Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles

[paulsvintage]

Nice Monk and Dimitri

[Beechtree]

This is one great thread. One of these days I will take some pictures to add here.
K7K, once again you have a stupendous collection. The Southington lockback in the third picture on the first page, third knife from the top looks really sweet. Your Ulster pruner is also really a looker.
Sauconian, that Camillus four line jack and the Wolfertz's are beautys for sure!
wlf, the Wostenholm farmer has some great color. I also like its shoulders, really beautiful with the blade closed like that.
Charlie, thanks for posting those from your collection. Its great to be able to compare the Robesons. You sure have a LOT of amazing knives.
Greedy, loving that line up of Bokers!
Monk, the bone on that Boentgen & Sabin Bonsa is really nice. Looks like it would give a great grip.
Great knives all around.
Dimitri, thanks for starting this thread. It really is not only a great show, but an excellent resource on jigging identification.

[ObsidianEdge]

I agree with everything that Beechtree wrote. Great thread. Bernard Levine has a story on Rogers and Winterbottom bone on his web site. http://www.knife-expert.com/bonehand.txt

Here's a Henckels:



I've always liked NYK Co. bone:





Camillus Sword:





Winchester, maybe early on:

[tjmurphy]

Those are great Mike Hard to pick a favorite, but being kind of partial to CAMILLUS, I'm leaning towards the SWORD BRAND. Just too hard to beat those old bone handles.

[stockman]

Mike, really high quality stuff you got. NYK

[FRJ]

What beautiful knives you guys are showing here. This is really nice.
I hope to take some time and contribute.

[ObsidianEdge]

Thanks guys. I started out collecting Case knives with glued on handles from Frost.

The Sword equal end is a hefty knife!

Hard to believe there were so many different jigging patterns back in the day.

[Miller Bro's]

Nice Monk and Dimitri

Thanks Paul

[danno50]

Beautiful knives and great photos, Mike.
Dan

[Miller Bro's]

Nice old knives Mike

Thanks for posting them.

[Quick Steel]

[quote] Bernard Levine has a story on Rogers and Winterbottom bone on his web site. http://www.knife-expert.com/bonehand.txt

OBsidianEdge: Thanks for the link. Very interesting. Some of your old bone scales are beautiful.

[ObsidianEdge]

Thanks again guys. Glad you like them. I don't have very many, but it is nice to occasionally find knives with the jigged bone still crisp and deep. I like the look of well worn jigging as well because it means a knife has had an active life, so to speak. This thread is a good resource for what jigged bone should look like by the various companies.

Here's some Indian Trail bone on a Catt.:





Not mine, but very nice!:



Another Winchester:

[danno50]

Mike, some more great knives. My favorite is the NYK Hammer Brand moose you posted in the last bunch.
Dan

[carrmillus]

...........this thread has got me droolin'!!!!........especially the old Camillus's!!!.............. ......................

[wlf]

I agree with everything that Beechtree wrote. Great thread. Bernard Levine has a story on Rogers and Winterbottom bone on his web site. http://www.knife-expert.com/bonehand.txt

Winchester, maybe early on:

I've never seen that Mike ,Thanks and congratulations.

Great knives everybody,this is a nice source of reference.

Here's an old Lenox Cut Germany.The handles look like what's called scratted bone.There's one for sale in members store.That's where a series of scratches make a design in the handles,maybe pre-jigging but continued through 1910 by J Rodgers.

[Beechtree]

Beautiful knives OE. That Winchester and the NYK moose are fantastic.
Nice wlf, that Lenox is really lovely.

Finally, I have had a little time to do some photographing. Here are some differing bone patters. I find the similarity of the Lakeside and the Capitol interesting.

1) EMPIRE WINSTED CT (1856-1930)
CAPITOL KNIFE CO WINSTED (1921-1931) Original finish
VOOS (Probably 1920's) Original glaze finish

2) GRIFFON XX B'PORT CT (1893-present)
LAKESIDE CUTLERY CO (Challenge-probably 1920's)

3) GRIFFON XX B'PORT CT (1893-present) Etch has been nearly buffed out
JOHN PRIMBLE INDIA STEEL WORKS (Belknap 1890-1940) Etch has been nearly buffed out

4) HATCH MFG CO B'PORT CT (1885-1899)
YALE CUTLERY CO (1884-1919)

[Miller Bro's]

Nice selection

Thanks for posting them

[Beechtree]

Thanks Dimitri. The amount of material on this thread is great, I am happy to be able to contribute.

[ObsidianEdge]

Great looking bone (and patterns and companies) on those Beechtree. I really like the jigging on the lockback.

I enjoyed seeing yours as well Lyle.

[WelderBob]

Some great knives with beautiful handles being shown here guy's... ...I can spend hour's looking at them.

A few of these I've posted before in other thread's...thought I'd show them off here.

Top to bottom Keen Kutter, Ulster, Camillus and Schatt & Morgan.


Bob

[Beechtree]

Thanks OE.

Nice ones Bob!

I posted that there were 4 pictures but forgot to add this one.

[Miller Bro's]

Another example.

[cbfd]

An old Winchester 1920 with bail

[ObsidianEdge]

Nice Winchester and great pattern cbfd!

Early transition Winchester with a Napanoch 1908 patent punch blade. Probably early 1920s. The bone looks similar to the scales on the dogleg I posted earlier. The main blade has been cleaned up a bit.

[cbfd]

Neat pattern,beautiful bone scales, I like it, Bill