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My Swedish grandmother used this knife for years. She passed away about 50 years ago. My dad inherited some of her treasures, including this knife. Sometime in the 70s he had to replace the shattered Ebony handle. He whittled it out of some hard maple he had. I think the bolster is original. When my Dad passed away I became the curator (5 Siblings) of Grandma Erika's things. In that trunk was this knife. Since I have had it, it has been stuck in a Chicago Cutlery knife block (for about 15 years). Hoping to identify the maker I have taken these photos this morning. The years of use and sharpening has made the "trademark" nearly invisible, but I am betting some of our members can at least identify the original trademark if not the age. It will soon go to one of the great or great-great grands and I would like to be able to put an identification along with the heirloom. Thanks folks.
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Great story and really nice heirloom!!
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Great story and really nice heirloom!!
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I picked this up at the flea market today. The main reason I bought it was the unusual way the jigged bone handles were attached. There are no pins. The silver (ferrels?) are holding them on, I guess. It looks like the bone scales extend under the hollow silver fittings. Probably some cutlers cement used as well. Stamped in the blade is: GEO. WOSTENHOLM & SON'S - CELEBRATED I-X-L CUTLERY - SHEFFIELD - ENGLAND.
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Knife-nut if I owned that one it would be what I'd carve my Thanksgiving turkey with no doubt about it. That's a fine looking knife.
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Thank You Philco. I have a few sets of these, and I do use them at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I found a Keen Kutter set for $20.00 a few months back. I still pick them up when I see a good price.
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That is a gorgeous knife, k-n. The bone is lovely and the silver work is really something else. Great score!
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As said before a beautiful knife.Those scales I think look like what is commonly called popcorn stag rather than bone.Wostenholm used a lot of stag like that on their knives.I have several folders that use it.
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Is popcorn stag actually stag, or is it a style of jigged bone? To me this looks like a jigged bone.knife7knut wrote:As said before a beautiful knife.Those scales I think look like what is commonly called popcorn stag rather than bone.Wostenholm used a lot of stag like that on their knives.I have several folders that use it.
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I thought this was kind of unusual.
It is a Landers of L.F. & C. fame. You don`t see many marked this way and to top it off it is stamped with the St. Louis 1904 grand prize mark.
It measures 15 1/4" overall with a 9 3/4" blade. I almost did not even look at this knife due to the blade wear and it was covered in rust, but curiosity got the best of me so I scraped the rust away and was surprised at the marks I found on this old blade
It is a Landers of L.F. & C. fame. You don`t see many marked this way and to top it off it is stamped with the St. Louis 1904 grand prize mark.
It measures 15 1/4" overall with a 9 3/4" blade. I almost did not even look at this knife due to the blade wear and it was covered in rust, but curiosity got the best of me so I scraped the rust away and was surprised at the marks I found on this old blade
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The Landers is unusual too in the way it was handled. Most High end knives were hafted on a through tang with 3 rivets. Older ones with 4 small pins. And often on a tapered tang.
Neat knife, MB.
Neat knife, MB.
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Here's a old Landers Frary and Clark with two pins in a ebony handle and a tapered tang.
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Thanks JoeFRJ wrote:The Landers is unusual too in the way it was handled. Most High end knives were hafted on a through tang with 3 rivets. Older ones with 4 small pins. And often on a tapered tang.
Neat knife, MB.
I noticed that too!
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Whoa! I drove through Connecticut but I didn't think it was that big! Very nice collection.FRJ wrote:Kitchen cutlery, and some accessories.
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I have another post here on larger kitchen knives so I thought I'd throw these onto this thread and bring it back up.
There are several sets of steak knives;three of which are made by Hakusui Inami;who is the owner of the Japan Sword Co.Ltd.The quality of these knives is second to none.
There is also a service for six(knives & forks)mahde by Keen Kutter.Strangely enough they came without the box;which I found many years later.They fit perfectly into the box so I assume that is what it was made for.
There are other odd knives by various makers including a handmade paring knife by Ernest Warther.Bought at an antique shop for $2.
Also a rather odd knife by Remington called the Moby Dick with an etch on the blade simulating a whale.
This post will probably run on for several posts so sit back and enjoy.Feel free to ask questions about any of them.
There are several sets of steak knives;three of which are made by Hakusui Inami;who is the owner of the Japan Sword Co.Ltd.The quality of these knives is second to none.
There is also a service for six(knives & forks)mahde by Keen Kutter.Strangely enough they came without the box;which I found many years later.They fit perfectly into the box so I assume that is what it was made for.
There are other odd knives by various makers including a handmade paring knife by Ernest Warther.Bought at an antique shop for $2.
Also a rather odd knife by Remington called the Moby Dick with an etch on the blade simulating a whale.
This post will probably run on for several posts so sit back and enjoy.Feel free to ask questions about any of them.
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Ray, you just amaze me.
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Two that I picked up yesterday:a Cattaraugus Cutlery Co cleaver in the original box made for Better Brushes Inc. Palmer Massachusetts ; and a J.A.Henckels International poultry shears in the original box.Not sure what the "International" significance is but there is only one of the twins shown.There are two stickers on the bottom of the box:One says,Solandia 18/8 Stainless Steel from Denmark and the other is a price tag from what looks like Herp's and Hardy's and a price of $30.00. The lettering on the side is in 3 languages:German English and French in that order which makes me think it was for the European market.
Whatever the case the price was right:$5 for the cleaver and $8 for the shears.
Whatever the case the price was right:$5 for the cleaver and $8 for the shears.
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And here is yesterday's score: A J.Russell Green River Works carver in really decent shape for $18. The small letter stamp is the earliest Russell dating no later than 1875 according to BRL.
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I like the shape on that J.Russell.I have one with the same stamp.
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Holy Ship!FRJ wrote:Kitchen cutlery, and some accessories.
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