Treasures From Jack's Virtual Table

[meako]

I dont know which I like best...yhe wonderful variety of the knives ..or those wonderful descriptions of the shop proprietors and stall holders you used to do...
Cheers.

 

[waynorth]

Thanks Charlie, there is some rough 'uns in there! Thank you, it's in an awkward place - of course!



Very traditional here Charlie, I absolutely love them You can see how it'd be the perfect tool can't you? It's inexpensively-made, and I imagine quite common in some parts of the world

A perfect tool/knife, I agree.
I'm going to look in the Italian Food Market!!

 

[Jack Black]

I just hate tip-bolsters. I may be alone in that. Beautiful knife otherwise.

Really? Tip-bolsters are something I think make a penknife look really classy Thanks Jer

This thread needed a picture of some chestnuts.

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Nice chestnuts!

Jack Black -Brilliant post, Jack. Enjoyed reading everything except you getting hurt. Hope it heals quickly.

Thanks Harvey, the knife went in about 1/4". That new stuff is pretty good, but it's in a place on my right thumb I keep catching. Just put a band-aid around the 'scab'

Great thread, Jack.

Some unusual and fun knives.

Thanks fellers

Yes! I've missed these.

Neat old knife. I hope you've stayed current with your tetanus shots though.​

Great knife. The sharpening isn't too bad, and it's well within your abilities to bring her back up to snuff.

Sorry Christian, I don't seem to have the spare time I once did

Yeah, I've had a lot of tetanus shots in the past, they tell me I shouldn't ever need anymore Just as well, some of the old knives I manage to cut myself with are absolutely filthy!

Thank you my friend

I dont know which I like best...yhe wonderful variety of the knives ..or those wonderful descriptions of the shop proprietors and stall holders you used to do...
Cheers.

Thanks Meako, I don't get around like I used to

 

[kamagong]

I just hate tip-bolsters. I may be alone in that. Beautiful knife otherwise.

I think you are alone.

Tip bolsters are classy. One of the knives on my list is a penknife with tip bolsters. Something with gorgeous bone like Jack's, perhaps even nacre.

 

[screened porch]

Really? Tip-bolsters are something I think make a penknife look really classy Thanks Jer

I think you are alone.

Tip bolsters are classy. One of the knives on my list is a penknife with tip bolsters. Something with gorgeous bone like Jack's, perhaps even nacre.

They provide no structural strength and easily fall off to spoil the classy look.

 

[Jack Black]

They provide no structural strength and easily fall off to spoil the classy look.

I haven't found that Jer, and I come across a lot. There are cheap knives with a fake tip bolster, which are not an integral part of the knife, and they drop off though

 

[Jack Black]

This letter-opener was made by J.B. Rawlins & Son for Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

I rather like this sweet little knife, but the tang stamp contains no information unfortunately.

Far more interesting I think is this old knife by Francis Newton of Sheffield (later Francis Newton & Sons Ltd).

After being involved in a couple of partnerships, Francis Newton began trading under his own name in the 1830's, and was Sheffield's Master Cutler in 1844. He was an cutlery manufacturer and factor, and one of some wealth, rather than a humble cutler. After bringing his sons into the firm, it became Francis Newton & Sons in the 1850's, and Francis Newton & Sons Ltd in 1906. The firm lasted until 1932.

 

[screened porch]

I like those groovy bolsters.

 

[Jack Black]

Scooped up a few more at random

This is not actually a knife, but a folding button hook

Some of you might not have seen one of these before, it's a Lifeboat Knife. They're stored in kits, but for a survival item, they never seem to have much of an edge. Can--opener and bottle-opener too. Still made by Eggington, under the Joseph Rodgers name, today.

A Japanese-made Smoker's Knife. While it's a reminder that the West once went to Japan, rather than China, to get cheap contract cutlery made, it's at least as well made as Sheffield Smoker's Knives were in the same period.

This Imperial Barlow found its way to Yorkshire.

I've always liked this simple Lobster pattern with integral bottle-opener. It wasn't exclusive to Ibberson's, but they made it in both carbon steel (with nickel-plated covers) and stainless. This one is of the latter variety, and made in 1952.

 

[donn]

Great posts Jack, I especially like the Newton & Sons.

 

[Jack Black]

Great posts Jack, I especially like the Newton & Sons.

Thanks David

Just scooped this one out, but it'll have to wait until tomorrow now

 

[r8shell]

Far more interesting I think is this old knife by Francis Newton of Sheffield (later Francis Newton & Sons Ltd).

Oh, that Newton is fantastic. Do you think it originally had a bail?

 

[Campbellclanman]

Jack I just LOVE your Table Threads! A great trip that you just took me on my friend!

 

[Corso]

Nice show and tell - its a real shame we don't get more opertunities over here in the UK to see others collections in person

 

[Jack Black]

Oh, that Newton is fantastic. Do you think it originally had a bail?

Thanks Rachel I don't think so Rachel, similar patterns are common in old Sheffield cutlery catalogues. Here's a large Sheepsfoot by Joseph Rodgers

Jack I just LOVE your Table Threads! A great trip that you just took me on my friend!

Thanks Duncan, I'm hoping this thread will shame me into finally doing something with these boxes of knives

Nice show and tell - its a real shame we don't get more opertunities over here in the UK to see others collections in person

Thanks Yes, I envy Charlie waynorth his Knife Club breakfasts

 

[Jack Black]

Just scooped this one out, but it'll have to wait until tomorrow now

With only 3 good digits on my right hand (I ripped half the nail off my pinky a couple of days before stabbing myself in the thumb), I probably didn't pick the best time to do this, but thought I'd at least clean the verdigris off this Uncle Henry Bearpaw LB7. I've only seen a couple of these in person before, but I think this one is from the 80's. Certainly a solid knife! Hoping it's going to sharpen up OK, as I don't think it's been sharpened since it left the factory, and is blunt as a butter-knife - perhaps just as well with my recent track record! Maybe I'll wait a few days until I sharpen it

 

[Jack Black]

Here's something minty I don't have to clean, a little mini Tool Kit Knife by Richards of Sheffield, probably a couple of decades older than the Schrade. Richards made their money producing inexpensive clamshell folders, and by coincidence, were eventually acquired by Imperial Schrade. The tools accompanying the wee knife, slot in under the spring, a nifty idea which is much older than this knife. The Richards models were often given as birthday and Christmas gifts here, leading to one wag dubbing them The Dad's Disappointment This one doesn't look like it's ever previously been removed from the case.

This pic is of another knife of the same pattern.

 

[Gevonovich]

I am enjoying the show, Jack ! You must be more careful; perhaps some mindful meditation before each session I need to do it myself before my next walk Those nasty curbs can really wreck an old man Maybe I should turn on the flashlight

 

[screened porch]

I have a grubby old toolkit knife in the basement. It doesn't quite vie with a SAK for portability.
Jack Black , is the skinny tool on the bottle-opening lobster a nail-file?

 

[black mamba]

Jack, I too find the Newton fascinating. Is it really over 150 years old? And, it's a surprisingly large knife to me, or was that usual for the times it came from? Heal quickly my friend, thumb cuts can be a bugger.