,I have not shown off any fine ole cutlery in awhile, so I picked out one of my favorite pieces. Sorry I cannot make it click to enlarge, but I am on dial-up and it would take awhile to load.
This is called a Lamb Splitter or Buffalo Knife, yeah.......they been around that long. A band saw has taken their place now. If you are a collector or knower of old Bowie's, sometimes you can see one of these in the design. I do not think it was done to decieve, just somebody setting around making a User back in the day.
The newer models (40-60's or so) usually have a hole for hanging like a cleaver and basically that is what this is. If you look closely at the image with the dime, to the left you can see the "rolled edge" like you find on cleavers.
Only about a 1/4" is sharpen, the rest is flat stock. It weighs approximately two pounds and is 18 or so inches in lenght
Most I have seen are made by Russell, but this one is stamped:
VOGT
PORTLAND ORE
I have searched old catalogs and bendoveri'lldriveBay for years and never seen anything else made with this name. Any info would be appreciated.
9ball
BTW: These are getting to be rare and expensive, if you can find one for 50 bucks or so, get it for me and I will shoot you a PayPal payment.
