Old Pruning and Horticultural Knives

[orvet]

Here's a Saynor Cooke Ridal I came across in a pawn shop in Arkansas. If i've put the info together correctly, it dates somewhere between 1881 and the mid 1890's. Genuine ivory handles and folding spud.

WB

Nice find Rob!
Based on the very few I have seen with a folding spud, I thing that is pretty rare.
I think LT has one, but that is the only other one I know of.
Awesome!

[whitebuffalo58]

Thanks Dale! It's the first knife i've ever owned for 2 weeks and only held in my hand for 2 minutes.
Short version of a long story, I actually passed it up at the time, and then after getting some positive responses on a Q&A I posted on it, called my brother to go back after it. He's still got it locked up in his safe down in Ft. Smith. I could of had him ship it up, but decided not to risk it getting lost or damaged in the mail. I'll be headed down that way in a week or 2, i'll pick it up then. In the meantime, all I can do is sit and look at the pics he sent me.

WB

[Iron Hoarder]

I found one of those ivory Saynors with only one blade in an auction lot. Bigger than it looked in the picture. Picked up a few other agricultural knives lately too.

Saynor


A couple of Saynors with store stamps on the tangs. Check out the birds eye pins on the two blade.









Herbert Robinson with ebony scales.



George Hall & Son


John Bakers Pruning knife stamped on the blade flat


Saynor

[tendots]

IH,some of your knives have some serious stag. Gus

[upnorth]

I went through this whole thread - again! Some real nice knives.
Here is a nice BandG from New York Knife, maybe 90 years old!
Not many pieces; no liners, and one piece of bone, with their signature jigging. Wonder how they did that??

[whitebuffalo58]

Wow, IH! That Saynor with the folding spud is a real nice one! The ivory looks like it's hardly ever seen sunlight. They're all nice snags!

WB

[Iron Hoarder]

I went through this whole thread - again! Some real nice knives.
Here is a nice BandG from New York Knife, maybe 90 years old!
Not many pieces; no liners, and one piece of bone, with their signature jigging. Wonder how they did that??

That's a nice graftingknife. Like the ones with no liners and that jigging is superb.

[zp4ja]

Freakin beautiful knives Guys!!!!

Not trying to take away from any by singling one out but love the stag on the knives IH posted. Sweet knife UpNorth! NICE Ivory WB!!!

Jerry

[Miller Bro's]

You don`t see too many of these old Schrade Grafting knives, genuine Ivory spud.

[zp4ja]

AWESOME Knife MB! I like the picture frame effect on the pics also.

[Miller Bro's]

Thank you!

[Beechtree]

Very cool Schrade MB, the ivory and ebony together are fantastic! And I agree with Iron Hoarder, the Jigging is supurb on that up north. Here is a well used John Primble India Steel Works.

[Miller Bro's]

Nice jigged bone handles on that one!

[zp4ja]

CASE XX 61011 Red (or reddish) bone...

[thefarside]

Some older candidates for this thread:
First two photos - top is a Valley Forge and bottom is a Southington Cutlery Co.
next two photos - top is a Schrade Walden and the bottom is a Wilbert
last photo is a Schrade Walden - cousin to Dimitri's post from last week

[Miller Bro's]

I like `em

[Iron Hoarder]

NICE!

[whitebuffalo58]

I posted this one before, but finally made it down to Ft. Smith to get it picked up and thought i'd post a few pics that I took after getting it home. It's in awfully good condition and still has quite a bit of the original factory finish still showin' through. It's been used, but not much.

I know oiling the blades is a neccessity, but in this case the oil's caused a stain at both main pivots on the front slab. Oddly enough, no staining at all on the back slab. I guess you could consider the staining as being part of the patina, but I kinda wish it wasn't there. Anyone know of a way to get it out without doing any damage to the ivory? I really like the amber color it's taken on over the years.

WB

[thefarside]

WB,
Very cool knife, definitely worth seeing again.

[whitebuffalo58]

Thanks farside! Up above, you put on a darn nice show yourself!!

WB

[Iron Hoarder]

The oil stain will slowly go away as the oil evaporates. Don't ask how I know.

[RobesonsRme.com]

This was just recently listed on Ebay with a $2000.00 price tag. He got one offer, no bids. It did not sell.

He listed it as a "taxidermy" or "cadaver" knife.

Looks horticultural to me.

He stated length as 5", but I think he included the spud in that.

Anybody from the NorthEast familiar with Warren's Museum?

Photos should expand with a left click.

Charlie Noyes

[thegreedygulo]

Henry Boker & Co.

[Miller Bro's]

This is an unusual one............

[bonehead]

This was just recently listed on Ebay with a $2000.00 price tag. He got one offer, no bids. It did not sell.

He listed it as a "taxidermy" or "cadaver" knife.

Looks horticultural to me.

He stated length as 5", but I think he included the spud in that.

Anybody from the NorthEast familiar with Warren's Museum?

Photos should expand with a left click.


Charlie,
What kind of polymer was used for the budding blade on knives like this? I have a similar NYKC knife that has the same but always interested in actual polymer....

Thanks Bonehead
Charlie Noyes