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Zorro do you have any date info on your Indian knife? It is the older 1095 pattern but maybe they were made later in India than UK??? Hi Steve, checked again but cannot find any marks. Flooks has a picture of one on page 212, plate 513, which is identical to mine, not much info though. ::shrug::

Been way to long since I posted here. :oops: Been researching this, a wooden handled pattern 6363/1905, as used by the British Army from 1905 through till 1939. The early ones had horn scales, later ones had bexoid, but never wood? https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/images/forum_archives/ll292-zor...

It is listed as a dog grooming blade remington patern R4733 in Stewart&Ritchie Remington knives past and present pg. 162 I've come into this one since this thread started, not a patent knife but a Brit equivalent. :) http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll292/zorrothegreyblade/100_2059.jpg Probab...

Knives with patents are one of my favorite things to find. Here's a small display of mine with four German knives whose design patented in 1880. :D Reminded me of this one, only 1 3/4 in. closed. :) http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll292/zorrothegreyblade/100_2054cropped.jpg Merry christmas guys!...

Hi jordan, click on the pictures in my post above, they will expand into a readable image.

Merry christmas to you all at AAPK from over the pond, I have made some great friends here and have allways been treated well.

Thankyou guys.

This is an interesting document sent to me by a friend, the I SORBY mark gets a mention as being owned by C & J Turner, typical of the Sheffield makers merging and diversifying through the years! Contains some interesting general information too! The history and development of Robert Sorby are c...

jonet143 wrote:hey Z, on blade forums, levines has a thread about sorby. check it out.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showt ... p?t=600822

Thanks johnnie!

Nice looking work Zorro. ::tu:: I like the ivory & MOP combo. The wood one is nice as well, now I can't figure out which I like the best. There is a simple elegance with the second one that I find appealing! ::drool:: Dale Young zorro has the same problem! I took him to meet Mik yesterday, (Mik...

Still researching this one, if anybody has any information please feel free to post! :) http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll292/zorrothegreyblade/100_2025cropped.jpg http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll292/zorrothegreyblade/100_2026.jpg http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll292/zorrothegreyblade/10...

:oops: I've been doing some more digging on this one, and have since discovered there was also a POLDI steel company in Austria in 1914! So possibly not Sheffield after all, but German? A German connection would also explain the Sheffield factory being closed in 1916, When Britain was at war with Ge...

Hi M M, no file work on these but he does do it, with beautifull results. Check out the link on my first post.

And yes, he is a good fellow, one of the nicest guys you could wish to meet.

I want to share these with you, the work of a guy in the UK who is very highly regarded over here. http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll292/zorrothegreyblade/100_2020.jpg http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll292/zorrothegreyblade/100_2021cropped.jpg http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll292/zorrotheg...

Superb!

Congratulations Dale, I promise to be good!

Definitely! In memory of the guy who made it, and the guy who liked it enough to buy it and keep it safe in his possession. And for the benefit of those who will follow us and marvel at was achieved by their forbears.

Very nice thread, thanks for posting.

I do like that, a propper no nonsense working knife. I reckon the back of the blade could be for striking with a flint to make a fire? A very nice vintage piece! ::tu:: Here is my contribution to the thread, https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/images/forum_archives/ll292-zorrothegreyblade-100_1909....

That's a first rate job johnnie, really added to it without taking away its character, well done sir!

Hi guys, this is one we have owned for a while that I'd like to share with you, I had assumed it was mainland European but it turns out it was made in Sheffield, England! Made by or for Poldi steel works, Napier Street, Sheffield, the company was closed by the British government of the day on 14th J...

Most of our collection is old and worn, this is my absolute favourite.



Closely followed by these, Eye witness pruners.

Vintage folders, mainly Sheffield, but anything old and interesting, just like me!

One of Sheffields finest. Thanks for posting!

Very nice Fran, I'm a sucker for those old girls as well!