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Wingfield and Rowbotham,pretty good condition for it’s age I guess. Still has excellent snap and no wobble on the blades. Thanks for looking!
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Bill, That backspring is almost 3/16' thick. Keeps it snappy! ::tu:: J.O.
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Saynor fixed blade hawkbill. Not many of these around.___Dave
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Nice Dave ::tu:: ::tu:: I’m sure it’s rare for sure!!
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Ridgegrass wrote: Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:21 pm Bill, That backspring is almost 3/16' thick. Keeps it snappy! ::tu:: J.O.
I bet it does John!!
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DJK: Never seen a fixed blade like that. It's a rare bird!
Here's it's folding cousin. Blade stamped SAYNOR, tang stamped SHEFFIELD ENGLAND, pile side tang stamped SAYNOR, COOKE, & RIDAL. Again, integral bolsters and a thick, strong backspring, butt plate, and great stag. J.O'.
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Yours is prettier than mine. Yeah, this is the only fixed blade one I've seen.___Dave
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That’s a really good looking knife John ::tu:: ::tu:: Love the stag and blade!!
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Thanks Gents. Love those English Hawks! J.O'.
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DJK: What was the box in the pic for?
I'm guessing a fixed blade Hawk would need a sheath of some kind in a field or orchard. I'm wondering if it was part of some kind of specialized set of cutlery and maybe not just a pruner, It is really a mysterious thing. Looks like it has a full tang. Maybe a butchers piece or even medical. ???????? ::shrug:: J.O'.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:23 pm DJK: What was the box in the pic for?
I'm guessing a fixed blade Hawk would need a sheath of some kind in a field or orchard. I'm wondering if it was part of some kind of specialized set of cutlery and maybe not just a pruner, It is really a mysterious thing. Looks like it has a full tang. Maybe a butchers piece or even medical. ???????? ::shrug:: J.O'.
It's just a sleeve that the knife fits into just like ink scrapers come in. The knife is just a basic fixed blade hawkbill.____Dave
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OK Thanks. J.O'.
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Great looking pieces all of you and thanks for posting. Otherwise we'd never see those kind of beauties.
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Thanks IMan ::handshake::
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Here is a rare Brown Bros knife
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Mike ::tu::
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Any relation to the Browns that formed Union/Kabar?
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I would think so
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Mike, a beautiful OLD barehead jack knife. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Very nice Mike,nice find!!
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galvanic1882 wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 2:36 pm Here is a rare Brown Bros knife
Classy old cutlery, Mike! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks guys!
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Galvanic: A rare bird indeed. Here's my one and only Brown Bros. I call it the patriarch of my Union/Ka Bar/Olcut collection. Little guy, genuine tortoise. J.O'.
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Sweet👍👍👍
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Unk wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:33 pm Nice knives, guys ::tu::

Here's a G.H. Richards pruner with big ol' thick stag handles. It has what I assume is an address "234 Borough S.E".....as well as the number "3" stamped on the back.

I have listed this on AAPK before, but no one could offer any info. Goin's doesn't list anything (at least that I could find). I am assuming this is a Sheffield knife from around 1900...plus or minus 20 years? ::shrug::
Hi Mike. I don't know if you still have the knife, but I recently acquired an almost identical one. It turns out the address is" G.H. Richards 234 Borough, London, S.E., England", and they were a horticultural supplier in England. Mr. Google turned up a few of their ads from the early 1900's in the Florist and Nursery Exchange. The ads are on microfilm, so the best I could do is a screenshot. I'm assuming they were made for Richards by one of the Sheffield knife makers. Mine is also marked "3", so maybe they were made in other sizes as well?
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