Old Teeth! The Beauty of Creation!

[wlfryjr]

This knife has been shown already,but I must post it again.

I was ALMOST ashamed to accept this gift,considering it's value,which now is almost priceless.A gift from my good friend the premier knife philanthropist Charlie Campagna.It looks better in person,such character,I wonder what that old pachyderm looked like .Charlie befriended me,as many others ,and has not stopped befriending,he's much more than an intelligent knife aficionado.He can cook too.

Just for this Charlie,I'll let you buy me dinner again.....

 

[Parke1]

That DEFIANCE stamp is so neat! Beautiful knives, everyone!

 

[smiling-knife]

Beautiful knives guys.

A Lockwood Bros penknife

 

[Campbellclanman]

SK...Oh to be a fly on the wall when you have your collection out!!!

Thank you for sharing with us all here your lovely knives, to have you and our other well known collectors who have such lovely and precious knives - well its all our pleasure I can tell you!

Lockwood Bros, like so many other earlier Sheffield Cutler firms are just great, I love their knives! this goes into the older Kitchen knives as well!

Lyle - I WOULD BUY you and Charlie dinner if I saw you at a table - both you guys are great, and looking at both of your knives is just a pure treat - that massive sunfish - or Elephant toe ( please forgive me as I dont know both those patterns very well ) must weigh a lot-Whew - what a knife!!!

 

[Jack Black]

Beautiful Lockwood Bros S-K :thumbup:

Lyle - I WOULD BUY you and Charlie dinner if I saw you at a table - both you guys are great, and looking at both of your knives is just a pure treat

+1 What a great dining experience that would be :thumbup:

 

[smiling-knife]

This a very recent addition to my collection. It is stamped Kirby Beard & Co Ltd. The company started in Birmingham and was best know for manufacturing pins, needles and razor blades. It was credited with inventing the Kirby Grip now known as the safety pin. Kirby Beard also opened a high-end shop in Paris. This knife has Fabrique en Angleterre suggesting that it was made for sale in the Paris shop. I have no evidence of the company making its own knives so suspect it was made by one of the Sheffield firms. Perhaps Geo. Wostenholm as it has Oil the Joints on the small tang. The Birmingham factory was destroyed by a bomb in WWII and many of the company records were lost. I hope this is of interest.

 

[Jack Black]

Interesting post and a nice knife S-K

 

[Campbellclanman]

That was darned interesting!!

 

[smiling-knife]

Thanks for the kind comments Jack and Campbellclanman

This a Brookes and Crookes Whittler with rope-cut scales circa late 1800s.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Good grief!!





wow

 

[Parke1]

These just keep getting better and better, S-K! WOW!

 

[Chief]

 

[black mamba]

Fabulous collection of WTs, John, who made the damascus one?

 

[Chief]

Fabulous collection of WTs, John, who made the damascus one?

Thanks Jeff, just arrived from Craig Brewer, Rados Damascus. Another group shot.

 

[ADEE]

Fabulous collections appearing here. My thanks to all contributors. Of particular interest to me are the old Sheffield [and Birmingham] pieces. Many thanks smiling-knife for the pictures and for the history. AD.

 

[waynorth]

On the modern side, that is a fantastic collection, Chief!!

On the other end - what Duncan said!!
That is a special piece, S-K!!

 

[black mamba]

Thanks Jeff, just arrived from Craig Brewer, Rados Damascus. Another group shot.

The threaded rat-tail bolster is very special, and my favorite of the group. Well done, John!

 

[Campbellclanman]

John - fantastic Supreme quality there Sir - amazing collection of some of the best Custom Makers - Great Viewing!

 

[Jack Black]

Wonderful knives :thumbup:

I've had a day trawling Yorkshire antique shops today. Sorry for the rotten pic, only just got in and dumped these on the table (with some felt I also bought).

 

[Gevonovich]

Jack...Jack...Jackpot!!!