Have Any Knives Made Before 1900

[danno50]

Wow, great response and some really nice knives. very nice automatic hunter, wiseguy. Charlie, great showing, as always. Salernoslim, great pair. edge213, I would say that half of a civil war slot knife definitely counts, if is half more than I have. Peanut, that Excelsior is superlative. dcgm4, really like that Russel, nice bone. tongueriver, very nice old breadknife.
Dan

[Salernoslim]

A great thread Danno. I hope it keeps going and we get to some more oldies. Wish I had to more to add.

[Lawrence]

Here's an old Sheffield knife made by Robert Marples. I was doing some research and lucked out to find a site on the Marples family history/family tree. I contacted the author and this is what he said...

"The beehive logo is the trade mark of Robert Marples & Co. Robert was a distant cousin of Thomas Marples, the silver fruit knife maker.
Thank you for your kind remarks about my website.
Kind regards
Rodney Marples"

I also contacted one of the cousins who currently owns a Marples tool making company and this is what he said...

"As far as I am aware, our company never made knives, many of the other Marples' have ( seven in the 1860's).
'Beehive' works is still in existance, along with the adjacent 'Taylor's Eye Witness' works, both on Milton Street, Sheffield. In fact, we use one of the last remaining 'Little Mesters' to do our grinding, and he is at Beehive Works. The factory, it seems, started in the 1860's ( a quick 'Google' will return the details). Few manufacturers in those days actually made all the constituent parts for their products, relying on the Little Mesters to do, in particular, blade making/grinding. I would guess that the blade was made by a seperate company at the Beehive works, with whichever Marples over stamping his name on the blade, and only attaching the scales & springs etc. himself.
Regards,
Tony Marples"

...I love this stuff...cheers

[dirtyfonzie]

Found this Sunday morning. Needs a little work, but I couldn't leave it there all alone!

[orvet]

Here is a Barber Bros made around 1900, give or take a few years. It is rough.
What interested me was the scratting on the bone handles and the tang stamp.

I showed it to Bernard Levine at one of our club meetings and he dated it for me.
He said it was probably made in Germany.

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[danno50]

Lawrence, fonzie and Dale, some more nice ones.

Dan

[Salernoslim]

Great knives indeed! keep em comin!

[dcgm4]

Here's an Albert & Meyer ebony jack with enclosed backsprings to keep this thread alive. From what I've been able to find it dates from 1888 to 1892.

[danno50]

Nice old ebony jack, Dave. I like the screws holding the handles on. I wonder if it is possible that Miller Bros made that knife for Albert and Meyer? I don't really understand how the covered back springs function? There is no centre pin in evidence?
Dan

[Salernoslim]

Sweet old jack Dave! what's the blade etch say?

[dcgm4]

Nice old ebony jack, Dave. I like the screws holding the handles on. I wonder if it is possible that Miller Bros made that knife for Albert and Meyer? I don't really understand how the covered back springs function? There is no centre pin in evidence?
Dan

The knife was definitely made on contract by Miller Bros. Albert & Meyer was a hardware wholesale company in Baltimore. They never made their own knives. There's no evidence of a center pin, but I suppose it could be hidden by the scales.

Sweet old jack Dave! what's the blade etch say?

The blade etch says "Albert & Meyer Baltimore."

[stockman]

Here is a H&B stag whittler made before 1912. I wanted to know if some of the more informed, than myself
thinks it is older than 1900? Knife looks a little better in hand.

Thanks
Harold

[Miller Bro's]

These two.

[Miller Bro's]

The blade etch says "Albert & Meyer Baltimore."

Nice knife Dave!

[danno50]

Nice old whittler, Stockman. Good pair of old ones, MB.
Dan

[btrwtr]

Here are a few old knives.

Semper?????, Walsh & Lovett Sheffield Bowie with 5 1/4" blade . Pearl Handle.

Trio of folders:
French made 108 GIRODIAS with horn handle
George Wostenholms Celebrated Cutlery with horn handle
Davy & Sons Exchange Wks Sheffield bone handle

Henry Hobson & Son slab stag handle with 7" blade
GEO WOSTENHOLM IXL double edge Bowie with stick stag handle 7" blade

Best English Cutlery with silver cutlery handle double edge Bowie/Dagger, 6 5/8" blade.
G Wostenholm Washington Works Sheffield IXL stag with 6" blade.

Horton & Sons pearl handle dagger with unusually long 6" blade
J.W. Saniforth & Co. Manufacturers Sheffield, double edge pearl with full revers etched blade.


Wayne

[danno50]

Great group of knives, Wayne. Some beautiful old bowies. I like the look and lines of that French GIORDIAS.
Dan

[Miller Bro's]

Beautiful antique cutlery Wayne!

[Salernoslim]

Great showing Wayne!

[Mason]

Here are a few old knives.

Semper?????, Walsh & Lovett Sheffield Bowie with 5 1/4" blade . Pearl Handle.

Trio of folders:
French made 108 GIRODIAS with horn handle
George Wostenholms Celebrated Cutlery with horn handle
Davy & Sons Exchange Wks Sheffield bone handle

Henry Hobson & Son slab stag handle with 7" blade
GEO WOSTENHOLM IXL double edge Bowie with stick stag handle 7" blade

Best English Cutlery with silver cutlery handle double edge Bowie/Dagger, 6 5/8" blade.
G Wostenholm Washington Works Sheffield IXL stag with 6" blade.

Horton & Sons pearl handle dagger with unusually long 6" blade
J.W. Saniforth & Co. Manufacturers Sheffield, double edge pearl with full revers etched blade.


Wayne

Very nice and rare examples, thanks for the pictures.

[danno50]

Just got this one. I really liked the look of it, and the bonus is it is old enough to post in this thread. Naugatuck Cutlery Co. - Goins says 1872 to 1888 for the curved stamp.
Dan

[knife7knut]

Here are a few.Probably posted most of them before.Some are in not-so-great shape but rare.
Aaron Burkinshaw pearl tuxedo(broken master blade;otherwise near mint).
American Knife Co.Plymouth Ct and two Waterville Cutlery Co.
American Shear & Knife Co and a Holley.
Wards B4Any pearl congress.
Barneria(French and possibly 18th century.The mark goes back to the 1600's).
Charles Congreave quill knife circa 1840.
Edward Barnes lockback folding dirk.
G & J Allen wharncliffe and an unmarked whittler of the same era.
George Woodhead jack and a Jonathan Crookes gunstock.
George Woodhead pruner.Woodhead was mostly known for his fine bowies;pocket knives are extremely rare by him.

[knife7knut]

A few more:
GH Exhibition pruner.
Greaves folding dirk.
HW Mason 8 blade congress.
I*XL Celebrated Cutlery folding dirk.
I*XL ivory quill knife and ivory whittler dated 1870.
I*XL lockback.
John Copley cast steel pruner
R.Bunting 2 blade congress circa 1840.
Joseph Rodgers ivory scaled scissors with a 1" blade in each handle.
Unwin & Rogers ivory scaled knife with a mechanical pencil.

[knife7knut]

Last ones:
W.Drummond Obtain Warranted pruner circa 1860.
W.H.Morley multi-blade(14 blades if I recall correctly).
Wragg folder.Not sure if this is pre-1900 but that is what I was told.

[danno50]

knife7knut, great bunch of old knives.
Dan