A. W. Wadsworth & Son - Germany

[FRJ]

I couldn't find a thread that has A. W. Wadsworth & Son.
I don't navigate the search option very well, apparently.
That stamp must be somewhere in the forum I would think.

Anyway, I found this very nice whittler at the flea market today and wanted to show it off.
"How much do you want for this knife? Seller says he wants 20 bucks. I says "Would you consider 15"?
Ya, he says, you can have it for 15. Glory Be!! It needed some cleaning, but it's a very nice whittler.
That center, non tapered liner is new to me. It just stops somewhere. I don't think it's broke.

Thanks for looking.

[Ivoryman]

Great score, for an even greater price. Congrats big time. Here's my Wadsworth.

[dlr110]

Joe that is beautiful...nice find...

[BWT]

Great find Joe

[FRJ]

Thanks so much, guys.

Nice knife, Ivoryman.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I have previously posted this in the whittler thread, but will add it here to contribute to this new A. W. Wadsworth page. It is a 3 and 3/8 inch sleeve board whittler with bone handle material. One of the smaller pen blades has a nail file on both sides. It is in great shape and has good snap. I picked it up at the local flea market a while back for I think about $10. I particularly like the jigging on the bone with the straight continuous line on both the front and back. Maybe this jigging style has a name or just the way the Germans did it back in the day. This whittler has the full tapered spacer in the center.

[FRJ]

Very nice knife, OLDE CUTLER.

Your knife rises to a higher bar than mine with the full bolsters and the tapered liner.
There is no "XLNT" stamp on my secondarys. The main is without a stamp. It never had a stamp.
There are half stops on the whittler blades.

Nice catch on that one.

[Ivoryman]

You stole it OLDE CUTLER. And what a fine steal it was. That's a beauty, great jigging and condition. Congrats.

[OLDE CUTLER]

Very nice knife, OLDE CUTLER.

Your knife rises to a higher bar than mine with the full bolsters and the tapered liner.
There is no "XLNT" stamp on my secondarys. The main is without a stamp. It never had a stamp.
There are half stops on the whittler blades.

Nice catch on that one.

Thanks Joe. I noticed that yours has much the same type of jigging as mine does. Would it be considered worm groove?

[FRJ]

Thanks Joe. I noticed that yours has much the same type of jigging as mine does. Would it be considered worm groove?

Yes, I think that type of jigging with the groove is generally called worm groove.

[Waukonda]

Nice knives, Joe, Iman, OC! Good thread to start also, should be a few out there.

[FRJ]

Thank you, Ike.
I do have another one. I'll have to dig it out.

[garddogg56]

I've always been fond of my old Wadsworth sleeveboard

[FRJ]

I can see why, garddogg, that is a great old survivor.


Thanks for posting it here.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Recently, this pocket knife arrived and it now becomes the latest example to join this topic or thread and to be added to my general pocket knife collection. It came in a very large group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. However, I did NOT buy the group or lot to obtain this particular pocket knife. It is an A.W. WADSWORTH & SON, XLNT, two blades, four tang stamps, 3" closed, one spring, all metal, pocket knife. It has "XLNT" stamped on the main handle side. The main blade front tang stamp says "A.W. (over) WADSWORTH (over) & SON (over) GERMANY" The main blade back tang stamp has the "XLNT" logo. The secondary blade front tang stamp says "A.W. (over) WADSWORTH (over) & SON (over) GERMANY" The secondary blade back tang stamp has the "XLNT" logo. Both blades have good half stops. Both blades have very good opening and closing snap. Overall, it is in GOOD condition. It required minor cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

[FRJ]

A very nice contribution to the thread, Skip.

[New_Windsor_NY]

A.....

Thank you, Joe.

[Theo]

I will make a contribution also picked up the little Whittler 3 3/8 A W WADSWORTH & SON , about the same as Olde Cutler’s

[doglegg]

Sweet.

[Lama]

Here's one, a little different, an A. W. Wadsworth & Son novelty knife. Shame about the blade, but the "handle" is in superb shape.

[FRJ]

I will make a contribution also picked up the little Whittler 3 3/8 A W WADSWORTH & SON , about the same as Olde Cutler’s

Theo, I regret not seeing your post in this thread.
That's a very nice knife you have there.

Great old novelty knife Lama. Thank you.

[Theo]

I will make a contribution also picked up the little Whittler 3 3/8 A W WADSWORTH & SON , about the same as Olde Cutler’s

Theo, I regret not seeing your post in this thread.
That's a very nice knife you have there.

Thanks, the bone on this is superb, another that I got lucky on at the old bay that had been overlooked. I haven’t been on much , been very busy home and visiting family

[hardman]

I guess this one fits in here. A. W. Wadsworth & Son XLNT knife with Mother of Pearl handles. While the MOP is good, the blades have been used a great deal. The main blade shows the remains of a "Cattle Knife" etch.

[Ridgegrass]

Hardman: That's a beauty! J.O'.

[FRJ]

Beautiful old cattle knife, hardman.