Knives Made Before The Year 1960

[FRJ]

Here's some horticulture/pruning knives.

[KnifeSlinger#81]

Joe the no name pruner has better stag on it than just about anything made the past 80 or so years. I wonder how they managed to get such NICE stag on a regular basis back then, on top of that they made it so thin and trim.

[Miller Bro's]

A diverse group of old pruning knives Joe!

[FRJ]

Thanks, Paul.
Yeah, great stag for sure. Not bad on the pile side either.
I guess there was plenty to choose from back in the day. They were the masters; the life long cutlers.

Thank you, Dimitri.

[LongBlade]

Nice group of pruners Joe ... No doubt that stag is stunning on the unknown - my guess is Sheffield made... "no stag like the old stag" ...

[Miller Bro's]

That's awesome old stag on both sides Joe

Here's another Sheffield made knife with beautiful old stag handles, 6" closed!

[FRJ]

Thank you, Lee.

A beautiful old knife there, Dimitri.
6 inches!!

[BWT]

Another fine looking group of ole knives Joe, the stag is just great.

Dimitri same for your knife, just a great looking knife, thanks for sharing!!!

[Miller Bro's]

Thank you Joe and Bill !

[Mossdancer]

Top to bottom Challenge Bridgeport,Keen Kutter Simmons,Bridgeport,Schrade Walden,Universal,LF&C,Remington UMC.
from early 1900's and late 1800's era to up to maybe the early late 1940's. They are just old guys in my opinion.
moss

[Mossdancer]

All four are four line Camillus rope knkves.
moss

[Mossdancer]

Top Down An old Ka-Bar Barn door toothpick Hinge pat. 1926, An early Winchester Dale made presentable with Ivory and a cleanup A Boker serpentine two blade from opposite ends I think it is a Trapper, A KA-BAR Olean Trapper. Just nice old knives.
moss

[Mossdancer]

An Ostiso Finedge from solingen,A Buster Brown from St. Louis, a nice old Remington, and a very nice simmons Keen Kutter.
moss

A few more. That is a New York Knife Company in the middle

And a few lobsters and a foreign horsemans knife

[doglegg]

Thanks Mossdancer, some great old knives.

[FRJ]

A nice group of fine old knives, that's for sure. I really enjoyed looking at them.
Thanks for showing them, Mossdancer.

[Mossdancer]

Thanks you guys.
moss

[Mossdancer]

My apologies D, I was attempting to put these in your catagory but missed. Feel free to move them. I have misplaced my old swing guard KA BAR when I find it I will add it.
moss

[BWT]

Really enjoyed all of those Moss, thanks for sharing!!!

[JohnR]

Mossdancer, nice collection of old ones, thanks for posting.

Added a Cattaraugus jumbo jack, love these big old jacks. Showing it with a Walden and Empire jumbo and a regular size Electric Cut Co for comparison.

[doglegg]

I like them as well and you have some nice ones.

[Mossdancer]

Those are really nice jacks, it seems that the overwhelming majority of large knives out here on the left coast are old utility or scout type. I am yet to find any thing with five or more blades. The European horseman's I showed is it period. Perseverance will someday pay, I have hope anyway.Edit: after psting this I paged back to see the Euro knife and noticed the Tipman surgical knife has locking mechanisms on each blade. Explains whys I sometime have opening problems with it. (HA)!
moss

[FRJ]

Very good looking knives, John.
The Walden with that big bolster is the tops in my book.

[Duffer]

Beautiful knives mossdancer and John! I’m with Joe—that large bolster Walden jack is one great vintage folder!! So how large are those jumbo jacks John? I know that they are not as big as a folding hunter so that would make them around what 4 1/2 inches closed?

[JohnR]

Beautiful knives mossdancer and John! I’m with Joe—that large bolster Walden jack is one great vintage folder!! So how large are those jumbo jacks John? I know that they are not as big as a folding hunter so that would make them around what 4 1/2 inches closed?

Thanks guys for the comments, Lloyd the jumbo's will run 3 7/8" to about 4 1/4" with corresponding girth, these knives are a handful. Here are 2 more pictures showing the Walden, the Electric and a new GEC 77 which is a largish jack, gives a good idea of the overall mass of these things.

[Pile Driver]

That Walden jack is special