Of late, the MPT station (Maryland public television) has been showing some of the Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett. Very well done British productions. In a few episodes, they have Holmes using his pocket knife for the collection of evidence. Last night it was used for scraping a residue off a smoke guard on an oil lamp. You get a pretty good look at it.
The knife seems to be the same one, a single blade wharnie with a pearl or light colored ivory handle. It has a swelled end at the blade pivot end, and tapers toward the butt end of the handle. It looks like a very faithful repro of a knife from the 1880's to 90's period. Very, very Sheffield looking.
I thought it was nice attention on somebodys part in the wardrobe or props department to use something like that instead of trying to fake it with a modern semi-looking traditional knife. But then it is a high quality production. Very good attention to small details, unlike some what comes out of Holliweird these days.
It seems to me, and I may be wrong, but the older style Wharncliffe blades seem to have a "Longer" tip, in that they have a more graceful look to them. They take a little more space to curve down toward the tip.
Very pretty knives. I wonder if I may get a Case swayback wharnie and a silver headed cane in the near future?
The knife seems to be the same one, a single blade wharnie with a pearl or light colored ivory handle. It has a swelled end at the blade pivot end, and tapers toward the butt end of the handle. It looks like a very faithful repro of a knife from the 1880's to 90's period. Very, very Sheffield looking.
I thought it was nice attention on somebodys part in the wardrobe or props department to use something like that instead of trying to fake it with a modern semi-looking traditional knife. But then it is a high quality production. Very good attention to small details, unlike some what comes out of Holliweird these days.
It seems to me, and I may be wrong, but the older style Wharncliffe blades seem to have a "Longer" tip, in that they have a more graceful look to them. They take a little more space to curve down toward the tip.
Very pretty knives. I wonder if I may get a Case swayback wharnie and a silver headed cane in the near future?
