My oldest fixed blades

Edgewise · Post by **Edgewise** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:56 am

The hone is dated 1827, ( date scratched on the bottom ). It looks like natural stone and the worn side is smooth as glass.
The knife is dated 1840. I know nothing of the knife other than that my great grand-father used it in his medical profession. It looks like whole bone with metal passing through the entire length of the marrow cavity. The edge is on the slanted side.
The knife and hone were kept together in a fountain pen box.

I bought the PAL 36 Navy knife new 1964/65. The sheath is lost.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:13 am

Man Edgewise you just keep on pulling these very interesting knifes out and I am really appreciating every minute of it..

That older fixed blade is really interesting to me...

Great knives,

Sunburst

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:25 pm

That is a very interestingknife Edgewise

. Thanks for sharing it.

s-k

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:47 pm

Anything from the 1800's is always cool to look at. Thanks for Posting.

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:54 pm

Edgewise,
That is great that you have a knife that belonged to your Great Grandfather.

My most treasured knives are ones that come from my Dad, Grandfathers & a razor that belonged to a Great Grandfather whom I never met. One of my favorites is a knife my Grandfather made.

To me, these knives give me a link to my past. I hope that your Great Grandfather's knife does the same for you.

Dale

Edgewise · Post by **Edgewise** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:48 pm

Thanks for the good word fellas. It's a real booster.
From here on everything else was bought new within the last year.

useem · Post by **useem** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:56 pm

Nice knives

Here is my PAL RH-36. Don't know if the sheath is original, but this is the way I got it about 25 years ago.

Edgewise · Post by **Edgewise** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:04 am

useem wrote:Nice knives Here is my PAL RH-36. Don't know if the sheath is original, ...

Useem, your sheath is identical to the one my knife came with, and that was original.
You've got one tough knife there. Mine took 45 years of extreme abuse, including being used as a cold chisel with hammering on the pommel.
I think it resents being a collector's item all of a sudden

, and of course it has never forgiven me for losing its sheath.