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Wostenholm's I*XL Cutlery Set
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Aardvark
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Welcome.
Did you intend to attach a picture?
Regarding the dating of such a set, this might help:
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Good luck,
Joe
Did you intend to attach a picture?
Regarding the dating of such a set, this might help:
Wostenholm IXL Sheffield knife
My grandfather came across a knife at an antique store and brought it to show me today. I thought I would show some photos of it here and get some opinions from the experts. It's a great little knife, measures 3 1/16 inches closed. You can tell it's old just by the feel of it. Obviously it's...
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Good luck,
Joe
Thank you Joe for your reply, & info.Welcome.
Did you intend to attach a picture?
Regarding the dating of such a set, this might help:
Wostenholm IXL Sheffield knife
My grandfather came across a knife at an antique store and brought it to show me today. I thought I would show some photos of it here and get some opinions from the experts. It's a great little knife, measures 3 1/16 inches closed. You can tell it's old just by the feel of it. Obviously it's...
Good luck,
Joe
Yes, my intention was to post photos, but I couldn't work it out. Not very tech savvy Im afraid
Aardvark
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I haven't posted a picture here since before my parents were born, so I can't help you directly, but maybe you can find help here:
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How do I post pictures from a.....
Whatever kind of device you have? There may be an app for that. Look for a picture/file sharing host. Prefreably one that is NOT porn related. You can use imgur.com, flickr, or any others. There are tutorials online on the "How To" part, search for it. In the mean time, searching here for...
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Welcome.
Did you intend to attach a picture?
Regarding the dating of such a set, this might help:
Wostenholm IXL Sheffield knife
My grandfather came across a knife at an antique store and brought it to show me today. I thought I would show some photos of it here and get some opinions from the experts. It's a great little knife, measures 3 1/16 inches closed. You can tell it's old just by the feel of it. Obviously it's...
Good luck,
Joe
Your pictures are not helpful as they are too small to see any details. But the overall shape of your knives is that of "eating knives". The eating knife has a rounded tip, broad blade, and the back is often rounded on one side. The consumer used the knife flat to scrape food off the plate and bring it to his mouth.
Flatware companies wanted to sell knives, forks, and spoons, so in the post Civil War magazines, the fashion influencers would poo-poo as vulgar eating habits, such as using a knife to hold carrots and peas. According to them, cultured people purchased mountains of specialized flatware, such as butter only knives, salad forks, pickle forks, etc. These influencers were paid by flatware companies to increase flatware sales and it worked. This is where place settings came from, and shows that societal elites can be manupulated to spend money foolishly, just like anyone else.
I don't know when eating knives disappeared, probably around the 1920's to 1930's. And I don't know about the history of the logo's, types ofknives, that Wostenholm made. I suggest a web research. The pictured knife type was made post WW2, have some Queen knives that are close in shape, But they are thin, my eating knives are a little thicker.
Flatware companies wanted to sell knives, forks, and spoons, so in the post Civil War magazines, the fashion influencers would poo-poo as vulgar eating habits, such as using a knife to hold carrots and peas. According to them, cultured people purchased mountains of specialized flatware, such as butter only knives, salad forks, pickle forks, etc. These influencers were paid by flatware companies to increase flatware sales and it worked. This is where place settings came from, and shows that societal elites can be manupulated to spend money foolishly, just like anyone else.
I don't know when eating knives disappeared, probably around the 1920's to 1930's. And I don't know about the history of the logo's, types ofknives, that Wostenholm made. I suggest a web research. The pictured knife type was made post WW2, have some Queen knives that are close in shape, But they are thin, my eating knives are a little thicker.