Vintage Lever Ended knives & Pellet knives?
Vintage Lever Ended knives & Pellet knives?
*UPDATE: The vercutler, 'flip lever' is here!!! With my own photos, one showing size comparison with my sterling Press Button Co. auto.
Hey, does anyone here happen to collect any of these types of knives?
I really have three to four different types here. I call them 'Lever' knives, or the other types 'Pellet' knives - as they have little pellets that set atop each blade to aid in opening.. Here are the few I have collected.
1. The sterling silver Vercutler, 'flip' ended (as you can flip this types blades opened) Many 'new style' tactical style knives are using this very old invention today. Sterling Vercutler, 'Garden of Eden' knife, dated 1892 with Adam and snake is in the mail on it's way. The photos are from the seller on that one.
2. The Masonic 'lever ended' is super old dated 1914, Muller & Schmidt. Tangs stamped with their unique 'spiraling arrows'.
3. The 18 CT Gold 'pellet' knife was purchased from the U.K. it's stamped: 'Pellett Patent' & 'Made in Sheffield'.
4. Last is a one blade knife- super small 'bail opening' Sheffield made, no clue as to year made. I bought it from the U.K.,smallest I have seen yet.
Please post yours, or share any information you might know on these types of knives.
Kirk
Hey, does anyone here happen to collect any of these types of knives?
I really have three to four different types here. I call them 'Lever' knives, or the other types 'Pellet' knives - as they have little pellets that set atop each blade to aid in opening.. Here are the few I have collected.
1. The sterling silver Vercutler, 'flip' ended (as you can flip this types blades opened) Many 'new style' tactical style knives are using this very old invention today. Sterling Vercutler, 'Garden of Eden' knife, dated 1892 with Adam and snake is in the mail on it's way. The photos are from the seller on that one.
2. The Masonic 'lever ended' is super old dated 1914, Muller & Schmidt. Tangs stamped with their unique 'spiraling arrows'.
3. The 18 CT Gold 'pellet' knife was purchased from the U.K. it's stamped: 'Pellett Patent' & 'Made in Sheffield'.
4. Last is a one blade knife- super small 'bail opening' Sheffield made, no clue as to year made. I bought it from the U.K.,smallest I have seen yet.
Please post yours, or share any information you might know on these types of knives.
Kirk
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Kirk, I have never seen any like those. Very interesting, the one in the first pick would be my favorite. I will have to keep my eye out for those. They all look to be very old and I like old knives. Thanks for posting
Monte
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Yes they are very old indeed. I can't wait to see that first one in person.. it's in the mail in route to me.montemojo wrote:Kirk, I have never seen any like those. Very interesting, the one in the first pick would be my favorite. I will have to keep my eye out for those. They all look to be very old and I like old knives. Thanks for posting
Monte
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Very nice !
c1892 patented by Walter William Pellett
c1892 patented by Walter William Pellett
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#2 Masonic, is actually the KNIGHT'S TEMPLER. The highest level of the YORK RIGHT. All are very nice.
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Those are just as cool as all get out. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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They are exceptionally cool.
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These are great Kirk! I really like the bail-opening example. I just searched eBay's vintage knife category for "pellet" and found zero listings. I'm with Monte, I need to start keeping a lookout for these.
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I just noticed from supratentorial's posting that the proper name for the ones with "ears" on the blades should probably be "Pellett knife" (not "pellet"), as that was the inventor's name.
Kirk do you have any more of these you can show us? Have you found any websites or other resources for these?
Dennis
Kirk do you have any more of these you can show us? Have you found any websites or other resources for these?
Dennis
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Very impressive group of knives!
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There is a photo of a Pellett quill knife in this old AAPK posting:
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=21968&p=355436&hil ... tt#p355436
Dennis
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supratentorial wrote:Very nice !
Patent studs on blades 3-22-1892_20170208_0001 1000x500 (1).jpg
c1892 patented by Walter William Pellett
Thanks! I have seen this one online as well.. Very cool though!
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This is awesome news! Thanks! Very cool...mrwatch wrote:#2 Masonic, is actually the KNIGHT'S TEMPLER. The highest level of the YORK RIGHT. All are very nice.
Cheers,
Kirk
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For sure, right?! Thanks Colonel26....Colonel26 wrote:Those are just as cool as all get out. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Kind regards,
Kirk
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Thanks man!tjmurphy wrote:They are exceptionally cool.
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Yea, they are very hard to locate...deo-pa wrote:These are great Kirk! I really like the bail-opening example. I just searched eBay's vintage knife category for "pellet" and found zero listings. I'm with Monte, I need to start keeping a lookout for these.
Dennis
Cheers,
Kirk
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Actually I knew this, I was just writing way fast.. I have it stamped on the tang right here in my face.. Loldeo-pa wrote:I just noticed from supratentorial's posting that the proper name for the ones with "ears" on the blades should probably be "Pellett knife" (not "pellet"), as that was the inventor's name.
Kirk do you have any more of these you can show us? Have you found any websites or other resources for these?
Dennis
I am afraid, this is it so far..
Thanks man!
Kirk
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btrwtr wrote:Very impressive group of knives!
Thanks!
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That Victorian quill is super cool!deo-pa wrote:There is a photo of a Pellett quill knife in this old AAPK posting:
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=21968&p=355436&hil ... tt#p355436
Dennis
Thanks!
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Very interesting (and old)group of knives! A couple are new to me(the levers).I have some slightly different variations on the easy open pattern.
First is a knife made by the Automatic Knife Co. of Middletown CT.It has tabs on either end that when depressed release the spring loaded blade open to an angle of about 30 degrees.The blade can then be opened manually the rest of the way.
Next is a knife by Schmactenberg Brothers(Clim-ax)whereby the blade is opened(again to about 30 degrees)by means of a spring and by sliding the side mounted button up or down.
Third is a small multiblade marked "A*1 Tyler & Son Celebrated Cutlery" that has small tabs affixed to the spines of the blades with a small nail mark to assist opening.These were popular to allow sunken joints to be employed on knives.
Next is a group shot of knives by various makers utilizing a protruding end that when pulled will allow the blade to slide open.Some have the slide button within the handle.
Last is a group of slide blade knives that operate by depressing a button on the side and pushing or pulling to open and close the blade.Some of these can be set at various opening lengths.
First is a knife made by the Automatic Knife Co. of Middletown CT.It has tabs on either end that when depressed release the spring loaded blade open to an angle of about 30 degrees.The blade can then be opened manually the rest of the way.
Next is a knife by Schmactenberg Brothers(Clim-ax)whereby the blade is opened(again to about 30 degrees)by means of a spring and by sliding the side mounted button up or down.
Third is a small multiblade marked "A*1 Tyler & Son Celebrated Cutlery" that has small tabs affixed to the spines of the blades with a small nail mark to assist opening.These were popular to allow sunken joints to be employed on knives.
Next is a group shot of knives by various makers utilizing a protruding end that when pulled will allow the blade to slide open.Some have the slide button within the handle.
Last is a group of slide blade knives that operate by depressing a button on the side and pushing or pulling to open and close the blade.Some of these can be set at various opening lengths.
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Google has some nice resources. Here's the link to the Pellett patent on Google books. https://books.google.com/books?id=0dJOA ... &q&f=falsebronze4u wrote:supratentorial wrote:Very nice !
Patent studs on blades 3-22-1892_20170208_0001 1000x500 (1).jpg
c1892 patented by Walter William Pellett
Thanks! I have seen this one online as well.. Very cool though!
Kirk
And there are a lot of neat patents for opening mechanisms on Google patents. Here are a couple that are related. There were also spring assisted knives 100 years before the "modern" knives sold today.
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Nice! Here's a link to some info on the Wilzin automatic knife by Automatic Knife Co: https://books.google.com/books?id=lKM-A ... &q&f=falseknife7knut wrote:Very interesting (and old)group of knives! A couple are new to me(the levers).I have some slightly different variations on the easy open pattern.
First is a knife made by the Automatic Knife Co. of Middletown CT.It has tabs on either end that when depressed release the spring loaded blade open to an angle of about 30 degrees.The blade can then be opened manually the rest of the way.
Next is a knife by Schmactenberg Brothers(Clim-ax)whereby the blade is opened(again to about 30 degrees)by means of a spring and by sliding the side mounted button up or down.
Third is a small multiblade marked "A*1 Tyler & Son Celebrated Cutlery" that has small tabs affixed to the spines of the blades with a small nail mark to assist opening.These were popular to allow sunken joints to be employed on knives.
Next is a group shot of knives by various makers utilizing a protruding end that when pulled will allow the blade to slide open.Some have the slide button within the handle.
Last is a group of slide blade knives that operate by depressing a button on the side and pushing or pulling to open and close the blade.Some of these can be set at various opening lengths.
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Thanks a lot.. so I have done many Google searches before and I think I have seen most all of what I see here. At any rate, thanks so much!supratentorial wrote:Google has some nice resources. Here's the link to the Pellett patent on Google books. https://books.google.com/books?id=0dJOA ... &q&f=falsebronze4u wrote:supratentorial wrote:Very nice !
Patent studs on blades 3-22-1892_20170208_0001 1000x500 (1).jpg
c1892 patented by Walter William Pellett
Thanks! I have seen this one online as well.. Very cool though!
Kirk
And there are a lot of neat patents for opening mechanisms on Google patents. Here are a couple that are related. There were also spring assisted knives 100 years before the "modern" knives sold today.
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All very nice knives! Are these allyours? I have a pretty good collection of the Gits Nife, Dodson 'Artisan' slide knives myself. The others are really nice!knife7knut wrote:Very interesting (and old)group of knives! A couple are new to me(the levers).I have some slightly different variations on the easy open pattern.
First is a knife made by the Automatic Knife Co. of Middletown CT.It has tabs on either end that when depressed release the spring loaded blade open to an angle of about 30 degrees.The blade can then be opened manually the rest of the way.
Next is a knife by Schmactenberg Brothers(Clim-ax)whereby the blade is opened(again to about 30 degrees)by means of a spring and by sliding the side mounted button up or down.
Third is a small multiblade marked "A*1 Tyler & Son Celebrated Cutlery" that has small tabs affixed to the spines of the blades with a small nail mark to assist opening.These were popular to allow sunken joints to be employed on knives.
Next is a group shot of knives by various makers utilizing a protruding end that when pulled will allow the blade to slide open.Some have the slide button within the handle.
Last is a group of slide blade knives that operate by depressing a button on the side and pushing or pulling to open and close the blade.Some of these can be set at various opening lengths.
Thanks for showing these!
Cheers,
Kirk
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The first two have me drooling over here! Super cool ones.supratentorial wrote:Nice! Here's a link to some info on the Wilzin automatic knife by Automatic Knife Co: https://books.google.com/books?id=lKM-A ... &q&f=falseknife7knut wrote:Very interesting (and old)group of knives! A couple are new to me(the levers).I have some slightly different variations on the easy open pattern.
First is a knife made by the Automatic Knife Co. of Middletown CT.It has tabs on either end that when depressed release the spring loaded blade open to an angle of about 30 degrees.The blade can then be opened manually the rest of the way.
Next is a knife by Schmactenberg Brothers(Clim-ax)whereby the blade is opened(again to about 30 degrees)by means of a spring and by sliding the side mounted button up or down.
Third is a small multiblade marked "A*1 Tyler & Son Celebrated Cutlery" that has small tabs affixed to the spines of the blades with a small nail mark to assist opening.These were popular to allow sunken joints to be employed on knives.
Next is a group shot of knives by various makers utilizing a protruding end that when pulled will allow the blade to slide open.Some have the slide button within the handle.
Last is a group of slide blade knives that operate by depressing a button on the side and pushing or pulling to open and close the blade.Some of these can be set at various opening lengths.
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