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[RickHuf]

Well, is was all very secret at the time. Imperial had recently acquired the Richards Group in Sheffield, which included ownership of the old IXL/Wostenholm marks. They launched a range of knives, some of which included parts made by Camillus, which were shipped over to Sheffield, to be assembled, and finished, before being shipped over to the USA, where they were sold as 'Made in Sheffield'.

'IXL' was one of the marks of George Wostenholm, and was legitimately used by the historic firm on its knives. However, after Imperial went under, having ditched Richards, the Wostenholm marks, and those of various other old Sheffield firms, were acquired by a short-lived outfit called Meteor Industries, and then by another company, Eggington, who still use those marks on knives today.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Jack!

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Schrade USA Staglon Stockmen!

 

[Arathol]

Here is some Camillus faux..... something. Stag? Burnt jig bone?

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Rick, Camillus called that Delrin Stag in their catalogs. Yours has faded quite a bit.

The name Camillus used for those handles was Indian Stag........

 

[unclekurty]

Some more micarta.

 

[RickHuf]

The name Camillus used for those handles was Indian Stag........

Very nice! Thanks!

 

[Will Power]

GEC 56 Dogleg in Natural Micarta with Austro-Hungarian 10 Gold Crowns

 

[Will Power]

Queen Cutlery Workhorse Barlow, carbon with Jigged Synth.

 

[Will Power]

Forum Knife 2013 GEC 13 Irish Jack in Ivory Delrin, an unusual and very high quality effort.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Jack!

A pleasure Rick, I had a BIL making up those knives, he was one of the last apprentices Rodgers-Wostenholm took on, and one of the cutlers from Wright's, (now retired), was there at the same time. Imperial probably thought their secret would be safe in a city of 3/4 Million people, but Sheffield is a VILLAGE, everybody knows everybody, you can't get away with anything there!

 

[baxtrom]

Case aquatic rodent pattern

 

[mbkr]

Kirinite

 

[RickHuf]

Ixl Wostenholm. The larger one is Bexoid and I'm not 100 on the smaller one. It's a cream color with a subtle line pattern in it. Pretty stuff.



Edit: after a million attempts ye olde camera finally (sort of) captured the pattern

 

[unclekurty]

Here’s some black micarta.

 

[baxtrom]

Case Peanut in homemade (obviously) leather pouch. Is this Delrin or does Case use some other plastic grade?

 

[Will Power]

Yellow Delrin a Traditional classic material from CASE, Buck, Queen, Camillus Yello Jaket et al.

 

[Will Power]

Talking of which...

 

[Will Power]

Fishermans' Friend (not the horrible cough sweets )

 

[Jack Black]

Ixl Wostenholm. The larger one is Bexoid and I'm not 100 on the smaller one. It's a cream color with a subtle line pattern in it. Pretty stuff.

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Edit: after a million attempts ye olde camera finally (sort of) captured the patternView attachment 2323092

Looks like 'French Ivory' Rick

 

[RickHuf]

Looks like 'French Ivory' Rick

It sure does, thanks again Jack! So it is celluloid. Interesting.

After reading about French ivory, I think the yellow Camillus I posted earlier in the thread is the same. It has just deteriorated quite a bit over the years and turned yellow.

 

[Hibou Canne]