Antique Knives Made In England

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Miller Bro's wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 1:30 am
Mason wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:23 pm 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.

Mason wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:23 pm 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. :)
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Here are a couple more.
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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.
Beautiful stag, thanks for showing them! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thank you Dimitri. ::tu::

Great stag on your Navy knives. ::tu::
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John and Dimitri what can I, more beautiful knives!!!
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Neal, John and Dimitri, What fabulous knives.

John, those congress are so fine and great pictures!
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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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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.
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Both bolsters and bone fabulous. ::tu::
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Very Nice Neal ::tu::
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Thank you John, Bill and Joe! :D
Mason wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 5:29 pm Miller Bros., Great pair of Navy models with Marlin spikes. A good bit of weight in those models.
Thanks, there sure is! :wink:
RobesonsRme.com wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 4:03 pm 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.
Thank you Charlie, good to see you posting in Knife Lore again ::handshake::

Would love to see that knife, sounds like a folding bowie knife.
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Neal, elegant indeed. In every way.

The Wharncliffe is fine but I love those long slender secondary pens they put on some of those knives.

Those English cutlers.
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Neal, is the Fenton & Sons a 'serpentine pen' ? And it looks like the caps are a different shape than the bolsters ? Great attention to all the details by the maker.
It is one of the finest pen knives i have ever seen.
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kootenay joe wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 1:57 am Neal, is the Fenton & Sons a 'serpentine pen' ? And it looks like the caps are a different shape than the bolsters ? Great attention to all the details by the maker.
It is one of the finest pen knives i have ever seen.
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Thanks for the nice comments, KJ.
That knife reminds me of a "stylized" Wharncliffe model, but the handle and blade shape are just slightly different than a classic Wharncliffe pattern.
So yes, a "serpentine pen" would be a good description.
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JohnR wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 11:05 am Great stag on your Navy knives. ::tu::
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Here's something a little different, a moustache comb with solid Ivory handles and a very nice shield :D
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This one is a later model but still a well made knife, I bought it because of the handles.
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Nice MB. All the knives you have posted are great. ::tu::
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That is nice handles on the IXL Dimitri, but I really like the comb ::tu:: ::tu::
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I'll follow suit and agree that the IXL has nice handles, but the comb is quite special. Did you figure out the name yet based on the hallmarks?
I have a similar sterling comb from around 1900, but it is American made.

Here is another oddity. It is a sterling Wostenholm pen blade knife with a pull out telescoping mechanical pencil.
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galvanic1882 wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 11:05 pm Nice MB. All the knives you have posted are great. ::tu::
Thank you Mike!

BWT wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:53 am That is nice handles on the IXL Dimitri, but I really like the comb ::tu:: ::tu::
Thanks Bill!
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Mason wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:02 am I'll follow suit and agree that the IXL has nice handles, but the comb is quite special. Did you figure out the name yet based on the hallmarks?
I have a similar sterling comb from around 1900, but it is American made.

Here is another oddity. It is a sterling Wostenholm pen blade knife with a pull out telescoping mechanical pencil.
They are pseudo hallmarks, the comb is actually nickle silver instead of sterling. I would like to see the comb you have ::nod::

Very nice Wostenholm, I like the unusual! :)
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That’s nice Neal, something you don’t see every day ::tu:: ::tu::
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All very special knives ::tu:: ::tu:: . Is that genuine tortoise? Almost Winterbottom looking? J.O'.
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While not English, Miller bros. asked to see this very fine American made folding sterling comb.
This model was made by "Bailey Banks & Biddle" which date back to 1878, and have roots dating back further.
That company had quite a prestigious history and were tasked to re-design the Great Seal of the United States, as well as designing and manufacturing several military medals including the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Bronze and Silver Stars, and the Purple Heart.
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