Sissons Bros

[smiling-knife]

I recently acquired this aluminium-handled advertising knife. The company produced paint, varnish etc.
A search lead me to this link for Sissons bros. http://www.paul-gibson.com/history/paint-industry.php. I enjoyed the historical connection and learning something new as a result of this knife. The information in the link is somewhat esoteric, but hopefully will be of interest to others here.

 

[quattromori]

I admit it's not really "for me"...but I have great appreciation for the people (like you) who dig down under history and knives. This one is surely interesting, as the story behind it. Thanks for sharing.

Fausto

 

[Will Power]

Thanks for the detective work.

I'm very impressed by the QUALITY of that advertising knife, looks like high relief strike and very aesthetic too. As a side note, due to the obvious quality of the work, was aluminium at that time a costly metal? Not very common at that time I would've thought.

Thanks, Will

 

[knarfeng]

Having spent a fair number of years as a paint chemist (everything from barn paint to specialty paints for unusual airplanes), I found that a very fun read. I never formulated with boiled linseed oil as a paint resin, nor with white lead as an opacity pigment, but I've read about them. And when I was a young fella, some of my teachers were old enough that they had used them.

THANKS!

 

[puukkoman]

Yes, aluminum was considered way more precious back then.
Thanks for posting the history!