The " Roosters " are crowing for the " Farmers"

Thanks Jack,Jack,Mike and Steve.I am glad you enjoy looking,thanks.

Mike and Jack,that DE is one of the best examples I have of old cutlery.Seems all the dealers that have seen it want to buy it.:)

Vonovitch,that does seem a very rare stamp,thanks.

Jack you make my day.:)
 
That Diamond edge makes me weep with pleasure, Lyle.
I'm speechless . . . . .


Ok, I found my voice - the collectors dream! I'd rather have ten knives like that one, than ten thousand worn examples. Congratulations!!
 
Agreed Charlie - thats the Sublime example of Collecting right there - I consider myself lucky enough just to view that knife let alone own such an example!
 
Thanks Rob and Duncan.

Me too Charlie,I can't believe some of these I have survived,considering the rarity of the pattern.But I love having any example I can get of different makers.
 
wlfryjr said:
Thanks Rob and Duncan.

Me too Charlie,I can't believe some of these I have survived,considering the rarity of the pattern.But I love having any example I can get of different makers.
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Of course I know what you mean.
But there are fried green tomatoes, and then there are

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES!!!

Yum!:D
 
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....I love having any example I can get of different makers.
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Lyle, thank you again, again, for sharing your passion for this pattern with us, and for all the time you invest in bringing out the knives' distinctives (in photographs and words) as you display each in turn.

I'm so happy for you. :)

I love reading things like this...
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This one eluded me from the start of my collecting this pattern. It was the one I was after.
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... followed by:
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:D

(And of course, a rooster's comb always sorta does it for me. :cool:)

I marvel at this beauty (combless though it be ;)):
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Seeing these old beauties not only teaches me about the patterns of the past and the expertise of the various cutlers involved, but provides a ready reference for some of the current (re)production of older patterns, and a pondering of goals-- where the lines and essence of a new production honor without copying, or hit an old example bang on, or turn out just fine but don't resonate with me.

(Going forward, I will be very curious to hear your thoughts on a certain upcoming knife.)

More conversations to be had, I hope.

Great stuff, Lyle!

~ P.
 
My two eloquent friends.

I am proud and honored to know you both. Charlie,I hope you enjoy that recipe.I can't hardly believe you remembered,after all at our ,or your age I mean....

Sarah,I hope others see the truth in your posts,they are the very opposite of perfunctory.
 
Another nice one,albeit she has had some problem with the master blade.I need Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Otherwise seems unused.

Old bone etched NYK

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Lyle: Thanks for sharing your passion with us. Farmer Jacks are such an underrepresented segment of traditional knife collecting. I was not even aware of Farmer Jacks until you created this thread. You are blessed to have some wonderful FJs--and thank you for bringing them to the GEC Rendezvous last summer. They are even more stunning in person!

You have so many outstanding knives pictured here. I really love the grind lines on the Schrade. The shape of the grafting blade with the comb are outstanding--all the right curves! And the Diamond Edge is make-me-week-in-the knees exceptional!! What a terrific find.
 
Thanks Robb,

I enjoyed talking with you and Tim .That was quite a trip you had this summer,lot of driving.
 
I was just browsing through this thread - again.

There are some of the most amazing knives in here!

Thanks for sharing them Lyle!!
 
Lyle,
Been enjoying the pictures, a beautiful collection of a unusual pattern. do most of them seem to have rattail bolsters or is it just me?
 
Yes J ,that is almost , but not always the standard.Thanks for stopping and looking around,we enjoy company! Can I get you anything.:)

I have a sneaking suspicion you may be seeing a lot more of these.;)
 
Hey Lyle: DO you have a scratted FJ? If not....you should look for one. That's be way cooooool.
 
wlfryjr said:
Yes J ,that is almost , but not always the standard.Thanks for stopping and looking around,we enjoy company! Can I get you anything.:)

I have a sneaking suspicion you may be seeing a lot more of these.;)
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My anticipation is high, #38 hip hip hurray.
 
Thanks J,Barry,John,and Steve for looking and the compliments .Steve ,did you post your Sayner here,if not please do,she's lovely ?

John I hope to find one scratted someday,I really admire one done right. I even like those close... It is a piece of cutlery made art by an individual..

Concerning the Peter Henderson Co etched Schrade Cut knife I posted . Peter Henderson was an expert horticulturalist of repute,writing several books,articles . In 45 years of business,he personally sent out 175,000 letters,answering every letter written to him. Two-thirds of them were written by his own hand,all after work. Amazing! Henderson’s contemporaries called him “the father of horticulture and ornamental gardening” in the United States.

I believe this first knife (item 6889) in this 1924 Henderson catalog to be the knife , making it's appearance years before being shown in the Schrade catalog E 1936 supplement.You will notice the thickness of the pruner is like the one I posted.The later Schrade pruning blade on farmers jacks were like the upcoming GEC #38,a little slimmer and seemingly more elegant,staying a little more covered in her nest.

Page from 1924 Peter Henderson catalog(item 6889). Mine like this is one of my favorites,I like it a lot,,and it also has some personal history to me.;)

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Here's the different pruning blade shape in this 1939 Henderson catalog ( knife is item k-7).

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Lyle as a keen gardener I'm really interested by those pages from the catalogue, it's gratifying in a way that not a lot changes - except the prices of course! Your collection of horti-knives is a great source of pleasure to many of us, we all gain from it.

Thanks, Will
 
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