Torrey – Worcester MA (1858-1963)

[galvanic1882]

Great knife Barry, yes I read somewhere that Burkinshaw made the Torrey knives. Here is the little brochure price guide I spoke about.

[americanedgetech]

There is a thread here where fellas are trying very hard to get great, fiery pearl handle photographs.
I don't know if you worked at those photos or not but that Pearl is magnificent!

You have quite the little gem there 1.

[LongBlade]

Thanks for posting that catalog cut Mike ... cool to see the original listings!!!

[LongBlade]

Time to wake up this thread ...

Here’s a gem of a small Torrey Congress at 2 7/16” - Ivory handle and a Sheep Foot master blade - Check out the Torrey tang stamp which unlike others is not surrounded by a rectangular box - perhaps a different stamp for the much smaller blades or as Barry speculated above maybe Burkinshaw made... not my best photos as still need to use my iPhone camera but hopefully soon back to my old setup.... This was a nice surprise from my buddy KJ when I picked up a few knives from him - Thanks KJ

[BWT]

Very nice Lee, good looking knife!! That looks like bone??? That was nice of KJ

[LongBlade]

Thanks Bill ... definitely ivory - photos probably don’t do the handles justice - these were easy to identify as there is some grain and definitely no Haversian Canal spots as in bone... (As an aside - With my camera on a tripod and light box setup I routinely shoot on the macro setting with a large F-stop and slow shuttter speed which gives a better depth of field - accordingly compared to an iPhone camera details in the knives are much easier to see with my camera )....

[wlf]

Missed this thread in Oct. Great knives Lee, Mike , and Barry.

[LongBlade]

Thanks Lyle ... I have a few more I need to dig up to post here ...

[Miller Bro's]

Yeah I missed it too, nice knives all.

Here's one of several I have.

[wlf]

Would love to see that collection Dimitri. as you say

[LongBlade]

Nice coke-bottle Jack Dimitri .. I actually quite like the Torrey knives .. All I’ve seen were good solid quality !!

[galvanic1882]

Great knife, love Torrey's all of them I have ever seen have been well made. There was a cattle knife on ebay that just sold for a best offer but don't know who bought it or for how much. It was a buy it now for 495 and I offered 250 for it but the seller said he had a better offer and it sold right before or after the auction ended.

[LongBlade]

I saw that knife Mike - jigged bone Torrey cattle knife with pretty full blades - Not me who got it but it was nice - I had it on watch to see where it would go...

[Pile Driver]

I too saw that cattle and offered $200.

Here is my Torrey

[galvanic1882]

Nice knife! Love that old wooden handles jack. The handles on the ebay jack were some of the best I’ve ever seen!

[LongBlade]

I too saw that cattle and offered $200.

Here is my Torrey
torrey3.jpg

Nice knife PD - Missed it somehow when you posted it and cool to see a single clip blade in that regular jack ... I'm thinking a nice Boys Knife given the pattern ... What is the closed length of that jack??

[Pile Driver]

I didnt see you ever reply to this thread, the knife is 3-13/16" not quite 3-7/8". It has integral bolsters flush joints and a glazed finish. I would think pre 1900.

[wlf]

After review of this thread again, I would think Mike L’s beautiful Torrey is an import, maybe Wostenholm.

Great knives I didn’t know much about.

[LongBlade]

Here's a Torrey Equal-End Jack from a few years back but never took photos - 3 & 1/4" closed - Ebony handles ... Really solid & hefty for a jack of that size - but I find Equal-End jacks usually have that feel in hand....

[Waukonda]

I like it, for it's looks, as well as for the historical rarity of the piece.

[LongBlade]

Thanks very much Ike ... Torrey knives are not easy to find but those I have or have seen were all solid quality knives ... I have to look but think I may have one or two more ...

[Waukonda]

Just added this Torrey.....2 7/8"

[peanut740]

Sweetie!

[New_Windsor_NY]

Just.....

Ike, that is definitely a BEAUTY!