The old, old knife thread!!

That's a real beauty sunnyd. Looks to be in outstanding condition.

To continue two themes... an old German multi-tool made by Ed Wusthof and Boker 1907 pen knife depicting the Canadian Provincial Shields of the time.
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Great knife sunnyd; reflections of a different time in history. with the buttonhook, and other blades!
 
I just received this Empire Harness Jack in the mail. It's a nice example and varies from all the other Empires with punches I've seen. Seymour Alvord, of the family that owned and ran Empire, patented a punch in 1906, and it is the only punch I've seen on Empire knives until this one. I wonder if this variation puts the knife before or after 1906?? One of those questions that keep things interesting!
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Here are two late 1800 knives. The bodies are made from nickel. There is a thick serrated blade for cutting the wires on champagne bottles. The second knife is marked Buck TOTMCTRD. The later refers to Tottenham Court Road in London. Is this related to the American Buck co at all?
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Have you guys ever noticed that the backsprings on these old timers were polished on both sides?
Greg
 
Are you talking about down inside the knife, Greg? If so, I have seen that some are highly polished!
 
Waynorth. Yep. Down inside. The backside of the backspring. That was a fairly standard procedure back then. The swell center toenail I posted has a very bright shine to it's backspring. Lot's of the older knives do.
Greg
 
Ah, now I can see it! Great knife, and it's satisfying to see someone respect the patina the knife spent a couple of generations gathering!:thumbup: :thumbup:
In the wrong hands, that knife would be "bright and shiny" almost, near, maybe, minty:barf: :barf:
Way to go, Greg!!:thumbup:
 
I'll see if I can get a photo of the polished spring. You can't see if from the photo I posted. You must be lookin' at one of yours.
Greg
 
Greg, I was talking about the Toenail! You must view the posts linear, and I view threaded!
 
This thread was slipping down the list a bit so I figured I would put up some pics. Top is a Case Tested 06221 1/2LP.
Next two are later than most of the stuff I am putting up but I am running low on good older ones to show off.
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Rivit's post reminded my of this ol' fella. It was mine when I was in the 5th grade. My 81 year old Mother recanted the story of how my teacher took it from me at recess and that I stole it back from her at lunch time. I hid it in a Moss Bank. Us kids used to hide our illicit contraband in moss that grew at the bottom of trees by cutting a square piece of moss out and then hollow it out underneath to hide our treasures and then put the moss back on top of the stash spot. Other kids had Piggy Banks, but not us. Too easy to find.
Greg

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You know, when the British still made decent pocketknives, they were up there with the best.
They had the strength of the snap just right - not too hard and not soft either.
This old I-XL Barlow is one of those.

The Tang reads:
I-XL George
Wostenholm
Sheffield
England

And on the other side:
Oil the
joints

The handle slabs were shot, so I could not save them.
The perfect pocketknife IMO.
Dirk

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Oupa:
I have to admit that the other handle designs I've seen you post here have been too bold and brash for my taste.
This one, however, is class - Pure class with a capital C!!

Thanks a lot for this eye-candy!

/ Karl
 
Do any of you other guys wonder like I do, when you look at a real old knife, maybe even from the last century, what tales it could tell if it could speak to you? Like who carried it, and where it has traveled?

Oh heck, thats it. I'm checking into the rubber knife rest home.
 
jackknife said:
Do any of you other guys wonder like I do, when you look at a real old knife, maybe even from the last century, what tales it could tell if it could speak to you? Like who carried it, and where it has traveled?

Oh heck, thats it. I'm checking into the rubber knife rest home.
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Looking forward to meeting you Jackknife. See you there :eek:
 
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