Thanks Keith, appreciate it, I try. I left out the pattern number, looks to be R3853espn77 wrote:John, you buy great knives.
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Yours is a lot nicer than my example.JohnR wrote: Thanks Keith, appreciate it, I try. I left out the pattern number, looks to be R3853
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Thank you Lee, appreciate it.LongBlade wrote:John ... I only need to say one word - bone
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Thanks Roger, I don't think Lyle will be too jealous, he has some pretty outstanding Remingtons.peanut740 wrote:Very nice!John,You're make Lyle jealous.
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I second that.espn77 wrote:John, you buy great knives.
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Nice find John. It’s always hard to tell the wear on spear and pruning blades. Yours or should I say Donna’s is fairly full.
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wlf wrote:Nice find John. It’s always hard to tell the wear on spear and pruning blades. Yours or should I say Donna’s is fairly full.
Thanks Lyle and you are right, should have said Donna's She seems to be claiming more of my new arrivals lately.
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Got a couple to add. This Southington is a smaller version like the Holley,Schatt and Morgan,and A Fields I have. I suspect these were early American versions of this pattern, although the bone on the larger framed Southington I have, seems to be an earlier example of jigging? I guess it could be they made two models ?
This knife looks to have never been used much ,if at all.The point on the pruning blade has been dulled off from opening and closing ,I would think.
This knife looks to have never been used much ,if at all.The point on the pruning blade has been dulled off from opening and closing ,I would think.
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Here is a comparison from left to right of the large (4", common farmers jack size) Southington and the smaller (3 3/4") Southington,A Fields( made by Schatt and Morgan), Schatt and Morgan, and Holley.Compared to the Southington the Holley and Schatt look well used. I would have never thought the 3 3/4" Southington's pruning blade was as robust as it is. Pruning blades and spear blades will fool you unless you have a verifiable unused comparison.
On the other hand,the Holley is fuller than you think and the Schatt is near full, why....? The pruning blades were never that robust, as the Southington. They are a slimmer peach pruning type blade. Cuts in a 1915 Holley catalog and an old Schatt catalog shows the slimmer design.
I couldn't keep the tribe still.
On the other hand,the Holley is fuller than you think and the Schatt is near full, why....? The pruning blades were never that robust, as the Southington. They are a slimmer peach pruning type blade. Cuts in a 1915 Holley catalog and an old Schatt catalog shows the slimmer design.
I couldn't keep the tribe still.
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Lyle - All are sweet knives but the Southington just above is a beauty ... Now that is right up my alley ... I'm not sure about dating those by the stamp ... I think you know better than me about dating it by the bone!! Either way early or late in Southington history an old nice knife ...
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Another great find Lyle, Southington made high quality knives, very interesting that they made 2 size farmers jacks.
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Another 4" unused Lockwood Bro. I think most of these came about years after WWII.Looks like this one got too close to a celluloid gasser.
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I appreciate Old Cutler Colonials as being a quality knife at a reasonable price. I had been watching for a Farmers Jack and finally ran across this one on the bay. Some one buffed the blades it appears but it still fits my desires. It is also their model with the fancy file work. It's about 4 inches long.
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So I take it that a Farmer's Jack, while similar to a Stockman, will have a hawkbill blade.
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QS, that is my understanding but hopefully someone who actually knows will come along and either validate or correct.
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Hey Roger, help me out with a definition. Is it because it has 4 blades? Is it just a stockman with an added pruner?peanut740 wrote:I wouldn't call that a farmers jack.
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I would call it a stockman.Look at the prior pages and you will figure out what a true farmers jack looks like.2 Blades,1 on each end.Serpentine frame and rat tailed bolsters.
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Thank you Sir.peanut740 wrote:I would call it a stockman.Look at the prior pages and you will figure out what a true farmers jack looks like.2 Blades,1 on each end.Serpentine frame frame and rat tailed bolsters.
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A farmers jack is a double ended single spring knife ,too large to be called a pen knife , typically about 4”. It has a pruning blade on the large end of almost always a wharncliff frame, and a spey or budding blade on the opposite end. Not everything is typical, but this is the norm. I have two of the "Old Cutlers".
Such as this old maker, American Shear and Knife Co.
Such as this old maker, American Shear and Knife Co.
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Thanks Lyle, I appreciate the information. Hope Jan is doing well. Thanks again.wlf wrote:A farmers jack is a double ended single spring knife ,too large to be called a pen knife , typically about 4”. It has a pruning blade on the large end of almost always a wharncliff frame, and a spey or budding blade on the opposite end. Not everything is typical, but this is the norm. I have two of the "Old Cutlers".
Such as this old maker, American Shear and Knife Co.
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Thanks. She has tolerated the treatments pretty good and will finish them in about a month. So far so good.
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May the Father and Son bless
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Donna and I are very glad to hear this Lyle, give Jan our best.wlf wrote:Thanks. She has tolerated the treatments pretty good and will finish them in about a month. So far so good.