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Joe, awesome knife. Love the slender pen and the stamped blade. She's a beaut!
Joe, awesome knife. Love the slender pen and the stamped blade. She's a beaut!
Here are four of the five Southington knives that I have...I need to get pics of the last one. First, two in ebony
I agree!
Barlow that has since moved on to a friend's house:
Thanks for the history and pics, Primble. This is really interesting history. I'm amazed that I live in what was once a cutlery-rich part of the country, but I never see any of it come to light. Maybe all the Southingtons, Northfields and Russells migrated south to Primble's neck of the woods.
Another fantastic thread that reveal old treasures
Mike
Absorbing read, excellent pictures to enhance the impressive text giving us illumination to a lost world. Thank you.
The stamping on the bolsters is really very aesthetic!
Regards, Will
Thanks for the history and pics, Primble. This is really interesting history. I'm amazed that I live in what was once a cutlery-rich part of the country, but I never see any of it come to light. Maybe all the Southingtons, Northfields and Russells migrated south to Primble's neck of the woods.
Mr. Gardner's one piece liner/bolster makes a lot of sense. I wonder why it never caught on ?
Any thoughts on this ?
kj
Mr. Gardner's one piece liner/bolster makes a lot of sense. I wonder why it never caught on ?
I would think that with modern stainless steel it would make a very fine Traditional style folder.
There must be some drawback to this invention. Only one i can think of is that more handle material is required.
Any thoughts on this ?
kj
This is a 4 " Southington farmers jack.Very similar jigging and frames to early Ulsters.This jigging looks to me as an early form of the famous Schrade peach seed.
I am fortunate to have gotten an example in this shape.