Broken, Battered, Beat-Up, Bruised But Beautiful Old Knives

[OLDE CUTLER]

Camp.....

There is a CAMP BUDDY pocket knife on eBay.
The tang stamp says, "THORNTON (curved or arched)
(over) U.S.A."

Thanks Skip. Mine has the tang stamp shown below. No other markings.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Thanks.....

There may be more, but I looked at four "CAMP BUDDY" pocket knives on eBay.
Three have the same tang stamp as yours.
Only one had the "THORNTON" tang stamp pictured below.
(NOT My Item. NOT My Picture.)

[JohnR]

Think this old Catt qualifies for this thread.

[toomanyknives]

Think this old Catt qualifies for this thread.

Yeah but that's killer, John!

[Dinadan]

Think this old Catt qualifies for this thread.

That is a beautifully photographed old knife, JohnR. Nice!

[JohnR]

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments.

[FRJ]

Think this old Catt qualifies for this thread.

There's a honest ol' work knife that still has many good years ahead of it.
I'm glad it's in a good place now.

[JohnR]

Think this old Catt qualifies for this thread.

There's a honest ol' work knife that still has many good years ahead of it.
I'm glad it's in a good place now.

Thanks Joe, does have a been there done that look to it.

[CarMan]

This one breaks my heart. I looked for one of these for about 2-3 years before I found this one. Obviously I will continue to look for a nicer one at some point. A Red Devil electrician’s knife.

[Miller Bro's]

Wow, that one was well used!

[OLDE CUTLER]

This one breaks my heart. I looked for one of these for about 2-3 years before I found this one. Obviously I will continue to look for a nicer one at some point. A Red Devil electrician’s knife.

Worked to death!

[CarMan]

This one breaks my heart. I looked for one of these for about 2-3 years before I found this one. Obviously I will continue to look for a nicer one at some point. A Red Devil electrician’s knife.

Worked to death!

Yeah I think I need to continue looking for a better example

[New_Windsor_NY]

This pocket knife arrived this morning, in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought.
It is definitely a broken, battered, beat-up, bruised but NOT beautiful, old knife.

[doglegg]

This pocket knife arrived this morning, in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought.
It is definitely a broken, battered, beat-up, bruised but NOT beautiful, old knife.

A pretty cool old knife. I bet it was fancy in its day

[New_Windsor_NY]

A.....

Thank you, Floyd.
One of those pocket knives that I wish could talk.

[toomanyknives]

This pocket knife arrived this morning, in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought.
It is definitely a broken, battered, beat-up, bruised but NOT beautiful, old knife.

A pretty cool old knife. I bet it was fancy in its day

I second that, DLegg. I bet that was a real looker in it's day, Skip! Cool find!

[New_Windsor_NY]

I.....

Thank you, Kerry.

[OLDE CUTLER]

This pocket knife arrived this morning, in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought.
It is definitely a broken, battered, beat-up, bruised but NOT beautiful, old knife.

A pretty cool old knife. I bet it was fancy in its day

And spendy too!

[Dinadan]

I recently got this A. W. Wadsworth & Son. I have a feeling that I may have seen this knife somewhere on this forum, but I could not find a photo of one of these when I searched. It is definitely battered: I think someone hammered on the main blade and it is missing some decorative metal bits on the handle. But it is still a pretty cool old knife.

A W Wadsworth

A W Wadsworth

A W Wadsworth

A W Wadsworth

[toomanyknives]

I recently got this A. W. Wadsworth & Son. I have a feeling that I may have seen this knife somewhere on this forum, but I could not find a photo of one of these when I searched. It is definitely battered: I think someone hammered on the main blade and it is missing some decorative metal bits on the handle. But it is still a pretty cool old knife.
Wadsworth28.jpg
Wadsworth23.jpg
Wadsworth27.jpg
Wadsworth26.jpg

That's still a really cool knife, Mel!

[CarMan]

I recently got this A. W. Wadsworth & Son. I have a feeling that I may have seen this knife somewhere on this forum, but I could not find a photo of one of these when I searched. It is definitely battered: I think someone hammered on the main blade and it is missing some decorative metal bits on the handle. But it is still a pretty cool old knife.
Wadsworth28.jpg
Wadsworth23.jpg
Wadsworth27.jpg
Wadsworth26.jpg

Very nice. At least all the blades are there & fairly full, and the decorative scale is great.

[OLDE CUTLER]

Here is another pair in not so good shape. At bottom is a Case XX USA 6375 that was worked to death. The master blade is broken off and the spey and sheepsfoot are mostly used up. At top is a Valley Forge bone jack with a broken spring. I will make a new spring for that one and the 6375 frame will be used as a basis for a custom.

[Ridgegrass]

Corsan, Denton, and Burdekin, Sheffield c.1860 . Smooth white bone, split backspring, integral bolsters. Interested? PM me. Thanks, J.O'.