Pearl handled Knives

Brookes & Crookes:

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Rodgers:

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Cowlishaw:

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W. Rodgers:

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IXL:

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Ulster:

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Suppose I better go and wash the dishes :rolleyes:
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks Ed, I think it was made by Stan Shaw. I got it from a market stall, I couldn't believe the guy was asking £5 for it! :eek: :) :thumbsup:

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Based on some quarters pricing of his work since his passing you might well retire on it now.
I'd imagine your ownership of it transcends monetary speculation.
Are his initials or Mark in the liners?
 
ed_is_dead said:
Based on some quarters pricing of his work since his passing you might well retire on it now.
I'd imagine your ownership of it transcends monetary speculation.
Are his initials or Mark in the liners?
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I have a few of Stan's knives Ed 🙂 This one isn't marked, but that only occurred for a certain period. Based on the workmanship, I would say that it was either made by Ted Osborne or by Stan, and my guess would be Stan. I got it not long before he passed, so was not able to get him to identify it. I never sell knives anyway 🙂 👍
 
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I have a few of Stan's knives Ed 🙂 This one isn't marked, but that only occurred for a certain period. Based on the workmanship, I would say that it was either made by Ted Osborne or by Stan, and my guess would be Stan. I got it not long before he passed, so was not able to get him to identify it. I never sell knives anyway 🙂 👍
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The file work is identical to an earlier example of an Ibberson lobster I mind. I suppose Stan could look at each and know which was his output at a mere glance.
I'm also fortunate enough to have not sold a single knife, well the old ones anyhow. Have gifted a few to friends and family who I know would appreciate them.

Reading Tweedales and elsewhere I see the specialists hafters in Sheffields past working "nacre" would suffer terribly with respiratory complaints. A form of silicosis.









 
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ed_is_dead said:
The file work is identical to an earlier example of an Ibberson lobster I mind. I suppose Stan could look at each and know which was his output at a mere glance.
I'm also fortunate enough to have also not sold a single knife, well the old ones anyhow. Have gifted a few to friends and family who I know would appreciate them.

Reading Tweedales and elsewhere I see the specialists hafters in Sheffields past working "nacre" would suffer terribly with respiratory complaints. A form of silicosis.
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He could, but Ted was Stan's mentor, and he always said it was difficult to tell their work apart (other dating factors aside). I gave Stan a MOP penknife made by Ted :)

Yes, indeed. I asked Stan about this, as he worked a lot with MOP, but he said he had never noticed any ill-effects personally :thumbsup:
 
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Wow, I really like that filework, haven't seen any with a pattern quite like that before. Pictures never do pearl justice, seeing that many in one place in person would be awesome. Really impressive collection!

I'm seeing what I believe to be some Victorian-era fruit knives from you and others, I've considered picking one up for historical+aesthetic reasons but the silver blades kind of put me off for a knife I'd want to carry and use. Lots of interesting filework and not-common shapes on them though, long slender doglegs and such that I really like, and carved/textured pearl, lots of interesting stuff
 
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My only MOP knife so far is this wonderful old W.H. Morley & Sons "Clover Brand." I took a bit of a gamble on it as I was still researching the brand history at the time but for $20 I figured I couldn't lose too bad. I gotta say I was super impressed once I got it though. This was an impeccably well built little knife from back in the day. They got all those blades packed into that tiny handle without any of them rubbing each other. They even went so far as to offset grind some of the blades to accomplish this. And boy do those little old blades slice!!!

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