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Not even close! Why I set a date to deal with Table Mountain after an early start and a tiring day, I have no idea, but I guess that if I had good sense, I probably wouldnt be in this situation in the first place! So, after getting home, I set to work trying to do something with the acquired pocket-knives, and various other items, which have accumulated on my kitchen table (theyre actually in a box on the table) over the past month or so. Heres how it looked when I started 
These two Fish Knives have been there a while. I had a nice old Richards model, which I sent to R.c.s. a while back to replace one he had as a kid. Unfortunately, Royal Mail failed to deliver it, so when I saw these two on a market stall I snapped them up. Theyre both a bit more recent than the one I had before, and as Richards got closer to their eventual demise in 1983, the quality of the steel they used declined. The Isle of Wight souvenir knife is probably from the early 70s, and the other, marked Imperial England must have been made late in the day, after Imperial acquired the Richards group of companies in 1977. Id say the Richards knife is the better of the two, despite the missing bail, but will leave the choice to R.c.s.
Paul Mason sent me this British Army Burma Knife a couple of weeks back. Paul had had the knife for thirty years, but very kindly passed it on to me. Its the first Burma Knife Ive seen made by Arthur Wright & Son, and it was made only five years after the company was established. The vice I picked up for a couple of pounds the other week.
I picked up this small Joseph Rodgers Spearpoint in ivory just today for £1. Its going to need a bit of work unfortunately, but worth the repair I think. The ivory shoe-horn was acquired a couple of weeks ago, together with the cigarette-holder, which I think is actually white bone still the envy of any Bond villain though
I also picked up this Letter-opener Knife today, which I think may have been made by Harrison Fisher. Got the Guiness bottle-opener today too.
This Butler penknife doesnt have the quality of older Butler knives I dont think, but still worth buying
Salmon sent me this wee Solingen-made penknife recently Thanks a lot Sam :thumbup:
When I was a kid, I was fishing mad, and had one of these inexpensive Chinese-made fish knives. Id completely forgotten about it until a few months back, when a photo here brought back the memory. R8shell very kindly sent me one, along with some other goodies, and I found another in the market the other week. At this rate, I could eventually have a shoal!
(r8shell, Ive had some stuff for you on my coffee table a couple of months now. Ill try and get it off to you soon)
Ive already posted about this Simmons Keen Kutter, similar to the British WW1 Gift Knife, in the Old Knives thread. A shame some moron couldnt clean it without the aid of a grinder or Dremel, but I couldnt resist rescuing it :thumbup:
This Sheffield-pattern Lobster by Ford & Medley has seen better days, the spring is weak, and one of the blades is broken, but its an old knife, the company folded in 1928.
Im not sure what the story is behind this little Joseph Allen penknife, but it seems to have been well-loved!
I have another knife just like this, but with different advertising, and think it was made by the company who own all the big old Sheffield marks (Rodgers, Wostenholm, Ibberson, etc) now. The other items were gifts from ADEE.
I also have another of these tiny wee things, though this is in better shape.
Picked this one up a few weeks ago. The main blade has great snap, the smaller blade has none. Covers are buffalo horn.
A shame that one of the blades has gone on this Southern & Richardson penknife, as the MOP is undamaged on both sides.
This Sheffield Ring-opener appears to have never been used.
Not often I find an old knife in MINT condition, but this Hoover advertising knife was still sealed in cellophane. They were given away by Hoover reps in the 1930s, though I dont know if this one is quite that old. For our younger members IBAISAIC = It Beats As It Sweeps As It Cleans
Until the next time!
Jack
These two Fish Knives have been there a while. I had a nice old Richards model, which I sent to R.c.s. a while back to replace one he had as a kid. Unfortunately, Royal Mail failed to deliver it, so when I saw these two on a market stall I snapped them up. Theyre both a bit more recent than the one I had before, and as Richards got closer to their eventual demise in 1983, the quality of the steel they used declined. The Isle of Wight souvenir knife is probably from the early 70s, and the other, marked Imperial England must have been made late in the day, after Imperial acquired the Richards group of companies in 1977. Id say the Richards knife is the better of the two, despite the missing bail, but will leave the choice to R.c.s.
Paul Mason sent me this British Army Burma Knife a couple of weeks back. Paul had had the knife for thirty years, but very kindly passed it on to me. Its the first Burma Knife Ive seen made by Arthur Wright & Son, and it was made only five years after the company was established. The vice I picked up for a couple of pounds the other week.
I picked up this small Joseph Rodgers Spearpoint in ivory just today for £1. Its going to need a bit of work unfortunately, but worth the repair I think. The ivory shoe-horn was acquired a couple of weeks ago, together with the cigarette-holder, which I think is actually white bone still the envy of any Bond villain though
I also picked up this Letter-opener Knife today, which I think may have been made by Harrison Fisher. Got the Guiness bottle-opener today too.
This Butler penknife doesnt have the quality of older Butler knives I dont think, but still worth buying
Salmon sent me this wee Solingen-made penknife recently
Thanks a lot Sam :thumbup:
When I was a kid, I was fishing mad, and had one of these inexpensive Chinese-made fish knives. Id completely forgotten about it until a few months back, when a photo here brought back the memory. R8shell very kindly sent me one, along with some other goodies, and I found another in the market the other week. At this rate, I could eventually have a shoal!
(r8shell, Ive had some stuff for you on my coffee table a couple of months now. Ill try and get it off to you soon
)Ive already posted about this Simmons Keen Kutter, similar to the British WW1 Gift Knife, in the Old Knives thread. A shame some moron couldnt clean it without the aid of a grinder or Dremel, but I couldnt resist rescuing it
:thumbup:
This Sheffield-pattern Lobster by Ford & Medley has seen better days, the spring is weak, and one of the blades is broken, but its an old knife, the company folded in 1928.
Im not sure what the story is behind this little Joseph Allen penknife, but it seems to have been well-loved!
I have another knife just like this, but with different advertising, and think it was made by the company who own all the big old Sheffield marks (Rodgers, Wostenholm, Ibberson, etc) now. The other items were gifts from ADEE.
I also have another of these tiny wee things, though this is in better shape.
Picked this one up a few weeks ago. The main blade has great snap, the smaller blade has none. Covers are buffalo horn.
A shame that one of the blades has gone on this Southern & Richardson penknife, as the MOP is undamaged on both sides.
This Sheffield Ring-opener appears to have never been used.
Not often I find an old knife in MINT condition, but this Hoover advertising knife was still sealed in cellophane. They were given away by Hoover reps in the 1930s, though I dont know if this one is quite that old. For our younger members IBAISAIC = It Beats As It Sweeps As It Cleans
Until the next time!
Jack
