That is definitely a cool looking knife. What a great find! Here is one of Simonds ads from back in the day. You can definitely see the shield for your knife illustrated in this ad. Is that a plane blade, as in wood plane--not to be confused with an AIRplane. duh!
And, just out of curiosity, Jake, could you tell us how much that Simonds knife you posted sold for at auction? I'll give a second nod to synthetic on those scales, also. I think the shrinkage might be the tell there?
And, just out of curiosity, Jake, could you tell us how much that Simonds knife you posted sold for at auction? I'll give a second nod to synthetic on those scales, also. I think the shrinkage might be the tell there?
). If the same knife had the actual manufacturer's name (Camillus??), instead of the Simonds etch, it would have sold for a lot less. Thank you for sharing the ad! The knife books indicate that the figural shield is a saw... but the bevel on the right does look like the bevel on a plane blade. It sort of reminds me of the templates for a Porter Cable dovetail jig.