stamped with the patent date or number, either.

 

[waynorth]

Charlie - that Hammer Brand on the bottom looks like the Harrison punch has grooves on the outside. Is that true, or is it an artifact of the scan? I haven't seen a grooved Harrison punch before.

It's not stamped with the patent date or number, either.

John,
J.E. Fuller patented that improvement to the Harrison punch on
February, 15th, 1916, assigning it to New York Knife Co.
Good timing actually, because it rendered the Harrison, the patent of which would have expired soon, obsolete, neatly trumping those who would use it once out of patent. No-one would buy an "obsolete" punch!!

 

[VCM3]

Charlie - that Hammer Brand on the bottom looks like the Harrison punch has grooves on the outside. Is that true, or is it an artifact of the scan? I haven't seen a grooved Harrison punch before.

It's not stamped with the patent date or number, either.

lambertiana,on pg. 63 is a NY Knife co Sowbelly,with a punch like that,if you'd like to see.
Great knives Charlie,thanks for showing & thanks to all who add.
-Vince

 

[VCM3]

Peeps,got a monster Miller Bros lockback skinner here,a lot of scans,
From the owner :
"Early lockback skinner w / pivoting guthook. 7 1/8 " long , 1 5/8 " wide, only 3/8 " thick, with a 1/16" thick
( thin ) skinning blade. Rosewood scales, lightly used, designed to skin and slice large game quickly and efficiently. Not many of these around"

Right off the bat,see it dwarfs a Remington R1253 & Large Case hawkbill

Here we go...