Vintage Whittler Knives

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Here are a few I dug out
Top is a old Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett.
Bottom is a 1972 Case XX
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:shock: that Hibbard is a beauty Gino! ::woot::
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Here are a few old Keen Kutter whittlers I dug out. I'm hoping that my picture taking abilities have improved enough to show these knive's beauty.

The pictures do enlarge.
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And a few more:
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Oops, looks like I need a little improvement on my photographic technique for pearl. ::teary_eyes::
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Beautiful knives, thanks for showing them! ::tu::
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msteele6, holy smokes, that is a batch of beauties. I realy like the swell centre with the square bolsters and the spear master blade and ebony handles in the first photo.
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Thanks for the kind words MB and Danno. Danno, I love that swell center pattern myself, however, a confession, it's not marked Keen Kutter but rather Simmons Hardware.
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msteele6 wrote:Thanks for the kind words MB and Danno. Danno, I love that swell center pattern myself, however, a confession, it's not marked Keen Kutter but rather Simmons Hardware.
Still a beautiful knife and made by the same company.
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Heres one for ya guys,she ain't no beauty but I 've never heard of a Thomas Fenton before all I found was Sheffield 1797-1919 ::shrug:: Anyone know any history???
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Here is a Friedmann & Lauterjung 4" closed whittler. The knife is really sleek with the sunk in joints. The crimped bolsters remind me of a big whittler made by Remington. No cracks or chips in the ebony even after all these years and use. Someone took care of this knife for sure.
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That's awesome, galvanic1882. ::drool::
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A really interesting design. ::tu::
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Here is the one I got
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Possibly 1953-1954 according to Schrade catalogs of these years.
Prop wood handles (never understood if it's real wood or what kind of wood)

Great knives in this thread, my favorite is the H Boker gunstock whittler on page 1.

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garddogg56 wrote:Heres one for ya guys,she ain't no beauty but I 've never heard of a Thomas Fenton before all I found was Sheffield 1797-1919 ::shrug:: Anyone know any history???
Cool Knife! Imagine the work that went into the pearl inlay... That one needs no additional beauty, she is just fine ::nod:: BH
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A very fine set.
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Nice ones Jack,and a lot of them.

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Wrong post

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This is one of my favorite patterns and I had some time today so here goes. J.A Henckles, New York Knife and a couple of Robinsons. A Remington, National
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3 W.H. Morley and Sons, Waterville and W.G.Mosley
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Very nice Whittlers DN.

Here one of my favorite Whittler. XX 5391
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