World War I Navy Issue Knife

Now those oldies are just incredible to see Jack.

Just want to say a massive thanks too Jack - I loved spending the day with you- I ALWAYS think about that and I will return to the land far away in years to come and you can guarantee that I will be paying a visit my friend - but this is to say thank you for the awesome research you do - and the time you take to gather your posts together - just to help.....and I gotta tell you matey - we LOVE IT!
 
You're very kind Duncan. For me, another day in your company can't come soon enough my friend :) :thumbup:
 
That is so cool, Jack. The inscription on the knife you most recently posted is really cool. Some of us stateside might not have ever been so well introduced to Sheffield without your participation. Thanks for sharing.
 
Jack Black said:
I can't find it in their online archive Charlie, but thought this might be of interest :thumbup:

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A folding knife with a horn handle made by Thomas Wilson of Sheffield in the late 1600s. The knife blade has been inscribed 'Lend mee not long where cookes are throng' and is also marked with an image of a flower and '1679'. It can be interpreted as meaning ‘cooks might steal me, because I am such a good knife’. There was a fashion for inscribing knife blades with sayings and verses in the 1600 and 1700s. Thomas Wilson registered his mark with the Cutlers' Company in 1678.
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I wonder if I can learn to make a knife like that one!! I love everything about it!! I could imagine it at 4" long, with a wonderful message scrawled across the blade!
 
waynorth said:
I wonder if I can learn to make a knife like that one!! I love everything about it!! I could imagine it at 4" long, with a wonderful message scrawled across the blade!
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Go for it Charlie! :) :thumbup:
 
waynorth said:
I wonder if I can learn to make a knife like that one!! I love everything about it!! I could imagine it at 4" long, with a wonderful message scrawled across the blade!
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I've been thinking the same since Jack posted this one, ie, what would one write across the blade? I love how this example incorporates whimsy....

~ P.
 
Use it not for Marmite sir,
Nor for peanut butter maid,
But save this blade within thy grasp,
For thine orange marmalade.

;)
 
Lol Jack...

Ok Sarah, ask and ye shall receive, be it not to doubt but to believe.....

Taketh Thee!!!!........

"Ye shall not utter Peanut Butter, be not afraid to spread thine Marmalade"
 
Some off the cuff thoughts at the Coffee House...

Keep the edge keen and use acutely

Acutely using its keen edge

What if but why not...

Slice and Spread Heartily

The point is not on this knife but its use

Use liberally and care for accordingly

Tools belong with mankind

May your perspective be as keen as this knife's edge

Another edge to teeter on
 
Cool :thumbup:

EDIT - Just went to look for the paper-weight I had with a galleon on, but I think my girlfriend has purloigned it :grumpy:
 
Jack Black said:
Cool :thumbup:

EDIT - Just went to look for the paper-weight I had with a galleon on, but I think my girlfriend has purloigned it :grumpy:
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As long as she invites you over to look at it . . . . . . . . . .:eek:
:D
 
Apropos of this thread, I just ran across this link, http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/sailor.txt (by no less than Bernard Levine) that gives an explanation for the squared-off blade of this design.

Quote (but I recommend that you read the whole article):

The Act
of Congress of July 27, 1866, which is still the law [Title
46 U.S. Code, Section 710] reads:

"Carrying sheath knives.

"No seaman in the merchant service shall wear any sheath
knife on shipboard. It shall be the duty of the master of any
vessel registered, enrolled, or licensed under the laws of
the United States, and of the person entering into contract
for the employment of a seaman upon any such vessel, to
inform every person offering to ship himself of the
provisions of this section, and to require his compliance
therewith, under a penalty of $50 for each omission..."
Note that the penalty for a violation falls not on the
sailor, but on the captain or the owner's agent. As far as I
know, U.S. Navy sailors at this time, and up until World War
II, were only allowed to carry folding knives, and those had
to have square-tipped blades.

Notwithstanding this article, I still think that the safety aspects of a blunt point and the practicality of a straight edge for cutting rope are factors in the popularity of the design.
 
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