The Wonderous Wharncliffe

[chuko]

Unmarked shadow wharncliff whittler 3 1/4” evidence of a salesman mark on reverse side main blade. High grade material and construction with nickel silver pins and milled liners.

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[supratentorial]

Nice Wharncliffe Whittler, Charles. Any guesses on the maker?

 

[chuko]

Jake: I bought it along with some other Sheffield made knives including some I*XL's, but I'd be guessing on maker. The quality is very good though. Charles

 

[Doug Add]

My current favorite, the mini copperhead, which I enhanced the dye of the deep canyon chestnut bone to match its brother the peanut.

 

[chuko]

A little CATTARAUGUS CUTLERY CO. LITTLE VALLEY 3” Wharncliff

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[zippofan]

Just realized I never did post a pic of my Peanut in this thread:

And a coupla more Wharncliffe's:

Plus this Kershaw 'semi-traditional' and a few other non-traditionals (Benchmade, Spyderco)

 

[Vanguard41xx]

Just realized I never did post a pic of my Peanut in this thread:

How do you like that AG Russel peanut? It caught my eye recently

 

[zippofan]

How do you like that AG Russel peanut? It caught my eye recently

It's a terrific knife, and my favorite Peanut...but don't tell the others, they'll get jealous
Seriously, it is a terrific slicer and tough too. I was cutting fairly thick wire ties with it a couple weeks back, more of a job for a pair of diagonal pliers than a knife, but the Peanut went right through them.

 

[supratentorial]

Jake: I bought it along with some other Sheffield made knives including some I*XL's, but I'd be guessing on maker. The quality is very good though. Charles

Those unmarked knives are kind of fun... rare and mysterious. It's certainly a beautiful knife... though I'm still partial to that ebony Holley.

 

[yobbos1]

 

[pertinux]

And a coupla more Wharncliffe's:

I was going to ask if this was a Tiny Trapper or a Mini, but once quoted the image tag gives it away-- Tiny. Very nice!

Meantime, your use of "coupla" ranks right up there with moonwilson's (and others'-- can't find the owl-avatared post I'm also thinking of) use of "few".

Great selection.

~ P.

 

[chuko]

Wharncliffe whittler stamped Northfield UN-X-LD Knife Co.with Northfield Knife Co. on small blades, (1876/1919) ,3 1/8" closed,genuine pearl handles ,it is in excellent cleaned condition. Charles

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[Gevonovich]

Charles
I bet that Northfield is spectacular in person!! Thanks for taking the time to share all these beauties with us. Its greatly appreciated.

 

[chuko]

OLD HENRY SEARS & SON WHARNCLIFFE shadow PEARL WHTTLER KNIFE 2 15/16" CLOSED,*MARKED HENRY SEARS & SON 1865 (1897-1959) ON ALL 3 BLADES,GREAT PATTERN

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[pertinux]

I'm not sure what just happened...

... or if it even counts as "traditional"...?

Either way, it'd definitely a wharncliffe!

~ P.

 

[Humppa]

Hi ~P.!

I think, that counts... acrylic handle and a guitar shield. Looks traditional to me... nice wharnie, btw.

Kind regards
Andi

 

[AKC]

Sooooo, I was headed home early from work yesterday when I found myself detoured by unexpected road work. All roads lead to Rome, so I decided to take a swing by a little hardware store that's nearby.

Fulkerson's is anachronistic, to say the least. It's been sitting at the corner of Rice and Somis Road since about, oh, 19aught-forever.

It's the kind of place where you have to walk carefully down the aisles, mostly sideways, lest you knock stuff over.

But if you need it, I bet they have one. Bob Fulkerson is a no-nonsense kinda proprietor, but very helpful. He refers to a lot of the customers as "dusters".

Guilty as charged. I could spend hours in there, "dusting"

It was a warm day in Somis, and I felt drawn to knocking the dust off a couple of CASE Seahorse Whittlers. Bob was happy to oblige, they've obviously been in the case for a bit.

A CASE BROTHERS in Chestnut and one in Jade....

Take a little detour once in a while, don't mind the dust....

Fulkerson Hardware

 

[Doug Add]

Nice pick up, and thanks for the link to the article. I grew up in a small town in Indiana, and James Hardware looked just about the same when I was there back in May as it did when I used to go in as a kid 40+ years ago and stare at the pocket knife display cases. Wish there were more places like this still operating.

 

[zippofan]

I need a coupla more wharncliffe's too ~P

I really like the Tango acrylics, and yours is the first I've seen of the #26 pattern. The guitar shield gets me every time even though I'm a better drummer than a guitarist.

 

[knarfeng]

Fulkerson's is anachronistic, to say the least.

Any hardware store that has a wash tub in the front window is my kind of place. Were I there, I too would be a "duster".

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