Trappings of the Traditional Knife Nut

ptradeco · Jun 29, 2013

This is a thread I have been wanting to do for awhile but just have not got around to it. I already know there are many of you out there that like this stuff as much as I do because I see this stuff in your pictures. Combing around the junk and antique stores, maybe a gun/knife show, your Grand Dad's attic, you see something related to old knives you just must have! Trinkets I call them! How about you? What have you got?

Hardware Store Advertising

Set of Scales from a Remington R4

Counter Pad

Various Salesman Samples

Tobacco Tags

Catalogs

Catalog Print Blocks

And My Personal Favorite: PICKS!

waynorth · Jun 29, 2013

Great idea for a thread, Brad. Should bring a few of us out of the woodwork!
Here is a Catalog print block. It is marked 1938, and it is for a Case 6235 1/2P. P for Punch!
Just what a Harness Jack nut likes to find!
My wife does block printing, in fact she just finished the invitations for my youngest son's wedding in Sept. She whipped up a quick print for me - it's amazing what kind of detail they got with these things!

Gevonovich · Jun 29, 2013

I'm breaking out the popcorn!! I love this idea for a thread. Fantastic pieces

ptradeco · Jun 29, 2013

waynorth said:
Great idea for a thread, Brad. Should bring a few of us out of the woodwork!
Here is a Catalog print block. It is marked 1938, and it is for a Case 6235 1/2P. P for Punch!
Just what a Harness Jack nut likes to find!
My wife does block printing, in fact she just finished the invitations for my youngest son's wedding in Sept. She whipped up a quick print for me - it's amazing what kind of detail they got with these things!

Charlie, the knife is probably as rare as the print block! Okay, I have a couple of dozen of these and have tried to make impressions but have totally failed. I got the idea that these catalogs must have been printed on rolls and not sheets. I could not locate any manageable sizes of rolls so kind of gave up. I put most of my Sheffield ones in Mick's thread. I will put the link on here later for those interested. Just cannot quite pull that off from a phone. Bet my kids could!

Hammer67 · Jun 29, 2013

ptradeco said:
Catalog Print Blocks

That's very cool. :thumbup:

ptradeco · Jun 29, 2013

Smithhammer said:
That's very cool. :thumbup:

Here are a few more:

ptradeco · Jun 29, 2013

Here is a link to some Sheffields I posted once upon a time, a few are quite old based on tang stamps, in excess of 165 years:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-golden-age/page43?highlight=shades+sheffield

ptradeco · Jul 4, 2013

I am a bit surprised that some of you do not have things to chime in here with. Normally I would not care but let us see your stuff please! I know you have it!

Here is a bit more:

The DE pencil, hand tag and button came right out of the liquidation sale of Shapleigh Hardware a few years ago.

The F. Dick Sharpening Steel is a miniature, about 3", of a steel they sold. This was a salesman's sample and dates to about 1900.

Winchester Axe Head

Picks

If you have not seen this thread you might enjoy it:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/809086-Openers-Picks-and-Steel-Thumbnails

Plus a couple of new ones that were hand made from some old Sheffield cutlery: