Vintage Ivory Handle Knives

[wazu013]

I love this thread. The knives you people are putting up are elegante'. My knife isn't all that old but it is Pre-Ban Ivory. If the Gods be willing I'll have another Ivory knife in about two months. I have it located now I have to figure out how to get my hands on it.
Thanks for looking.
wazu013

[Miller Bro's]

Gulo,

Those ivory handle Boker`s have not seen much light over the years to still be that white.

Nice old knives

[thegreedygulo]

Thanks Miller Bro's............I'm pretty strict with them and don't let them out to play too often.

[Miller Bro's]

Quill Knife.

[Beechtree]

Here is an interesting one from South India, I was told it is a "pen knife". It quite literally is a knife that works as a pen. The handle is one piece of ivory. It has no back spring. An example of writing done using this knife is shown below, the medium is a banana leaf.

(edit: Apparently, this type of knife is called a Coir (Shackleford, 2009). He states that it is a rug weavers knife.)

[Beechtree]

Here are a couple more ivory handles, both pen knives. The top is a Northfield, EXCELSIOR KNIFE Co, and the bottom is an AMERICAN SHEAR & KNIFE Co.

[knife7knut]

I posted this in another thread but the pictures weren't all that clear so I re-shot them and decided to put them up here.

I don't normally buy knives with broken blades but this one was so unusual I couldn't pass it up.The price was right too.

It appears to be a quill knife with a most unusual attachment:what looks like an early version of a mechanical pencil.Not sure when they were first made but this maker(Unwin & Rogers)was only in business from 1828 -1867 according to BRL.Another unusual feature that I only have on two other knives in my collection that this has is a tapered backspring.Oh yes the price:$6.Not too bad for a 140 year old relic.

[Miller Bro's]

I like that one Ray

Here is another American Shear & Knife Co.

[Beechtree]

Very neat knife, knife7knut, for a very good price!
And thanks MB for a better picture of the tang stamp, these two American Shears look to be nearly identical. Your's is such a nice color, it sure hasn't seen much sun!

[Miller Bro's]

thanks MB for a better picture of the tang stamp, these two American Shears look to be nearly identical. Your's is such a nice color, it sure hasn't seen much sun!

They sure do! It has seen some light but not much after all these years

[thefarside]

I may have posted this before, but is truly belongs in this thread. Unmarked French Jack with a corkscrew and original pouch. Construction and lack of a mark would lean toward mid 1800's.

[Beechtree]

tfs that is sleek. The ivory sure has a beautiful glossy texture.

[bundu]

Hi

New here but I thought I'd post this...not a pocket knife but a nice piece of antique ivory.

[ibele-finley]

This Western knife isn't vintage, bit the handle certainly is. Made by "The New York Wizard," of genuine woolly mammoth ivory. Ten thousand years old, give or take a couple of thousand years. "The Wiz" added some excellent file work to finish it off. Sharp as a razor. One of my favs.

[Beechtree]

Very nice ibele-finley, she's a beauty. What great file work.
And, I really enjoy the lines in that elephant ivory bundu how long is the handle? Looks like quite a chunk of ivory there.

[ibele-finley]

Handles are 3 3/4 inch X 1 inch X 3/16 inch. Feels really nice in yer hand. Kinda cool.

[thegreedygulo]

Two ivory handled H. Boker & Co's Improved Cutlery knives.

[Quick Steel]

An ivory trapper by A. Crenshaw.

[Miller Bro's]

An old Electric whittler.

[Lawrence]

GreedyG...love the pattern on the first Boker! Absolutely beautiful knife.

[thegreedygulo]

Thanks Lawrence. Glad you liked it.

[Beechtree]

I like that ol' crown whitt MB! A fine one for sure.
Here is a small CONN CUTLERY CO Naugatuck 1867-1883

[knifegirl888]

[Miller Bro's]

Nice one, that`s an oldie

[Beechtree]

Thanks MB and knifegirl, it is lovely to find intact ivory scales on such old knives.