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Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 3:34 am
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.
Mason wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 2:14 pm
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!
btrwtr wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 3:20 pm
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
Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 3:34 am
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.
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.
Mason wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 12:36 am
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.
David
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Mason wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 12:36 am
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.
Mason wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 12:36 am
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.
JohnR wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 1:20 pm
Pictures of the small Joseph Rodgers and the large I have for comparison, pretty much the same knives on a different scale.
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.
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