Vintage Horn Handle Knives

[Miller Bro's]

Your welcome, could I see a close up of the bolster? Very unusual design.

[LongBlade]

This thread is exploding with nice horn - great knives all!!

Bill - That dirk has one nice long piece of horn and is very cool ! However that Woodhead really is appealing to me - what’s the closed length of the Woodhead? Woodhead was a well known Bowie maker and made pocket knives as well in mid to later 1800s...

[BWT]

Sorry about the inside photos Dimitri, going to be gone the next couple days, I just wish it had a maker on the tang. Could be German? Lee the Woodhead is 3 1/8. Thanks for looking.

[FRJ]

Beautiful knives, Bill.

[knife7knut]

A Humason & Beckley tuxedo pattern.

[FRJ]

Nice one, Ray.

[wlf]

And another H. Boker. The handles on this knife are supposed to be ram's horn according to the seller I bought it from years ago. I've never seen another one with handles quite like it, though it does remind me of some snakeskin bone I have seen on the OLD H. Bokers. Opinions?

Do you have a picture of the pile side Roger?

[thegreedygulo]

Hey Lyle,
Unfortunately no. I looked around in my computer and evidently I only photographed the shield side. To the best of my memory though, it is very similar on the pile side.

[BWT]

Beautiful knives, Bill.

Thanks Joe!!!

[thegreedygulo]

Nice knives guys! Here's some H. Bokers to add to the mix.

I am loving everything I see in this thread, but I just wanted to say that Roger's Bokers are the best Boker collection in the world; this little snapshot is no more than that. I am in awe.

Thanks Cal!

[Miller Bro's]

Sorry about the inside photos Dimitri, going to be gone the next couple days, I just wish it had a maker on the tang. Could be German? Lee the Woodhead is 3 1/8. Thanks for looking.

Thanks Bill, I have seen that bolster design before but I can't remember where at the moment.

[Miller Bro's]

Here's a few more knives with horn handles.......

[BWT]

Three very nice looking unusual knives Dimitri, my kinda knives, thanks for sharing

[LongBlade]

Nice knives and cool horn variety Dimitri ....

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks Lee!

Bill, I just remembered where I seen that bolster design. This set is from England circa late 1700's very large and ornate, made for the very wealthy. Photo courtesy of the Sheffield museum.

[BWT]

Thanks Dimitri, definitely the same design on the bolsters. This is one of the knives, will never know who made it,where it was made or when it was made, but that's okay I was just excited to find it.

[JAMESC41001]

Here is the only horn handle knife I own. Looks like horn to me at least. I am not sure about this one. I have not seen another horn handle Honk or Napanoch. Napanoch did make this pattern. The blades, shield, and tang are correct. It is unusual if it is indeed horn. Posting it here to see what the consensus is. Hope the pic is good enough.

[LongBlade]

Nice knife Jay and nice informational ad for patent stag - if the illustration is patent stag it no doubt looks different than other handles in question... IMO - Just based on photo and limited enlargement- I’m not sure your knife handles are horn as I’m not seeing the hair-like striations - looks more to be a dark celluloid or smooth black composition ..

[JAMESC41001]

You may be right Lee

[wlf]

United Cutlery Co Austria 3 3/4" Inlaid with ?s.
There you go Lee

[LongBlade]

Great looking horn with inlay Lyle ... is that a Hawkbill as the closer blade on right or a sheeps foot??

[BWT]

Beautiful knife Lyle The pattern,the inlays,and the blades,it’s got everything!

[Miller Bro's]

Nice one Lyle, I have one similar from Austria

Here's what happens when the dermistid larvae use your beautiful horn handles for lunch!

[FRJ]

OUCH!

Who made that old fleam, Dimitri?

[Miller Bro's]

Borwick, Joe

What burns me up is this thing was hardly if ever used!