Prune Big, or Go Home!

[waynorth]

This fixed blade pruner is one of a half dozen knives that I made at my forge.:
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The steel is from a hay rake tine, and the scales are made from scrap wood from a xylophone factory. It's got patina from twenty years of use in the garden. T-A

Wait!!! Which edge is sharpened???
Cool looking knife!!

(The inside of the hook, right??)

 

[the-accumulator]

Wait!!! Which edge is sharpened???
Cool looking knife!!

(The inside of the hook, right??)

Right! T-A

 

[Campbellclanman]

H & B, New Britain, Conn!
Stands for Humason and Beckley!!
ca. 1852 to 1916!!View attachment 2081443View attachment 2081444
Nice blade stamp, and the blade pull on a 1 to 10 scale is about 11 1/2!!!

This is a stunning example -I love viewing these gorgeous Old beautifully conditioned Knives! Thank you for sharing Charlie and everyone else.

 

[Augie]

Nice Russell, John!! Russell made a range of knives, beside zillions of Barlows!!!

That Russell is gorgeous!

Thank you Charlie, Duncan, appreciated.
Russell had a full range of all sorts of cutlery, we see the barlow the most as you say Charlie they made zillions of them. I found a reference one time that stated at their height they were making 2000 dozen pieces of various cutlery a day.
Russell is Americas largest and oldest cutlery company, still in business today under the Dexter-Russell name.

 

[screened porch]

Thank you Charlie, Duncan, appreciated.
Russell had a full range of all sorts of cutlery, we see the barlow the most as you say Charlie they made zillions of them. I found a reference one time that stated at their height they were making 2000 dozen pieces of various cutlery a day.
Russell is Americas largest and oldest cutlery company, still in business today under the Dexter-Russell name.

I'm pretty sure Dexter-Russell has dropped Russell, except for on the Green Rivers.

 

[waynorth]

Right! T-A

THX!!!

 

[echoscout]

New York Knife Co, Walden Knife Co, Schrade Cut Co, Utica Cut Co.

 

[the-accumulator]

Sorry, all I got today is a pair of Queens!



But I think it's a winning hand! T-A

 

[Rufus1949]

Three for the show...the top one is almost 200 years old ( W R Copley )

 

[echoscout]

Waterville, Russell, Empire and Southington

 

[echoscout]

Union Cut Co, Sword Brand, Hibbard Spencer Bartlett, Van Camp Hardware

 

[Rufus1949]

Union City Co, Sword Brand, Hibbard Spencer Bartlett, Van Camp Hardware

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David, nice parade of pruners...partial to the Hibbard.

 

[echoscout]

David, nice parade of pruners...partial to the Hibbard.

Thanks Bob

 

[Campbellclanman]

What absolute beauties shown on this page!

 

[Rufus1949]

What absolute beauties shown on this page!

Agreed...True working men classics

 

[DeltaTrain]

Here's a Soviet made pruning knife with a chisel grind.

 

[the-accumulator]

Three for the show...the top one is almost 200 years old ( W R Copley )View attachment 2197302

Nice trio! I'm a sucker for 19th century cutlery. Where did you find your reference for W R Copley? I found several other Copley listings but none for WR. Inquiring minds want to know! Thanks, T-A

 

[Rufus1949]

Nice trio! I'm a sucker for 19th century cutlery. Where did you find your reference for W R Copley? I found several other Copley listings but none for WR. Inquiring minds want to know! Thanks, T-A

Thank you kindly.
Jack Black directed me to the sheffield museum. I sent a picture and the responded with limited information.
I was surprised to get an answer and rather quickly.

 

[the-accumulator]

Thank you kindly.
Jack Black directed me to the sheffield museum. I sent a picture and the responded with limited information.
I was surprised to get an answer and rather quickly.

If you are able to share more about how to access this resource, please do. I have many unanswered questions about several old English marks I have encountered. With regard to cutlery collecting, researching the history is hafl the fun for me. Thanks, T-A

 

[Rufus1949]

If you are able to share more about how to access this resource, please do. I have many unanswered questions about several old English marks I have encountered. With regard to cutlery collecting, researching the history is hafl the fun for me. Thanks, T-A

I am very sorry...I forget which museum and department I wrote to, I'm sure Jack may be more helpful.
I agree the history is sometimes more interesting than the knife.

If you type
Hawleysheffieldknives.com
this will give you a site where you can type in last name and get some history.