Knives Made Before The Year 1960
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I'm drawn to the older knives myself. Here are a couple in my collection: the knife on the left is an early horsemans. The tang stamp is illegible but the blades have a very strong snap still. The knife on the right was given to me from my father. He had taken it from a German soldier who had surrendered to him. The maker of that knife is, J.A.Schmidt, Solingen. Both are solid, well made knives.
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Bull,
Awesome family history on the knife on the right!
Dale
Awesome family history on the knife on the right!
Dale
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What a great way to spend new years eve;looking at these great old knives. Thanks very much for shring.Chuckv
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A unusual wire jack.
Simmons Hardware Co vet knife
Simmons Hardware Co vet knife
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Have been looking for a place to show this little fella. 2 7/8" closed. The blades are 98-100%. Both blades work off of same spring. The large blade is a bit lazy the small one is a snapper. They both lock open and closed with mechanism. That is what the Patent number is for. The patents date is Dec 1942. The color of cel is a deep burgandy red made to look like tortoise shell(who knows it could be real, I doubt that though.) These two photos should enlarge twice. I scanned at 350%. LT only has one of these listed in his book with Schrade over Walden over NY USA. It is on page 87. His has a nail file blade, this one has a small pen and a smaller pen. The finish on blades is darn close to 100%, The advertising etch on main pen is in great condition. There are no marks on secondary pen. This is the first of the small Schrade two blade switchers I have came upon.
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Edit: Two photo's from Camera. I can't show handle color with this darned artificial light.
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Edit: Two photo's from Camera. I can't show handle color with this darned artificial light.
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Moss,
Nice looking little switchblade knife
The handles are celluloid, and the burgandy color is an uncommon color to find.
Nice looking little switchblade knife
The handles are celluloid, and the burgandy color is an uncommon color to find.
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Here are a couple real oldies, both are pre 1891.
An Ivory Ward Perly & Co. quill knife and a Tortoise shell pen, cannot make out the maker.
Check out the file work on the backspring
An Ivory Ward Perly & Co. quill knife and a Tortoise shell pen, cannot make out the maker.
Check out the file work on the backspring
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This absolutely HAS to be a CASE TESTED "prototype" I mean after all how many of you have EVER seen such a wild combination of handle materials and a SAWblade combination tool such as this. I bet ol bRHETT59 or Murdle whatever his name is can make this one a REAL beauty and get some BIG bucks for it.
Just kidding.
A beat up and well loved old knife that someone decided to make suit his needs.
Just kidding.
A beat up and well loved old knife that someone decided to make suit his needs.
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Very old ebony handle Burkinshaw............
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A nice pearl handle Ulster.........
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Some more oldies...........
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here is a few oldies but goodies
Ace cutlery co.
Gamble store co.
Press button
Schrade Walden
Excelsior
Ace cutlery co.
Gamble store co.
Press button
Schrade Walden
Excelsior
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Can't say for sure without seeing the blades but I think I'm in love with the top knife in the first pic in the above post!
Looking for the magic penny!
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A J Jordan Cutlery
A well used Miller Bros
A well used Miller Bros
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Here's some old ones. I must have several more that would fit pre 60, but for now..........
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Some nice ones posted here today
Joe,
The bone handles on all of those knives are outstanding!
Joe,
The bone handles on all of those knives are outstanding!
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A wee little KINGSTON rope knife
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An old PUUKKO
Robeson serpentine stockman
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An old PUUKKO
Robeson serpentine stockman
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W,
That Robeson has some pretty jigged bone handles
Keep em comin............
That Robeson has some pretty jigged bone handles
Keep em comin............
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Thanks D.
Some A-hole ran the blades through one of those *&#$(**&#^^!!! ELECTRIC knife sharpener things and did not do that darlin any favors.
What do you know about that little bitty Kingston "rope" knife? It's probably better suited for cutting twine. Has a HECK of a snap to it though.
Some A-hole ran the blades through one of those *&#$(**&#^^!!! ELECTRIC knife sharpener things and did not do that darlin any favors.
What do you know about that little bitty Kingston "rope" knife? It's probably better suited for cutting twine. Has a HECK of a snap to it though.
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Don`t you hate when they do that!Owd Wullie wrote:Some A-hole ran the blades through one of those *&#$(**&#^^!!! ELECTRIC knife sharpener things and did not do that darlin any favors
Owd Wullie wrote:What do you know about that little bitty Kingston "rope" knife? It's probably better suited for cutting twine.
Well, it was made by Ulster, they stopped marking them that way around 1958. Some say it has a U.S. Military background. I do know that the U.S. military used a two blade version of this knife since WWI, Case, Schrade, Camillus and others made them for the Government. However, this one is smaller then the ones mentioned. They are well made and all the ones I have handled had excellent snap and were finished very well.
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I have seen an Army/Air Force order for a single blade (sheepsfoot) TL-29 from around 1965, although it doesn't list the length (although since they refer to it as a TL-29 it's likely the standard length, not the short version). This was from Imperial (Kingston was a joint venture between Imperial and Ulster). I'll see if I can dig any more up. The Kingston stamp was used for some time after the war, at least into the late fifties/early sixties.
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how about this one?
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WOW! You guys have shown some really fine examples on this post. Let's keep it goin'. Here are some of my better oldies:
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Nice knives guys.
Heres another. Tested XX
Heres another. Tested XX