waynorth
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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What fun it is to scrounge up old knives, and knife-related objects! Also to trade for stuff without spending much money!!
Some second-hand stores will still cough up interesting things that go "cut", if less frequently than in past years. Except for the JR box, everything in the first three pics came from one cardboard box of junk in a jumble of a store, in a rundown suburb of Vancouver, undergoing some interesting urban renewal.
The stuff in the fourth and fifth picture came from a trading session a few weeks ago at my little knife club. We are down to about a half-a-dozen members, die-hards you might call us!
Finally, these came from a trading session today with my friend Bob at another meeting of the club. He bought a couple hundred advertising knives cheap, and passed on some of the savings to me! A friend indeed!!
"New knives for old!" - somehow that rings a bell - something about lamps!!??
Added Info:
Pics 1 to 3; The Corkscrew knife is an H.Fisher, Sheffield England. The spatula and the budder have no markings. The awl is of course a Stanley.
Pics 4 and 5: The Rope is an oldie, Union Cut Co, Olean (pre-KaBar).
The Jack is a '30s Schrade Cut Co, that doesn't look like it ever cut anything! Nice little Jack, with a vicious snap on both blades - startled me both times, so I had to have it!!!
The Eyewitness is minty. The T.Turner is good though probably "cleaned".
The last group is as follows;
>Harrison Bros. & Howson, made in Sheffield England (on reverse);
>H.W.G. - a hardware company in the 20s and 30s.
>W.H.Morley & Sons
There is an end label on the JR box - here it is, and maybe it will help dating it.
Also, a lost knife, now found! It was hiding behind my Barlow in my watch pocket - a stowaway!! Attests to how thin it is. The handles are some kind of fiber material, like the old SAKs. Love that tang stamp - wonder who made it??
Some second-hand stores will still cough up interesting things that go "cut", if less frequently than in past years. Except for the JR box, everything in the first three pics came from one cardboard box of junk in a jumble of a store, in a rundown suburb of Vancouver, undergoing some interesting urban renewal.
The stuff in the fourth and fifth picture came from a trading session a few weeks ago at my little knife club. We are down to about a half-a-dozen members, die-hards you might call us!
Finally, these came from a trading session today with my friend Bob at another meeting of the club. He bought a couple hundred advertising knives cheap, and passed on some of the savings to me! A friend indeed!!
"New knives for old!" - somehow that rings a bell - something about lamps!!??
Added Info:
Pics 1 to 3; The Corkscrew knife is an H.Fisher, Sheffield England. The spatula and the budder have no markings. The awl is of course a Stanley.
Pics 4 and 5: The Rope is an oldie, Union Cut Co, Olean (pre-KaBar).
The Jack is a '30s Schrade Cut Co, that doesn't look like it ever cut anything! Nice little Jack, with a vicious snap on both blades - startled me both times, so I had to have it!!!
The Eyewitness is minty. The T.Turner is good though probably "cleaned".
The last group is as follows;
>Harrison Bros. & Howson, made in Sheffield England (on reverse);
>H.W.G. - a hardware company in the 20s and 30s.
>W.H.Morley & Sons
There is an end label on the JR box - here it is, and maybe it will help dating it.
Also, a lost knife, now found! It was hiding behind my Barlow in my watch pocket - a stowaway!!
Attests to how thin it is. The handles are some kind of fiber material, like the old SAKs. Love that tang stamp - wonder who made it??
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