Antique Knives Made In England

[DM11]

In the meantime, here is a rather unusual pruning knife.

The back spring wraps around on the pruning blade, the folding saw has a nice feature at the end where you lift it to open it up and when it closes it rests on the backspring so the saw blade teeth do not get damaged by landing on the spring. To top it all off it's 7" closed!

Again totally unmarked as to the manufacturer, but definitely made in England.

Miller Bros., very nice and uncommon English folder with saw blade.

Here is a rare mid-1800s English hand axe marked "Gibbs" with a folding pruning blade and saw in the handle.
Only a couple of similar examples like this are known to exist.

Interesting axe!

Great thread with many fantastic knives. Mason and MB those are some beauties! Thanks for starting the thread MB!


Here are a few that fit here.

Picture #1
Joseph Rodgers & Sons 6 1/2" closed on top alomg with 3 big IXL folders. The slip joint on the bottom is a horse.

Picture #2
Davy & Sons Exchange Works Sheffield
IXL folding Bowie
H & J W King N.Y. Warranted 869 (English Made)
IXL Stag whittler
BAKER Saniforth Sheffield pearl

Lot of knives!

[knife7knut]

In the meantime, here is a rather unusual pruning knife.

The back spring wraps around on the pruning blade,

The first stag handled knife I ever bought was a pruner made by Saynor and stamped,"W.Drummond & Sons" Obtain Warranted and featured a wrap around back spring and one piece liners/fluted bolsters. Apparently this was an early way to make back springs.

[Mason]

Thanks all, and btrwtr, great group of old Sheffield folders.

Here is a two blade jack from Christopher Johnson. Quite a few nice subtle features on this one from the stove pipe blade kick to the interesting worm groove jigging on the bone handles. My favorite feature though are the pinched nickel silver bolsters, one of my favorite bolster types.

[edge213]

Thanks all, and btrwtr, great group of old Sheffield folders.

Here is a two blade jack from Christopher Johnson. Quite a few nice subtle features on this one from the stove pipe blade kick to the interesting worm groove jigging on the bone handles. My favorite feature though are the pinched nickel silver bolsters, one of my favorite bolster types.

[doglegg]

Thanks all, and btrwtr, great group of old Sheffield folders.

Here is a two blade jack from Christopher Johnson. Quite a few nice subtle features on this one from the stove pipe blade kick to the interesting worm groove jigging on the bone handles. My favorite feature though are the pinched nickel silver bolsters, one of my favorite bolster types.

[Miller Bro's]

Prime example Mason

Here's an old rope knife made for the Americans in England.

[BWT]

Very nice Dimitri nothing not to like about that one especially the stag

[JohnR]

Picked up this small Joseph Rodgers stag Congress, marked Cutlers To His Majesty, has full blades.

[BWT]

Thanks all, and btrwtr, great group of old Sheffield folders.

Here is a two blade jack from Christopher Johnson. Quite a few nice subtle features on this one from the stove pipe blade kick to the interesting worm groove jigging on the bone handles. My favorite feature though are the pinched nickel silver bolsters, one of my favorite bolster types.

Beautiful knife Mason

[BWT]

Another great one John My kinda knife!!

[FRJ]

What beautiful knives you are showing, Wayne. A great display!

Neal and Dimitri and John, fabulous knives!

Great show guys.

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks Bill and Joe for commenting

[Mason]

Thanks guys.
Miller Bros., great old Navy knife and hard to find with a full blade as seen on yours.

Here is another old Navy knife that was made by H. G. Long with an additional folding marlin spike.

[Miller Bro's]

Miller Bros., great old Navy knife and hard to find with a full blade as seen on yours.

Thanks, they do seem to have been heavily used.

Here is another old Navy knife that was made by H. G. Long with an additional folding marlin spike.

Very nice, H.G. Long made quite a few of these knives. The marlin spike on these are a nail breaker to open!

[JohnR]

Pictures of the small Joseph Rodgers and the large I have for comparison, pretty much the same knives on a different scale.

[Mason]

Miller Bros., great old Navy knife and hard to find with a full blade as seen on yours.

Thanks, they do seem to have been heavily used.

Here is another old Navy knife that was made by H. G. Long with an additional folding marlin spike.

Very nice, H.G. Long made quite a few of these knives. The marlin spike on these are a nail breaker to open!

Thanks and yes, nail breaker, or possibly thumb breaker.

[Miller Bro's]

Here are a couple more.

[Miller Bro's]

Pictures of the small Joseph Rodgers and the large I have for comparison, pretty much the same knives on a different scale.

Beautiful stag, thanks for showing them!

[JohnR]

Thank you Dimitri.

Great stag on your Navy knives.

[BWT]

John and Dimitri what can I, more beautiful knives!!!

[FRJ]

Neal, John and Dimitri, What fabulous knives.

John, those congress are so fine and great pictures!

[RobesonsRme.com]

Just spent my Saturday morning and two mugs of coffee going through this excellent thread my friend, Dimitri started.

I cannot think of very many threads that hit twenty-six pages in such short order.

Beautiful, old, high quality cutlery here and more to come, I’m sure.

I have nothing to contribute, but I’ve been after a locally owned English made, stag handled, large frame knife stamped with multiple game images and
“ALABAMA HUNTING KNIFE”, which probably dates to shortly after 1831, our Statehood date. If he ever decides to sell, it will cost me dearly, but what a knife.

[Mason]

Miller Bros., Great pair of Navy models with Marlin spikes. A good bit of weight in those models.

Here is an elegant pearl handled folder from Joseph Fenton & Sons.

[doglegg]

Both bolsters and bone fabulous.

[galvanic1882]

Very Nice Neal